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Sunset Boulevard
Billy Wilder
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Description for Sunset Boulevard
Paperback. "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) is one of the famous films in the history of Hollywood, and perhaps no film better represents Hollywood's vision of itself. This title makes it possible to get as much pleasure from reading the highly intelligent screenplay as from seeing the film. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: APFD; APTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
"Sunset Boulevard" (1950) is one of the most famous films in the history of Hollywood, and perhaps no film better represents Hollywood's vision of itself. Billy Wilder collaborated on the screenplay with the very able Charles Brackett, and with D. M. Marshman Jr., who later joined the team. Together they created a film both allusive and literate, with Hollywood's worst excesses and neuroses laid out for all to see. After viewing "Sunset Boulevard" Louis B. Mayer exclaimed: 'We should throw this Wilder out of town!' "The New York Times", however, gave the movie a rave review, praising 'that rare blend ... Read more
"Sunset Boulevard" (1950) is one of the most famous films in the history of Hollywood, and perhaps no film better represents Hollywood's vision of itself. Billy Wilder collaborated on the screenplay with the very able Charles Brackett, and with D. M. Marshman Jr., who later joined the team. Together they created a film both allusive and literate, with Hollywood's worst excesses and neuroses laid out for all to see. After viewing "Sunset Boulevard" Louis B. Mayer exclaimed: 'We should throw this Wilder out of town!' "The New York Times", however, gave the movie a rave review, praising 'that rare blend ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
143
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
210g
Number of Pages
143
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520218550
SKU
V9780520218550
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About Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder was born in 1906 near Cracow in Polish Galicia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His first career was journalism, but he soon moved into the German film industry as a scriptwriter. When Hitler came to power, Wilder fled to Paris and came to Hollywood in 1934. His fifty-year career there--as both director and cowriter--was one of astonishing ... Read more
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