Sunset Boulevard Film Review by pinkcheek

This paper examines Billy Wilder's classic film "Sunset Boulevard", which provides a fascinating insight into the early Hollywood film industry. The paper explains that the movie explores the gritty insides of a system that is based on the advanced capitalist model of assembly line production for mass consumption. The paper also discusses that, behind the bright lights and the glamour, there are human lives that are at stake - human lives that the capitalist machinery consumes and destroys. The paper looks at how "Sunset Boulevard" shows how this process takes its toll on the main character, a has-been silent movie actress named Norma Desmond. In conclusion, the paper shows that ultimately, "Sunset Boulevard" demonstrates the ways in which the Hollywood star system uses and discards its "heroes of consumption"; those who become integrated into the star system are tossed aside once their image is no longer considered attractive.