SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) — dir. Billy Wilder

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SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) — dir. Billy Wilder
Sunset Boulevard (1950) dir. Billy Wilder
Madame is the greatest star of them all.
Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd. (1950) dir. Billy Wilder
Those idiot producers... those imbeciles. Haven't they got any eyes, have they forgotten what a star looks like? I'll show them, I'll be up there again, so help me!
Sunset Boulevard (1950) - dir. Billy Wilder
You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big!
[ Know, then, this veil is a type and a symbol, and I am bound to wear it ever, both in light and darkness, in solitude and before the gaze of multitudes, and as with strangers, so with my familiar friends.
No mortal eye will see it withdrawn. This dismal shade must separate me from the world: ... ] — The Minister's Black Veil
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This broadway season is about corpses. About preserving someone that has died or holding on to a dying concept: vaudeville, fame, youth. That a person is both a physical thing and a narrative we tell. The ephemeral nature of living and the grim reality of loss. And of course, Betty Boop
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) dir. Billy Wilder