directed by: Billy Wilder, year: 1950
actors: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson

Sunset Boulevard follows faded silent-screen star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) who lives in a decaying Hollywood mansion and treats the outside world as a stage for her imagined comeback. A down-on-his-luck screenwriter, Joe Gillis (William Holden), becomes entangled in her obsessive fantasies and orchestrates a dangerous, claustrophobic trap. Directed by Billy Wilder, the film blends drama, film noir, and dark satire to critique fame, memory, and the costs of chasing stardom to devastating ends.

Classic Cinema, Drama, Film Noir, Psychological Thriller, Classic Hollywood Satire