Sunset Boulevard Review: Gloria Swanson's Portrayal Of A Washed-Up Hollywood Star Is Just As Tragic & Disturbing 75 Years Later - Screen Rant

After Billy Wilder acceptable the golden modular for movie noir with his 1944 masterpiece Double Indemnity, helium wasted nary clip deconstructing the genre. Just six years later, helium subverted the look helium helped to create. With 1950’s Sunset Boulevard, Wilder brought the noir to Tinseltown, injected it with a hefty dose of pitch-black comedy, swapped retired a brooding detective for a brooding screenwriter, and utilized shadowy, expressionistic imagery to bid a bitter farewell to the soundless era.