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Movie: Sunset Blvd. (1950)

“The story, set in ’50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a comeback to pictures and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis, a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will soon end with murder and total madness. Written by alfiehitchie”

• Director: Billy Wilder
• Release Date: 25 August 1950 (Australia)
• Run Time: 110 min | Argentina:115 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Film-Noir

Tagline: A Hollywood Story

Trivia: Upon seeing the film at a star-studded preview screening at Paramount, MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer screamed at director Billy Wilder that he should be tarred, feathered and horse-whipped for bringing his profession into such disrepute. Wilder’s response was a terse, “Fuck you” (Mayer would find himself ousted from his position within the year by the new regime at MGM, headed by Dore Schary).

Goofs: Continuity: When Joe Gillis is first reading Norma’s script at her house, she tosses him a bundle of pages to read. The sheets in this bundle are all askew, but the bundle he catches is neat and aligned.