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Sunset Blvd. (1950) Rank 3 Reviews
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BBCi - Films
If the finest things in life are written on an empty stomach, as an agent claims here, Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett must have been ravenous when they penned "Sunset Boulevard". ...read the complete Sunset Blvd. movie review at BBCi - Films
Crazy for Cinema
Almost nothing gives me greater cinematic pleasure than watching a film directed by Billy Wilder. His characters are always well-developed, interesting and urbane. The situations they find themselves in are highly problematic, sometimes life-threatening ...read the complete Sunset Blvd. movie review at Crazy for Cinema
The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film
Sunset Boulevard (1950) is a classic black comedy/drama, and perhaps the most acclaimed, but darkest film-noir story about "behind the scenes" Hollywood, self-deceit, spiritual and spatial emptiness, and the price of fame, greed, narcissism, and ...read the complete Sunset Blvd. movie review at The Greatest Films - comprehensive analysis of classic US film
Appreciating Great Trash
With Sunset Boulevard director Billy Wilder didn't just satirize Hollywood; he sliced into it like a revving chainsaw. His classic film-noir attacks the loonily anachronistic relics of silent Hollywood's star system, and it attacks Hollywood for making ...read the complete Sunset Blvd. movie review at Appreciating Great Trash
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Billy Wilder's ("Double Indemnity") acidic spellbinding noir masterpiece is a cynically dark recognition to Hollywood's forgotten stars and a reminder of how cruel Tinseltown can be to the icons it no longer cherishes, forgetting about them as if ...read the complete Sunset Blvd. movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Movie Magazine International (Monica Sullivan)
One of the most difficult things to explain is a phenomena that is ground into our collective consciousness so deeply that it becomes an instant cliche. The shock of recognition is immediate, intense & irreversible. We can never go back to seeing the ...read the complete Sunset Blvd. movie review at Movie Magazine International (Monica Sullivan)
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