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by Billy Wilder
U.S.A. 1950
"Sunset Boulevard is a film that has
transcended its own success, achieving a level of popularity so beyond such
trivial matters as box office, critical accolades and Academy Award nominations
that it has become a part of the cinematic vernacular itself. If you say you're
"Doing a Norma Desmond," everyone immediately knows what you mean. A
character so archetypal, it seems she's been with us forever - a ghost not only
of faded Hollywood glamour, but the haunting echo of narcissism itself. Norma
isn't just a lost remnant of a golden era now repackaged on shiny discs and
hawked on nostalgia shows, but the very reflection of our own insatiable quest
for fame at any cost."
Excerpt from Peter M. Bracke's Review located at DVDFile's website HERE.
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Release Information: Studio: Paramount Home Video Theatrical Release Date: August 4, 1950 Aspect Ratio: Edition Details: DVD Release Date: November
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Recommended Reading in Film Noir (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
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Film Noir: An Encyclopedia Reference to the American
Style by Alain Silver, Elizabeth Ward |
The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir by Foster Hirsch |
Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City by Nicholas Christopher |
Film Noir Reader 4 : The Crucial Films and Themes
(Film Noir Reader) by Alain Silver |
The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the
Classic Era of Film Noir by Eddie Muller |
The Little Black and White Book of Film Noir:
Quotations from Films of the 40's and 50's by Peg Thompson, Saeko Usukawa |
Film Noir by Alain Silver |
Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era,
1940-1959 by Michael F. Keaney |
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