Sunset Boulevard 4K 1950

I'm speechless...
Today, I watched Sunset Boulevard for the first time, and you know, I think Bergman was right when he called it one of the best films ever made.
When I watched the Coen brothers' film Barton Fink, I really liked its subtext about Hollywood being Hell, but I couldn't have imagined that forty (!) years earlier there was a film that explored this theme even more brilliantly.

The film industry, rotten to the core...
I can't guarantee that I'm entirely correct, but Sunset was most likely the first film to desecrate the cinematic process in every way possible. Here you can see an old actress, once the “queen of silent films,” who is rejected by everyone because of her “unsuitability,” which leads her to write terrible scripts that the same producers reject with ease; a young writer who, by chance, meets Norma Desmond and helps her improve her mediocre screenwriting skills; a producer who, like all his ilk, thinks only of money and fame, and of not getting fired by his superiors; a film critic who is as young as the main character and, despite her impartiality, is easily made to fall in love with him.

All of Hollywood...
The plot itself is reinforced by the excellent performances of all the main actors, including the as yet unnamed butler Norma Desmond, played by Erich von Stroheim. It is also worth noting that all the main plot twists are hidden in the lines or actions of the butler himself.

Billy Wilder's directing is quite insightful and watchable, and the cinematography does not spoil the picture, but rather emphasizes the content of what is happening.

And although Barton Fink and Sunset Boulevard are similar in meaning, they end differently, but both films are equally important to me, films from different eras, great films, films dear to my heart.

Sunset Boulevard is a surprisingly poignant and thought-provoking film. It's no wonder that such things were filmed back in the 1950s; the theme remains more than relevant today.
A masterpiece...