"Sunset Boulevard" is one of the most outstanding noir films, and it reflects with a cold eye the guilt that Hollywood has grown after experiencing prosperity. Whether it is the creativeness of the form given to the film by the producer, or the depth reflected by the theme of aging and success, "Sunset Boulevard" has unearthed the most essential characteristics of the black film in these two aspects. First of all, the film adopts a deceased character to tell its past to frame the whole story. For the convoluted murder case in the film, it is obviously a unique attempt to hear a victim tell the story of the murder in person, compared to the traditional detective film. The narrative tone that is stuck in objective narratives and personal emotions, as well as another perspective that is independent of God’s perspective and the parties’ perspective, makes Sunset Boulevard add a sense to its own mysterious plot. Mystery. In addition, this paradoxical technique also brings a black humor effect to the
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In "Sunset Boulevard", the voiceovers all come from the corpse floating in the swimming pool. Since the content and tone of the voice-over are commented in a cold-eyed manner, it gives the audience a third-person impression. During most of the development of the plot, the first-person inner monologue is not only closely related to the plot, but also full of emotional tangled psychological activities. The appearance of voice-over not only creates a self-psychoanalysis and introspection effect, but also allows the audience to easily enter the inner world of the character, and greatly deepens the connotation of the film. In addition, the film uses the same narrator’s voice to switch between the third-person narration and the first-person monologue, forming a great sense of irony
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