![]() He has given up the silly idea of following in the footsteps of James Joyce, Dostoevsky and Norman Mailer, choosing to pitch commercial sports dramas instead. In Hollywood, where the rotting carcasses of millions of dreams provide nourishment to the flowers of a few, Joe tries his hardest to sell out. ![]() The iconic shot looking up at the floating corpse of the protagonist from the bottom of a swimming pool is unforgettable, a feat that Wilder managed by using mirrors to film the reflections: “The odd thing is one cannot film through water. Within the first few minutes, we become aware that we are witnessing the work of a filmmaker who is at the apogee of artistic achievement. Starring William Holden as a broke screenwriter called Joe, Sunset Boulevard follows a circular narrative and begins at the end. ![]()
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