Sunset Boulevard

by Billy Wilder

Book Overview

Sunset Boulevard (1950) is one of the most famous films in the history of Hollywood, and perhaps no film better represents Hollywood's vision of itself. Billy Wilder collaborated on the screenplay with the very able Charles Brackett, and with D. M. Marshman Jr., who later joined the team. Together they created a film both allusive and literate, with Hollywood's worst excesses and neuroses laid out for all to see. After viewing Sunset Boulevard...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520218558
• ISBN13: 9780520218550
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Screen Play for a Beautiful Film

It's a pleasure to read Wilder's screenplay for "Sunset Boulevard." Rarely are the director and the writer the same person. In this case we get to see what Wilder wanted depicted in an almost poetic writing style. When coupled with the beautiful final product it is truly a treat to watch Billy Wilder's timeless classic "Sunset Boulevard"

I think it is one of the best pieces of literature ever.

I think the way Billie Wilder expresses the life of a washed up actress and the life of a starving screnwriter is a wonderful interpratations of life ever. i loved the musical although I found it far fetched from the book.