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www.toxicuniverse.com - : Ask someone to name a great example of film noir, and automatic references to Sunset Blvd. should tumble out. Billy Wilder’s 1950 exposé about the darker side of Hollywood stands at the top of the film noir rankings on the Internet Movie Database, ahead of Reed’s The Third Man (1949), Welles’ Touch of Evil (1958), and Wilder’s own Double Indemnity (1944). more...
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www.plume-noire.com - : Billy Wilder's darkly comic film about the corruption of Hollywood plays on genre conventions of its day to make it a truly progressive and classic American film. more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : Seldom, if ever, before has a movie undertaking to reveal a facet of behind-the-scenes Hollywood attained the entertainment quotient, the emotional wallop and the financial potentialities of this offering from the celebrated team of Producer Charles Brackett and Director Billy Wilder, who -- with one collaborator -- were responsible also for the screenplay. A masterfully adroit projection of a bizarre, fictional-but-possible film colony situation, the picture will keep spectators spellbound, while their reactions shuttle with lightning speed of the story's constantly changing aura of pathos, satire and humor. Performances generally are excellent, most especially that of Gloria Swanson, whose flawless delineation will be a conversation topic both within and without the industry, with many a prediction that it is a sure-fire Oscar candidate. But the most sterling credit goes to writing and direction. They make the feature truly terrific -- and a trifle terrifying. more...
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