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Sunset Boulevard Movie Analysis

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Nuntida Nuampatom
Mr. Kastor
AMH 2020 US History II
04 September 2016
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard, a classic black and white movie that displays what Hollywood actually consists of. Directed by Billy Wilder an Austrian born, American filmmaker of sixty films. The movie is almost 67 years old and when it was first released the movie was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, ranked number twelve on the American Film Institutes list of the 100 best American films in 1998, and worshipped by many critics. Although the movie was not released in my time, this classic has definitely got me interested in movies similar to this love story with a crazed ending. Billy Wilder always wondered what happened to most of the former stars from the …show more content…

The median family income was $3,300 a year, which probably explains why it was so hard for Joe to ask for a loan of 300$. And the average cost of a new car was $1,510, that can also include why Joe was so attached to his car. The Golden Age of Television is known as the 1950s, about 80% of the U.S. owned a television. This concludes why Desma Normand was slowly declining in fame because families were no longer interested in silent movies but spent most of their free time watching new shows.
An Organic Act of Guam is signed into law by President Harry S. Truman that granted all Guam residents U.S citizenship. And he also approved the hydrogen bomb. Sunset Boulevard was released in the middle of the Cold War. Even though the 1950s was known for little violence, American troops and North Korean forces fight each other for the first time in the Korean War during the Battle of Osan.
While I was watching the film I noticed objects like the ancient cars, silent films, and how much people smoked back then. Since this film is 50 years older than I am it was hard to connect with these subjects. It interested me into researching these topics to have a better understanding of the …show more content…

Most actors do not continue making films one after another until they die but Norma could not get this into her head. She spent years writing her script to return to the big screen and was set on that dream. Since Norma was obsessed with the goal of filming again it led her to become foolish about how famous she actually was and her terrible script. Also a scary realization of having a chance of ending up demented like Norma. The directors wanted to show us a alarming visual of what life could be like for actors after their acting days were over.
I recommend this film for anybody that is interested in movies with the genre drama. The film refers to many references to past Hollywood and screenwriters, so it would help if you know a little bit of that background to have a better understanding to what the actors are saying. But I enjoyed the plot twists, astounding acting, and shocking ending. I actually asked my friend to watch the film by herself since the film was available on Netflix. I wanted to see a persons opinion on the

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