Sunset Blvd. 1950.
William Holden plays a young screenwriter who enters a relationship with a faded movie star Gloria Swanson who is trying to make a big triumphant return to the big screen.
Something new and different for me to watch and again a classic film that never appealed to me but this one did. Both main leads with Holden doing the narration in this little drama/film noir thriller is amazing to watch and director Billy Wilder knew how to captivate a audiences attention right from the start of the film to the end. The film does focus a lot on the more unglamorous/dark side to Hollywood and may have made some of the stars uncomfortable at the time but also adds in some humour and tragedy. Cecille B. DeMille and Buster Keaton do make a nice small appearances playing themselves along with Hedda Hopper and H.B. Warner.
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