Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Tuesday, November 1st, 2005Oh, wake up, Norma, you’d be killing yourself to an empty house.
Billy Wilder’s poison-pen valentine to Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, could easily be made today without much modification. There’s always another generation of former stars clinging to their lost fame and a new generation on the make. Instead of simply pining her years away awash in faded glory, Norma Desmond might be doing info-mercials at two in the morning, but the basic story could be reused today.
