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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The films Before Sunrise and Before Sunset are said to represent the so-called slacker genre. Slackers are individuals in society who have no direction and no reasonable expectation or realistic goals in life. This term is mainly used with Generation X’ers (people born between 1961 and 1981) (Casto‚ “What’s A Slacker Movie?”). Slacker movies are films that deal with the ordinary day-to-day life of these people. In Before Sunrise and Before Sunset the characters sense of wandering and the feel of
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Queens of Beauty Every person wants to know their worth. They want to be known and want someone else to verify the one thing she should already know. You are gorgeous. You are beautiful. The first impressions are based on appearance and pose. Some people find enjoyment in competing on who looks the best‚ who has the best talent‚ and who is a team player. Beauty pageants or contests are widely accepted all over the world with women‚ men‚ and children who eat‚ breathe‚ and sleep excelling in all
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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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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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Beauty As a little girl people knew they are beautiful. They are proud of my dark-skin‚ long legs‚ and short hair. Never giving a second thought about the standards on appearances‚ children are as blissful as they come. As they grew up and figured out what society found beautiful‚ they start to feel less and less apart of that mold. Soon many realized that they are not alone‚ as there are many other kids who do not fit into the category of beautiful. To society they are just ordinary girls. As people
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Perception of Beauty Our perception of beauty is distorted because of advertising. Girls in the advertisements are loaded with make-up and after that‚ they change their whole facial structure using photo shop. They make their noses different‚ eyes bigger‚ and clean up their eyebrows so that they look perfect. When girls see these advertisements‚ they believe that that is how every woman should look because they are beautiful‚ but don’t realize what they do to them. Some girls even go to extreme
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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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