Boulevard der Dämmerung

Originaltitel: Sunset Blvd.

1950
16
1 Std. 50 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,4/10

244.614

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.551

273

Trailer for the classic film Sunset Blvd., starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, and Erich von Stroheim

trailer wiedergeben3:14

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Film Noir Psychological Drama Showbiz Drama Tragedy Drama

Ein heruntergekommener Drehbuchautor schreibt für einen früheren Stummfilmstar, der von der Leinwand Hollywoods verschwunden ist, ein Drehbuch.Ein heruntergekommener Drehbuchautor schreibt für einen früheren Stummfilmstar, der von der Leinwand Hollywoods verschwunden ist, ein Drehbuch.Ein heruntergekommener Drehbuchautor schreibt für einen früheren Stummfilmstar, der von der Leinwand Hollywoods verschwunden ist, ein Drehbuch.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,4/10

244.614

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.551

273

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Am besten bewerteter Film #63

3 Oscars gewonnen
- 19 Gewinne & 20 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Unlike the character she played, Gloria Swanson had accepted the fact that the movies didn't want her anymore and had moved to New York, where she worked on radio and, later, television. Although she had long before ruled out the possibility of a movie comeback, she was nevertheless highly intrigued when she got the offer to play the lead.

Patzer
When Max is telling Joe about directing Madam's first pictures, there is a bad dub of the word "sixteen". After the Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle trial and the subsequent establishment of the Hays Office to enforce the new Production Code, the producers were concerned that the original age of 14 would be considered child porn and had the line changed in post.

Zitate
Joe Gillis: Wait a minute, haven't I seen you before? I know your face.
Norma Desmond: Get out! Or shall I call my servant?
Joe Gillis: You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big.
Norma Desmond: I *am* big. It's the *pictures* that got small.

Crazy Credits
The Paramount logo appears as a transparency over the opening shot. The words "Sunset Blvd." are shown stenciled on the curb of that street.

Verbindungen
Edited into Les Amoureux du cinéma (1987)

Soundtracks
The Paramount-Don't-Want-Me Blues
(1950) (uncredited)
Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Performed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans at Artie's party

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Every time I go to L.A., which isn't too often, I look at these palm-bemused, once smart stucco facades, and wonder if a Norma Desmond from a later era might be hiding from the world inside them, buttressed by cable TV (AMC or TCM, no doubt), a poodle named FiFi or Sir Francis, walk-in closets full of leopard-print Capri pants that haven't fit in decades, and a world class liquor cabinet that has seen heads of state under the table on a good night. It is because of Sunset Blvd., for certain, that my mind could ever go there. It is one of the most indelible films you will ever see.

This film is great for many reasons, not the least of which is because it is Hollywood's first look back at itself. In the milieu of this film, the silent era is only 22 years behind us. The people left behind by the rush to sound can still palpably TASTE the fame, the accolade, that particular past being not so very dim and distant. The sadness of their lives was real, and at that point in history, all around, if hidden. Way more has been made of the supposed "savagery" of this film vis a vis the faded star than I think exists now, or ever did. The often cynical Wilder is deeply in touch with the tragic here, as much as the grotesque.