Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard Explained : The Hollywood Nightmare / We look at the deeper meaning of Billy Wilder’s noir classic Sunset Boulevard. Wilder critiqued Hollywood’s toxic star machine, its mistreatment of writers and its system discouraging true originality. (by ScreenPrism) Sunset Boulevard (1950) is a classic black comedy/drama, and perhaps the most acclaimed, but darkest film-noir story about “behind the scenes” Hollywood, self-deceit, spiritual and spatial emptiness, and the price of fame, greed, narcissism, and ambition.