Yes‚ Norma Is That Crazy Sunset Boulevard constantly and persistently advances the theme that Hollywood creates movie stars that become engrossed with their own fame and then abandons them‚ leaving behind only their outlandish and outdated fantasies. The case of Norma Desmond is no different. Her out-of-touch relationship with reality is given form through her desire to make her “greatest picture yet.” The segment of Sunset Boulevard that will be analyzed in this essay is significant because‚
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Sunset Boulevard‚ though at times harshly critical of the motion picture business‚ is considered a great achievement and a true classic among films made during the height of Hollywood’s Heyday. While the story is narrated by down-on-his-luck screenwriter Joe Gillis‚ or rather‚ his corpse‚ the real star of the movie‚ both literally and figuratively‚ is the character of Norma Desmond‚ played by Gloria Swanson. A silent film star‚ Desmond hasn’t made a picture for over twenty years and still believes
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Book Review < Industrial Sunset > The book ‘Industrial Sunset’ traces and compares the processes of industrial transformation in Canada and the United States. It explains the main issues in the history and the politics of plant closings during the period beginning and ending in the recession between 1969 and 1984 (High‚ 2003‚ p. 4). High (2003)‚ the author of the book‚ argues: … the Great Disruption was filtered through national contexts. In the United States‚ the fears and anxieties engendered by
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Trillium Lake at Sunset by Eryn Tehan The sunset show is the show of the month at the Alberta Street Gallery featuring some of Eryn Tehan’s incredible pieces. Hanging behind a window overlooking Alberta Street‚ Tehan’s piece Trillium Lake at Sunset stuns all those who look at it with it’s vibrant colors. Through using oil paints as well as professional‚ non-toxic pigments as her medium Tehan vividly captures the beauty of the places she paints (Alberta Street gallery‚ n.d.). A majority of her paintings
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divulges the dark yet unknown‚ harsh realities of fame‚ following Hollywood’s transition from silent pictures to talkies; with his film Sunset Boulevard. Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American classic film noir‚ starring Gloria Swanson (Norma Desmond)‚ William Holden (Joe Gillis)‚ and Erich Von Stroheim
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Premiering in 1950‚ “Sunset Boulevard” is one of the most critically acclaimed dramas of all time‚ known for its candid depiction of the disturbing effects of Hollywood. The film is narrated by Joe Gillis—the man we see lying dead in a pool in the first scene—who recounts the months leading up to his death. Struggling to write a film script‚ Joe ends up hiding from the police in the mansion of Norma Desmond‚ a 53 year-old faded film star who begs him to help with her script for a film. After living
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------------------------------------------------- Arunachal Pradesh It is the land of breathtakingly beautiful sunrises between skyrocketing mountains‚ sparkling rivers‚ lakes‚ and ample of snow. It is the Arunachal Pradesh; the vast expanse of rolling plains‚ hills‚ and beautiful water bodies at the far eastern edge of India. India shows diversity in every aspect‚ including its population distribution. Arunachal Pradesh is the Indian state with the least population density‚ with just over 13 lacs
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Wars Saga. It is the most recognizable of John Williams’s music and also his signature line of music. The “Force theme” is also known as the “Binary Sunset‚” “Ben Kenobi’s theme‚” “Obi-Wan’s theme‚” or in a music book‚ “May the Force be with you.” This musical theme is most notably heard in the very first Episode IV: A New Hope‚ in the cue “Binary Sunset‚” but also appears in all six movies. The scene where it is most memorable is where Luke Skywalker watches a pair of suns set on the horizon while
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The Sunset Drive-in’s opening day was July 12‚ 1949. It was opened by E.R. “Chub” Munger who had planned the construction of the drive-in for several years. It was opened on the southwest corner of N. Montana Avenue at Custer and was constructed shortly after February 10‚ 1949‚ across the street from the St. Joseph’s Orphanage. The 500-car open air theater was constructed on approximately 10 acres of the 15 acre lot with Mr. Munger’s house on the very end of the property. Construction of the theater
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famous star." "Sunset Blvd‚" release in 1950‚ the voice-over narration is still impressive. The boundaries of what life and death are blurred‚ and in particular the emotional feeling of suspense confusing to seize the audience’s. This film use "dead" as the film’s identity to explain the task‚ "Sunset Boulevard" does not dwell on the death of suspense and deep
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