A short analysis of the 1950's film, Sunset Boulevard

"Sunset Boulevard" is a self referential film that critiques Hollywood's star system. This 1950's film uses many former Hollywood stars who more or less play themselves and in doing so sheds light on the dark aspects of the star system. It also takes the viewer inside the studios and depicts studio executives and studio pawns. It is a look at the writer and the game of writing and filmmaking in Hollywood. It depicts a lack …

…needs, and even aloof. The writer pitches an idea and the producer tears it to pieces. The studios have little respect for the writers artistic intentions. This film expresses a cynical attitude toward Hollywood, by showing the main character of the film face down in his dream pool; killed, in a round about way by the Hollywood system. It is too humorous to be seen as propaganda against that destructive system, which still functions today.