Billy Wilder's Bad Taste

Sammy 2022-04-22 07:01:04

When I heard the title, I thought it would be a romantic film, but it was not. How should I say it? Let's start from the beginning. The body of a young man was found in the swimming pool of a big mansion. The police and the media rushed to... .Then the plot rewinds to six months ago, a young screenwriter who was depressed in Hollywood and owed a lot of debt accidentally came to this eerie mansion, which is located on the famous Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. . There are only two people living in the big house. Norma, the queen of the once glorious silent film era, and her loyal butler, Norma has been living in the flashy dreams of the past that she has woven (in fact, her butler has been secretly working for her.) To create all kinds of illusions, the relationship between him and Norma is also a rather surprising setting in this film), unwilling to face the passing of her youth, she is writing a new script and intends to come back again, the young screenwriter The arrival just happened to be in her favor, so she let the screenwriter live in the house to help her revise the manuscript. Gradually, Norma fell in love with the young man. The young screenwriter struggled and resisted from the beginning, and then compromised and accepted, but in the end he still Unable to bear Norma's increasingly perverted desire for control and the age of the other party, he also met a young girl who had the same aspirations as him. Later, Norma also discovered the relationship between the two. , but the male lead still wants to leave her, but the character of the male lead is really bad. He first told the young girl his story, and the girl still expressed that he wanted to leave with him, and then completely refused to break the girl's thoughts. , At this time, Norma mistakenly thought that the male protagonist was willing to return to her arms, but the male protagonist was ready to leave resolutely, and Norma finally raised the pistol... The movie is not over yet, Norma's back performance That's what brought the movie to its climax...

There are many interesting points in the movie: the actress Gloria Swanson who plays Norma is a very popular actress in the silent film era. Of course, she herself does not live in the past like Norma all the time. Her life is full and wonderful.

There is a plot in this film where Norma forces the male protagonist to enjoy his past works together, and the film that is shown is another film directed by the actor who plays the housekeeper starring Gloria Swanson.

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Extended Reading

Sunset Blvd. quotes

  • Norma Desmond: No one ever leaves a star. That's what makes one a star.

  • Joe Gillis (as narrator): The whole place seemed to have been stricken with a kind of creeping paralysis - out of beat with the rest of the world, crumbling apart in slow motion.