UW Cinematheque: Special Presentations
Sunset Blvd. | USA | 1950 | 35mm | 110 min. Director: Billy Wilder
Event Details
Date
Friday, November 7, 2014
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim
One of film history’s most unforgettable masterpieces rips the Hollywood monolith apart, exposing its corrupt and tainted nature for all to see. Swanson plays an eerily sinister and delusional has-been actress who hires struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis (Holden) to edit her new screenplay and help jump start her floundering career.
One of film history’s most unforgettable masterpieces rips the Hollywood monolith apart, exposing its corrupt and tainted nature for all to see. Swanson plays an eerily sinister and delusional has-been actress who hires struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis (Holden) to edit her new screenplay and help jump start her floundering career.
Cost
Free
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