Who can understand the loneliness of tomorrow's yellow flowers, and who knows the cruel choices of Hollywood. There is heartbreaking love here, and there are dreams that are shattered by reality. At the end of the film, when the close-up of "Norma" gradually loses focus, the dazzling sun of the silent film era on Sunset Boulevard gradually burns out of its brilliance.
The film vividly depicts various forms of love, including "Norma"'s dependence on "Gillis", "Gillis"'s love for "Xia Fei", and "Gillis"'s sympathy for "Norma". There is also "Max"'s obsession with "Norma", and the characters with distinct personalities are intertwined into a complex and tangled love network. Love is "Gillis"'s escape from reality, love is "Xia Fei"'s yearning for the future, love is "Max"'s protection of the past, and love is "Norma"'s dependence on life. Love makes everyone dizzy, and love is also an external manifestation of their dreams in life. The rich elements of love also reflect the sadness of the film industry that shattered the dreams of countless people.
Gloria Swanson, who plays "Norma", is literally the soul of this film, I can even feel the love and sympathy she puts into the character, but also the fate of the character The helplessness and madness that gave her. "Norma" is a great actor, as can be seen from the admiration that many of the studio staff have for her. However, those people are old, so old that their hair is gray, and silent movies are old, so old that there is no trace of them. "Norma" is also old, but she locks herself in sweet memories and doesn't want to come out, so she's crazy, and her madness is the sadness of an old artist.
Everyone knows that movies are dream factories, but "Sunset Boulevard" tells us that it is also the tomb of dreams.
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