Beautiful to death: "There is nothing wrong with 50 years old, and you have to pretend to be sick at 20 years old."

It is very sad that a hero gets old and a beauty dies.

In the late 1940s, three thrilling gunshots came from a mansion on Sunset Avenue in Los Angeles.

Joe Gillis, a handsome young screenwriter, fainted in his favorite swimming pool-this tragedy was related to a washed-up actress. ...

This is the title of Sunset Boulevard, one of the greatest black-and-white movies of the last century.

The film was directed by Hollywood director billy wilder 1950, and won many nominations such as Best Screenplay Award and Best Director Award in the 23rd Oscar.

This film tells the absurdity and misery of Norma Desmond, a superstar who was once a smash hit.

The dying beauty, unwilling to be lonely, finally went crazy, unacceptable reality and irresistible deception, and finally destroyed Norma-

In a Gothic mansion on Sunset Avenue, there lived a forgotten silent film Red Star. She is Norma Desmond, the hero of this film.

She used to be young and beautiful, an absolute beauty, a darling of the silent film era, a real screen queen and a superstar.

At the peak of her career, she received more than 10 thousand fan letters a week and earned a huge income of more than one million dollars a year.

Paramount praised her to the sky and gave her a whole row of houses as dressing rooms. At a young age, she bought a castle-like luxury mansion on Sunset Avenue in the rich area.

However, with the arrival of audio movies, silent movies have lost people's favor. Norma, who should have adapted to the times, is still immersed in the aura of the old times and is unwilling to change.

She also announced from earth that she relied on acting. "We don't need dialogue."

Gradually, Zhu Yan's old and untimely Norma is no longer suitable for this young and beautiful role. She can only hide in her mansion, waiting for a comeback one day.

Time passed mercilessly, and she wasted her glorious years and finally entered the age of knowing her destiny.

Norma, on the other hand, never accepted the reality and still lived in her fantasy kingdom for the glory of the past.

She is aloof and aloof, but she wears heavy makeup and jewels every day. The only audience was the housekeeper Max and a chimpanzee.

She is narcissistic to the point of abnormal condition, rows of previous stills, and only chooses silent films she has played when watching movies.

She is still a dazzling queen in her own world, even unaware of people's forgetfulness. After all, she will still receive letters from fans.

However, she doesn't know how hard her first husband, housekeeper Max, has made to protect her fragile fantasy and protect her from the outside world.

Sporadic "fan" letters were secretly written by Max himself; When Norma watched the old film starring herself, he accompanied her and had the same mood as her; He quietly drove away all hostile interviews from the media.

If this fantasy kingdom can continue to exist like this, maybe Norma will be safe. But all this was ruined by an unexpected guest.

This man is Joe Gillis, a down-and-out screenwriter at the age of 3 1. Although he is good-looking, his works are mediocre and his plays are often killed.

I borrowed a lot of money and was urged to pay my debts every day because my career was not smooth and I was financially strapped.

On this day, in order to avoid two creditors, he mistakenly drove into the mansion on Sunset Avenue and saw a scene that shocked him.

I saw a middle-aged woman with red lips singing for her dead orangutan in Xu Niang. She haughtily stopped him, mistaking him for an orangutan's funeral.

When Joe made it clear that he was leaving, he suddenly recognized Norma. He exclaimed, "You used to be famous!" "

Norma said arrogantly, "I'm famous now, too, but the movie is getting smaller and smaller!" " "She said confidently," I just need one look to break your heart. "

When she finally met an audience, Norma found an exit and angrily condemned the current movie: "Once this industry attracted the attention of the whole world, but … they wanted people all over the world to' hear' it, so they opened their mouths and spoke loudly!"

Joe was obviously disgusted with her hysteria. When he turned to leave, Norma brought a stack of drafts, saying that this was her play Salome, which would be her masterpiece for returning to the film industry, and asked Joe to help her revise it.

Hearing that Norma would pay a large sum of money, desperate Joe immediately accepted Norma's suggestion and stayed here for the time being.

On New Year's Eve, Norma will hold a luxurious reception. She gave Joe a batch of high-definition clothes and invited him to attend.

That night, Max hired a band and put wine in the mansion. Joe arrived on time, only to find that there were no other guests except Norma.

At this time, the band's performance reached a climax, and the warm tango dance music sounded. Norma and Joe jumped up together.

She put her face to Joe's ear and made a beautiful vision, which made Joe seem to see the future.

However, Joe asked her doubtfully when the other guests would come, but Norma told him clearly, "It's just you and me tonight, and I'm already in love with you!" "

Joe was shocked and resisted. Although he is eager to get the help of the rich woman, he can't accept being a gigolo. He refused: "I am not suitable for you!" " "

A conflict broke out between them, and Joe left in a rage to attend a friend's party.

He met Betty, a 22-year-old female screenwriter, and they talked about the creation of the script. Joe also got a lot of inspiration.

Joe decided to move out of that gloomy mansion, but received the news that Norma was going to cut her wrist and commit suicide. Joe had to go back to the apartment to comfort Norma.

Norma looked very haggard, which made Joe feel sorry for him. They kissed. Joe promised Norma to stay with her.

Norma bought him piles of new clothes, renovated his swimming pool, and gave him a gold-plated cigarette case and a brand-name car. ...

Although he didn't want to accept it, he suddenly changed from a poor boy to a glamorous "noble" and lived a comfortable and exquisite life. This temptation made Joe unable to refuse.

In addition, Norma's loneliness, loneliness and fragility made Joe unable to leave, so he became a gigolo he despised, or a substitute for orangutans. Norma was a new pet.

Although Max saw Joe's hypocrisy, Joe could make his queen happy, so he stopped.

In this way, Joe lived like a canary, eating and drinking luxuriously in the luxury car every day. However, compared with the vibrant atmosphere outside, this mansion seems to be a gloomy world.

Norma locked Joe in her own kingdom, where there was only her past beauty and glory, and her wishful thinking of becoming popular for the second time. Even the weekly "Movie Night" shows Norma's past works, such as Queen Kelly.

Whenever these old movies are shown, Norma is more immersed in the past, and Joe only feels suffocated.

Norma looked very happy on this day. It turned out to be the studio staff, so I gave her a call. She thinks it must be the director Dimir who wants to invite her to make a movie. She's finally going back to the screen!

Joe accompanied her to the set and was almost stopped by the doorman. Fortunately, after some prompting, the old doorman remembered her before letting her go.

Director Dimir was busy filming and was a little surprised when he saw Norma. He pretended to greet Norma warmly and secretly asked the staff what was going on.

It turns out that filming needs the lens of a luxury car. The staff just wanted to borrow Norma's car, but Norma misunderstood.

Unconsciously, Norma was very excited. She walked into the spotlight, put on various shapes, and accepted the worship of everyone's eyes, as if she had returned to the era of stars holding the moon.

Dimir couldn't bear to tell the truth, so he had to tell Norma perfunctorily that he would look for her next time he made a movie.

Joe who knows the truth can't bear to tell Norma. He met Betty again on the set, talked with her about the script and prepared to cooperate.

Since then, Joe and Betty have been together almost every day, and their scripts have been written very smoothly. Beautiful young Betty opened a window for depressed Joe with sunshine and vitality.

A few days later, their script was successfully completed and they played together to celebrate. On the way, Betty expressed her love to Joe, and Joe found himself in love with Betty.

Joe came back to the building very late. Max was very worried and advised Joe not to upset Norma.

Norma suspected that Joe was dating Betty privately and asked nervously. Joe just said nothing happened to Betty and tried to make up for the past.

Unexpectedly, Norma, who is sensitive and suspicious, called Betty in front of Joe, hinting at her affair with Joe.

Joe was furious, but it was too late to stop him. Betty came here in the heavy rain, and Joe simply told Betty everything: "This is an old story … a rich old woman met a young man …"

Hearing this, Betty was surprised and sad, and ran out crying.

Facing the ferocious Norma, Joe said nothing, packed his bags and prepared to leave.

Norma asked nervously, "Are you leaving me? ! "

At the moment, Joe can't stand it any longer. He shattered Norma's fantasy layer by layer.

He told Norma that no one wanted her script, and the crew just wanted to borrow her car.

Norma's eyes widened in disbelief, arguing that she was still very popular, and there were letters from fans every day.

Joe told her mercilessly that these letters were written by Max.

Finally, he threw Norma a sentence: "There is nothing wrong with being 50, but you have to pretend to be sick at 20."

The fantasy kingdom collapsed, and the great shock and anger made Norma completely lose her mind. She took out a pistol and shot Joe behind her.

Joe struggled out of the door, Norma fired two more shots, and Joe staggered down and plunged into the swimming pool repaired for him. ...

I saw Norma, dressed as "Queen Kelly", singing and walking down the stairs in an exaggerated posture.

At the last moment, Max still guarded her dream. He told her loudly, "Look, the cameras are all here. They are waiting for you to dance!" " "

"I swear to my dear fans that I will never abandon you again ... well, Mr. Dimir, you can take a close-up of me."

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A generation of red stars, ending in this absurd way, can not help but make people sigh.

It's not a pity that a beautiful woman is dying. Unfortunately, beauty does not accept the reality of death.

Sunset Boulevard is the first film to criticize the Hollywood star system.

In the era of Hollywood, some stars were once praised, but when they were out of breath, no one took care of them. But they have been spoiled for a long time, unable to cope with the sharp decline, suffering from resentment, loneliness, depression and even madness.

Although Norma Desmond is a fictional star, this film reflects a lot of reality and many prototypes can be found.

Gloria swanson, starring Norma, and Norma have very similar life trajectories.

She used to be the queen of the silent film era and the highest-paid actress. The cost of buying jewelry is as high as 500 thousand dollars every year.

One of her famous sayings is: I will always let the stars shine!

However, the arrival of talking movies and the relentless passage of time ended her film career, just like Norma in Sunset Boulevard.

For Benoma, it is wise that although she no longer shines on the screen, Gloria swanson has not given up on herself.

After leaving the film industry, she began to study painting, design fashion, create cosmetics brands, write columns, publish autobiography, and promote Sugar Blues for her sixth husband. ...

On the stage of life without an audience, she still shines as she said.

In Sunset Boulevard, erich von stroheim, who plays the housekeeper Max, was a famous director in the silent film era.

The film Queen Kelly is a representative work of his Waterloo career. It can be said that this movie ruined the future of Gloria swanson and Eric.

But the two actors readily accepted and agreed to add this detail, which shows that they have long been relieved and regarded the past as a cloud.

In the story of Sunset Boulevard, Norma wrote the play Salome, but in real life, Gloria swanson played Salome in the movie The Stage is in My Heart from 65438 to 0925.

William horton, the actor of Joe in Sunset Boulevard, is actually very similar to Joe. William starred in The Golden Boy when he was young, but for more than ten years, his fame was always tepid, just like Joe in Sunset Boulevard, and he was embarrassed in his career.

Dimir, the director of this film, is the silent film director Shi Si Dimir himself. That day, he was making a movie. Wilder, the director of Sunset Boulevard, took the crew directly to the set and used Dimir's position to shoot Norma's shot on the set.

Sunset Boulevard is regarded as an epic movie. Here we can see the cruelty and helplessness of a beautiful woman in her later years, and we can also look back on her life:

Youth, beauty, talent and wealth may all be like a bubble of a dream. What we want to keep is our initial heart.