Sunset Boulevard Movie Summary. Enter screenwriter joe gillis (william holden), who owes a lot of money. Billy wilder's sunset boulevard” is the portrait of a forgotten silent star, living in exile in her grotesque mansion, screening her old films, dreaming of a comeback.
As the cops and press gather, joe via voiceover announces his wish to give an honest retelling of the events leading up to his death and declares, “let's go back about six months and find the day when it all started.” In eluding the repossessors, joe stumbles onto the decaying sunset boulevard mansion of fifty year old faded silent movie star norma desmond, who has largely been forgotten by the movie going public. Sunset boulevard is a musical with music by andrew lloyd webber, and lyrics and book by don black and christopher hampton.
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Police cars race down sunset boulevard, a famous street in los angeles, where the lifeless body of joe gillis is found floating in the swimming pool of a palatial mansion. And go back to ohio—but two repo men chase him before he can leave. Summary of the hollywood machine : Sunset boulevard, american film noir, released in 1950, that is often cited as one of hollywood’s greatest films, especially noted for gloria swanson’s portrayal of a fading movie star.
