1950, the opening of the film when it was released, which is what we see today: from the list of actors on the highway, to the police car entering the gate, the police rushing to the swimming pool... not the original plan of "Sunset Boulevard" Way of opening.
Director Billy Wilder's original edited version of Billy Wilder was previewed by Paramount Pictures in Illinois, Illinois. The audience there saw a very different opening that day. And the audience reacted fiercely.
At the beginning, Billy Wilde introduced the lens to a morgue in Los Angeles County, where the hero was lying with an identification tag on his toes—he was already dead. The script made the following description: At that moment, the room was half dark, with the music becoming psychedelic, a light radiated from the corpses, a long row of dead corpses hanging with identification cards, and a breeze blowing from the ventilator. Slowly swing. A man’s voice sounded: Don’t be afraid, there are many people like us... the hero said: I’m not afraid. His head did not turn, but his eyes seemed to be blurred on the morgue near to the left, covered with a transparent bed sheet, underneath the bed sheet was a fat man who was 60 years old. His eyes were wide open, looking at the hero. , Q: How did you die? Answer: What is the difference? Then after discussing the cause of death of the fat old man, the actor replied: I drowned. (Director Billy Wilder continues to challenge the audience) An eleven-year-old blond boy on the morgue on the opposite side of the wall. The transparent bed sheet could not hide the staring gaze from his swollen and painful face. He said: I It was also drowned, right at the dock of Ocean Park. The less you are swallowing water, the worse it is. It will not be so painful to let the water pour into your mouth like this. I really hope someone can save me at that time. The fat old man asked the actor: Then where did you drown, the sea? The actor said: No, I am in the swimming pool. The fat old man said: You such a strong guy will have such an end? The actor said: I still have a few holes in my body, two of which are in the chest and one in the stomach.
During the preview, the audience began to laugh as soon as the corpse spoke, and the laughter was full of sarcasm. Director Billy Wilder was shocked. He later said that within a few minutes of the movie, the audience fled the theater. He was sitting in a seat leading to the toilet, which was the darkest moment in his life. A lady who had escaped from the theater came to him to talk to him: Have you ever watched such a bad movie? He can only smile and say: never. So Billy Wilder retakes the opening scene we saw today.
2. At that time, the actor took the new script and went to the film company to try his luck to get some money to deal with the difficulties. He went to the owner of the film: Paramount. Although the gate was not the main gate of Paramount at the time, it was a very grand gate. Paramount didn't set up a studio for this at the time. The offices inside were all shots on the spot by Paramount.
3. Actor William Holden William Holden has taken over 25 films before this film, but he has never left a deep impression on the audience. (To be honest, I didn’t remember what he looked like after watching this movie.)
4. This is the second time that supporting actress Nancy Olson has stepped onto the screen and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Nomination;
(to be continued)
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