2019.8.30 After watching "Sunset Boulevard"
A perfection in film noir, written and directed by Billy Wilder, the screenplay is unbelievable, and the two silent films of Gloria Swanson and Eric Stroheim The performances of the superstars of the era are also really excellent.
As mentioned in the lines, the film is reminiscent of David Lean's Great Expectations, but darker, more realistic, and more hopeless. Dilapidated gothic mansions that symbolize doom have been transferred from the English countryside to the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, USA, and the mansion's terrible hostess has become an abandoned and forgotten middle-aged star after being drained by the Hollywood film industry.
The ideological criticism is profound and powerful: the age limit of female stars, no matter what their acting skills are, if they are no longer young, they will no longer have job opportunities; blind pursuit and worship of wealth, giving up ideals and dignity for money; indulging in star halo The vanity and spiritual emptiness of her; the corrosiveness of business to people's hearts, and the film industry where everything is about money has completely destroyed her while creating a dazzling star. After using her value, she will look for the next star...
When Joe stepped into the mansion for the first time, he was doomed to his final tragic end, the stairway to doom and death. Like the dead little monkey, he will only become a doll controlled by Norma to relieve her loneliness and loneliness, and Norma is just one of the many dolls and victims in Hollywood. As the embodiment of passion and ideals, Betty is very much like Joe when he first entered the film industry, representing a kind of idealism that people should not be willing to do nothing, but now these Joes can't save half of their feet in the grave.
Insert a small anecdote: It is said that when preparing to shoot this film, in case the script with such a sharp theme could not pass the review of Paramount Pictures, the screenwriters sent a fake script to the film company every time. After dealing with the matter, bluffing to make a cliché blockbuster movie, in fact, "Sunset Boulevard" secretly filmed in private.
(Actually, I didn't intend to write a movie review, but I couldn't write a short review because the number of words exceeded it. I was too lazy to delete it, so that's it, hehe)
(I just watched this movie, and I am so excited, although I don’t know if I have written so many words to fully express my excitement. If you really want to analyze this movie, this picture is definitely not enough. Yes. In the end, I still want to say that this movie is really amazing. I was shocked to the point of crying in the first five minutes of seeing it.)
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