"Sunset Boulevard" in the movie book

Annette 2022-03-17 09:01:03

know the movie
8.9
[America] Louis Gianetti [Sweden] Ingmar Bergman [Japan] Akira Kurosawa and others / 2007 / World Book Publishing Company

1. Tone

The tone of a movie can be manipulated in many ways, for example, the style of performance can greatly influence how we react to a scene. In Idrosha Ushi's "Heavenly Questions", the tone is objective and realistic, all non-professional actors are used to make the performance style very realistic, and they do not exaggerate emotional Zhang to enhance the drama.

Genre can also help set the tone of the film, with epic films unfolding in a more dignified than life-like manner such as "The Searcher" or "October" The best thrillers are usually tough, vicious, and tough, as "Double Indemnity" and "Deadly Gambler," the comedy's tone is frivolous, playful and even silly.

The off-screen narration can also help set the tone of the film, creating another counterpoint to the objective viewing of the play, for example the narration can be ironic, as in "Sunset Boulevard" or sympathetic, as in "Dances with Wolves" , or even panic, such as "Taxi Driver"; or a Confucian style, such as "A Clockwork Orange" is narrated by a defiant.

The music is most often used to set the tone of a movie. It's all rock and roll, or a Mozart or Ray Charles jazz soundtrack. The atmosphere is completely different. In Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever," the Italian-American scene is complemented by Frank Sinatra's singing, African-American plays use gospel songs and soul music.

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Extended Reading

Sunset Blvd. quotes

  • Joe Gillis: [Betty is softly crying, facing away from Joe] Stop crying, will you? You're getting married. That's what you wanted.

    Betty Schaefer: I don't want it now.

    Joe Gillis: Why not? Don't you love Artie?

    Betty Schaefer: Of course I love him. I always will. I... I'm not in love with him anymore, that's all.

    Joe Gillis: What happened?

    Betty Schaefer: [She turns and meets his eyes] You did.

    [They kiss]

  • Joe Gillis: A very simple setup. An older woman who's well-to-do. A younger man who's not doing too well.