Star dreams covered with dust

Baylee 2021-10-22 14:31:04

It's been a long time since I saw the beginning of such a good movie. The tension and agility, the unfolding of suspense, and the perfect composition of the picture, suddenly pulled out a posture of storytelling.
Good stories have multiple directions:
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Those who are familiar with the entertainment industry can see how the celebrity establishment swallows humanity; —— The compromise of young people with mature and rich women is also very interesting;
—— You can also say it It is the sympathy for the people who have been abandoned by society in the past,
or just a simple tragedy. Desire is the inducement for the destruction of people.
Putting aside the attempt to find the central idea, you can't help but admire the storytelling so lifelike, fascinating, and contagious in detail. This is the essence of a good movie.
Gloria Swanson herself is a star of the silent film era. When the character she played in her living room watched the silent film she played when she was young, time trance seemed to be indistinguishable. .
Emma's tragedy is an industrial tragedy. In the industrial system, the star that is touted to the sky is just a product.
The tragedy of young people is a tragedy of social hierarchy. Young screenwriters who only rely on older women to dress decently are not qualified and experienced to fight for their freedom.
The perverted butler is the creator and final guardian of the star dream.
The relationship between these three people is really delicate.
The decayed Emma around her was once a charming little girl. The director’s words in the play suddenly improved the taste of the whole movie. When the spotlight was on Emma, ​​the young new actors were all Surprisedly rushed to the idol, who knows that she is a depressed milf who is nervous in the big house all day long. Yes, this is not to expose any criticism, but to present the tragedy of destiny itself.
This film is a confrontation between Billy Wilder and Hollywood, which has just portrayed himself into the kingdom of dreams. The lovely thing is that the director has won the most firm recognition of the movie kingdom through such a work that uncovered the cover of Hollywood.

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Sunset Blvd. quotes

  • Norma Desmond: There just aren't any faces like that any more. Maybe one - Garbo.

  • Joe Gillis (as narrator): The others around the table would be actor friends. Dim figures you may still remember from the silent days. I used to think of them as your wax works.