Sunset Blvd.
UK Release Date: 17 August 1950 Certification: PG Director: Billy Wilder Cast: William Holden, Nancy Olsen, Erich Van Stroheim, Gloria Swanson Rating: 13% An awful waste of my time. Review: I'll start this off by saying I know this review may be controversial as Sunset Blvd. received a total of ten Oscar nominations winning three. That praise for the noir film has continued onwards over seventy years later being present in both IMDB's and Letterboxd's top 100 films of all time. However, for me, Sunset Blvd. is a dated self-glorifying look at 1950's Hollywood. Continuing on from that point, movies in general that praise Hollywood - essentially appealing to the masses for Oscar shouts - don't work for me. It's filmmakers making films that almost praise their own work and accomplishments. To me that's arrogant and pretentious. Because with Sunset Blvd. there is near to no plot, the main driving force of the film is a trip down Hollywood memory lane. ...