also focus another group of people, pioneers those who succeeded in establishing great careers during Hollywood’s silent period but failed as the transition to sound was made, therefore, being confined to oblivion.ĭuring his career, Billy Wilder tended develop stories around people that were considered outcasts, people that were forgotten by society or that just simply didn’t fit in. we see the world through the eyes of Joe Gillis, a scriptwriter who has yet to succeed in Hollywood. But what about the last ones? Those that didn’t make it? They were never the focus of attention until… Sunset Blvd.īecause in Sunset Blvd.

The first, became first rate stars, writers, film directors, moguls, business men that lived comfortable lives. Since its established as the film capital of America, right around 1910s, Hollywood became a dream in almost every girl’s head, its actors and actresses, the glamour associated with their image conquered almost all of America and therefore, thousands of men and women sometimes coming from the opposite side of the country embarked on a journey to establish themselves within this charming universe.Īnd as with everything in life, some succeeded and some didn’t. with all its cynicism and pessimistic view of the world managed to capture what was the true essence of classic Hollywood. Remembered today, as a noir icon – right alongside Wilder’s other major title Double Indemnity – Sunset Blvd. Hollywood had never been so faithfully depicted before as in Billy Wilder’s production of Sunset Blvd.

Just us, and the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark.

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