THIS 1949 FILM BY THE WRITER DIRECTOR BILLY WILDER IS DEFINITELY WORTH YOUR HOME LIBRARY . THROUGH THIS FILM HE HAS MANAGED TO CREATE CHARACTERS WHICH WILL REMAIN IN YOUR MIND FOR DAYS TO COME.
NORMA DESMOND [PLAYED BY SWANSON THE FLOURISHING ACTRESS OF THE SILENT ERA]IS DESPERATE TO COME BACK TO THE LIMELIGHT. JOE GILLIS THE STRUGGLING WRITER[ HOLDEN] IS ON THE BRINK OF A COMPLETE BANKRUPTCY.
THE TWO HAPPEN TO MEET, AS DESTINY MAY PLAY A PART AND THE STORY UNFOLDS AS THE DESPERATE CREEPY NORMA TRIES TO TRAP JOE ON THE BASIS OF HIS STORY WRITING SKILLS, SHE MAKES HIM HER SEXUAL TOY AND SOMEONE TO BE BELITTLED IN FRONT OF HIS FRIENDS!
THE FILM ENDS WITH JOE DECIDING TO LEAVE HER FOREVER BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GET OUT OF THAT "PRISION" AS HE CALLS IT AND LOOK FOR A BETTER LIFE WITH BETTY WHOM HE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH.BUT THE SELF OBSESSED NORMA KILLS HIM SAYING 'NO ONE LEAVES A STAR' SHE THEN GOES ON THE BRINK OF MADNESS HOGGING THR LIMELIGHT AND THE CAMERAS AND THE PRESS ALL THAT SHE HAD BEEN CRAVING FOR, BUT THIS TIME IT IS FOR A MURDER.
THE SCREENPLAY THE CHARACTERIZATIONS AND THE PLOT IS EXCELLENT.IT'S A THOUGHT PROVOKING FILM, A FILM WHICH TELLS THE DARK SIDE OF HOLLYWOOD. IT'S A DARK FILM WHICH MANAGES TO CREATE AMBIVALENT EMOTIONS IN THE VIEWER. NORMA IS A CREEPY SELFISH WOMAN WHO HAS MADE HER FIRST HUSBAND A PROP AND A DRIVER, WHO IS USING JOE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU FEEL SYMPATHETIC TOWARDS HER. THIS AMBIVALENCE IS WHAT MAKES BILLY WILDER SUCH A GREAT DIRECTOR. IT MAKES YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF HIS FILMS.
THE SCENES WORTH MENTIONING ARE THE SCENE WHEN JOE TRIES TO RECOGNISE HER SAYING "SHE WAS A STAR?"
SHE SAYS I AM THE STAR ITS TH EPICTURES THAT HAVE GOT SMALL"
THE SCENE WHERE SHE LANDS UP IN THE PARAMOUNT STUDIOS AND SCREAMS AT AN OLD GUARD "TEACH YOUR FRIENDS SOME MANNERS, BECAUSE WITHOUT ME YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE WITHOUT ME THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY PARAMOUNT STUDIOUS" ITS THIS SELFOBSESSIVE AGEING ACTRESS HER PERFORMANCE IS WHAT MAKES THE FILM A 'NOIR'
NORMA DESMOND [PLAYED BY SWANSON THE FLOURISHING ACTRESS OF THE SILENT ERA]IS DESPERATE TO COME BACK TO THE LIMELIGHT. JOE GILLIS THE STRUGGLING WRITER[ HOLDEN] IS ON THE BRINK OF A COMPLETE BANKRUPTCY.
THE TWO HAPPEN TO MEET, AS DESTINY MAY PLAY A PART AND THE STORY UNFOLDS AS THE DESPERATE CREEPY NORMA TRIES TO TRAP JOE ON THE BASIS OF HIS STORY WRITING SKILLS, SHE MAKES HIM HER SEXUAL TOY AND SOMEONE TO BE BELITTLED IN FRONT OF HIS FRIENDS!
THE FILM ENDS WITH JOE DECIDING TO LEAVE HER FOREVER BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GET OUT OF THAT "PRISION" AS HE CALLS IT AND LOOK FOR A BETTER LIFE WITH BETTY WHOM HE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH.BUT THE SELF OBSESSED NORMA KILLS HIM SAYING 'NO ONE LEAVES A STAR' SHE THEN GOES ON THE BRINK OF MADNESS HOGGING THR LIMELIGHT AND THE CAMERAS AND THE PRESS ALL THAT SHE HAD BEEN CRAVING FOR, BUT THIS TIME IT IS FOR A MURDER.
THE SCREENPLAY THE CHARACTERIZATIONS AND THE PLOT IS EXCELLENT.IT'S A THOUGHT PROVOKING FILM, A FILM WHICH TELLS THE DARK SIDE OF HOLLYWOOD. IT'S A DARK FILM WHICH MANAGES TO CREATE AMBIVALENT EMOTIONS IN THE VIEWER. NORMA IS A CREEPY SELFISH WOMAN WHO HAS MADE HER FIRST HUSBAND A PROP AND A DRIVER, WHO IS USING JOE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU FEEL SYMPATHETIC TOWARDS HER. THIS AMBIVALENCE IS WHAT MAKES BILLY WILDER SUCH A GREAT DIRECTOR. IT MAKES YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF HIS FILMS.
THE SCENES WORTH MENTIONING ARE THE SCENE WHEN JOE TRIES TO RECOGNISE HER SAYING "SHE WAS A STAR?"
SHE SAYS I AM THE STAR ITS TH EPICTURES THAT HAVE GOT SMALL"
THE SCENE WHERE SHE LANDS UP IN THE PARAMOUNT STUDIOS AND SCREAMS AT AN OLD GUARD "TEACH YOUR FRIENDS SOME MANNERS, BECAUSE WITHOUT ME YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE WITHOUT ME THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY PARAMOUNT STUDIOUS" ITS THIS SELFOBSESSIVE AGEING ACTRESS HER PERFORMANCE IS WHAT MAKES THE FILM A 'NOIR'
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