Sunset Blvd(1950)

Billy Wilder •Name three ways you can transition from one shot to another: Editing Conventions

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• Spiritual and Spacial Emptiness

• The price of Fame, Greed, Narcissism and Ambition

• Not crime--but the dark side of Hollywood

• Posthumously narrated by the main character--introduced at the beginning of the film

• Based on the real Hollywood situation of Silent Film Stars being shut out of the industry Billy Wilder

•Over 50 films and 6 academy awards

• Born June 22, 1906 Samuel Wilder, grew up Austro-Hungarian Empire

• Father, Max died in 1926 and his mother Eugenia who spent a great deal of time in America told him stories and began his fascination with the US

• Nick Named Billie for Buffalo Bill Beginning of Career

•Started out as a journalist

• Received his first break as a filmmaker in Germany in 1929: MENSCHEN AM SONTAG (People on Sunday)

• Rise of the Nazis forced him to move to France, and ultimately to the United States Exposition

•Pay close attention to the first few scenes ofthe film and think about (take notes on) all ofthe diferent ways exposition is communicated Sunset BLVD 1950

• Spiritual and Spacial Emptiness

• The price of Fame, Greed, Narcissism and Ambition

• Not crime in the sense of many Noirs, but deals with the psychological effects of the dark side of Hollywood

• Posthumously narrated by the main character--introduced at the beginning of the film

• Based on the real Hollywood situation of Silent Film Stars being shut out of the industry Discussion Points

• Exposition

• Lighting

• Set Design

• Performance

• Figure Behavior

• Other elements of Mise en Scene?