The narrative perspective of the film is great because he takes the point of view of a dead man and tells the story, which achieves the effect of omniscience and omnipotence. After all, Wilder is a screenwriter, so the transition and connection of the film are supplemented by narration; secondly, it adds a strange atmosphere, allowing the audience to enter the state at the beginning of the film, and laying the tone for the style of the whole film.
Because the heroine in the movie is too crazy, everyone else has become a supporting role in front of her. As a former superstar abandoned by the times, the sadness of the gap is really unbearable. This is reminiscent of the time when football stars retire, and the much-anticipated time is gone. How to adapt to this gap is a problem. For example, Wales' Speed is rumored to suffer from depression and die by suicide. Therefore, the condition of Norma, the heroine of the film, is only one extreme microcosm of the human psyche. Therefore, such a character will make the audience feel terrible, and at the same time will feel sympathy for him because he sees his own inner shadow in the character. Wilder completely unleashes the power of the heroine at this point, and successfully conveys this infectious power to the audience, which is very successful.
As the opposite of the heroine, the hero has a youthful body and energy, and it stands to reason that he should enjoy the best years. But in fact, before meeting the heroine, the hero was just a small screenwriter who was on the verge of unemployment. He was so poor that he couldn't pay the rent and couldn't deal with the fine for the car. So from this point of view, the male protagonist is also a loser in the pursuit of success. It is only because of his age that he still has the opportunity to walk out of this Sunset Boulevard, so he tries to write a good script. At the same time, because the male protagonist has never been successful, he will not have a big psychological gap if he fails, so he will also be addicted to his own world and will not extricate himself, so he finally tries to return to his hometown and choose to surrender his destiny . Therefore, the male and female protagonists are two cases of failures in pursuit of success, and they are perfectly integrated through the arrangement of the plot.
Aside from the superficial story, it feels like Wilder is always making his own way of commemorating the silent film era. For example, the heroine is the star of a silent movie, Chaplin's style, the silent movie star Keaton, and the collision of various silent movies and sound movies all remind the audience to remember the characteristics and greatness of that era. The heroine tried to make the world remember her glory, but failed in the end; but Wilder successfully made the audience re-examine the era through this film, which is the most charming and touching part of the film.
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