Sunset Boulevard Review: Gloria Swanson's Portrayal Of A Washed-Up Hollywood Star Is Just As Tragic & Disturbing 75 Year

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After Billy Wilder set the gold standard for film noir with his 1944 masterpiece Double Indemnity, he wasted no time deconstructing the genre. Just six years later, he subverted the formula he helped to create. With 1950’s Sunset Boulevard, Wilder brought the noir to Tinseltown, injected it with a hefty dose of pitch-black comedy, swapped out a brooding detective for a brooding screenwriter, and used shadowy, expressionistic imagery to bid a bitter farewell to the silent era.


Source: https://screenrant.com/sunset-boulevard-movie-review/