The movie ‘Sunset Boulevard’ depicts the callous and unworthy, to an extent wicked, attitude of the Hollywood film industry. The movie brings out the unwarranted treatment meted out to its own stars of the past. When the silent cinema graduated to talkies, the film industry moved ahead, propelled by its selfish motives, leaving behind the legends of yester years to rot in their past glory, as they had no place or role to play in the present industry scenario. The most affected characters in the movie are Joe Gillis, a screenwriter, and Norma Desmond, an undisputed queen of silent cinema. ...
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