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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Cohan, Steven (1948-....)
Titre(s) : Sunset Boulevard [Texte imprimé] / Steven Cohan
Édition : First edition
Publication : London, UK : British Film Institute, 2022
Description matérielle : 104 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection : BFI film classics
Lien à la collection : BFI film classics
Note(s) : Comprend des références bibliographiques
"Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard was a critical and commercial success on its release
in 1950 and remains a classic of film noir and one of the best-known Hollywood films
about Hollywood. Both its opening, with William Holden as the screenwriter Joe Gillis
floating facedown in ageing star Norma Desmond's (Gloria Swanson) pool, and lines
such as 'I am big, it's the pictures that got small' are some of the most memorable
in Classical Hollywood cinema. Steven Cohan's study of the film draws on original
archival research to shed new light on the film's production history, and the contribution
to the film's success and meanings of director Wilder, stars Holden and Swanson but
also supporting actors Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson (who plays Betty Schaefer),
Cecil B. DeMille, and Hedda Hopper, as well as costumier Edith Head, and composer
Franz Waxman. Cohan considers the film both as a 'backstudio' picture (a movie about
Hollywood) and as a film noir, and in the context of McCarthyism, blacklisting and
the Hollywood Ten. Cohan explores how the film was marketed, its reception and afterlife,
tracing how the film is at once a product of its own particular historical moment
as the movie industry was transitioning out of the studio era, yet one that still
speaks powerfully to contemporary audiences, and speculates on the reasons for its
enduring appeal."
Sujet(s) : Wilder, Billy (1906-2002) -- Critique et interprétation
Sunset boulevard (film)
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.437 2 (23e éd.) = Cinéma - Film particulier
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781839024085. - ISBN 1839024089. - ISBN 9781839024092 (erroné). - ISBN 9781839024108
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb470993489
Notice n° :
FRBNF47099348
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
