Sunset

want to believe. There is no proof of what was before one’s life or what will happen after one’s death. It all comes down to faith when observing the inexplicable. There is no defined purpose; therefore, an individual creates their own life meaning. Sunset Boulevard (1950), directed by Billy Wilder, is a black and white film, where Norma Desmond, a famous actress of the silent film era, cannot come to terms with her career’s end. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), directed by Guillermo del Toro, centers…

prevalent. As seen in Philippa Levine’s The British Empire Sunrise to Sunset, particularly in the 8th and 9th chapters, the discrimination was mainly done by white males. Taking a closer look at the primary sources “The Ballad of East and West” by Rudyard Kipling and Kenya Diary by Colonel R. Meinertzhagen, this discrimination and inequalities of the British Empire will be brought to light. In Philippa Levine’s British Empire Sunrise to Sunset, she said “…the effects of imperial rule was…

The story of Before Sunset took place in France, Paris. The story begins in the bookstore in Paris. The actor named Jesse Wallace in the storying was promoting his bestselling book. While Jesse was answering the questions tossed to him by the reporters we can see the structure of the book store frame by frame. The whole book store is like a storage place, extremely narrow and compacted with books. The shelves are close to one and another. The space between book shelves can only fit through one…

Caligari” (Wiene, 1919), is a silent film that followed a mentally ill man’s perspective through troublesome times. “Sunset Boulevard” (Wilder, 1950) follows a struggling screenwriter that is put into a unique position when he stumbles upon the house of an old Hollywood star. When comparing act 1 of Wiene’s “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”, and the first 20 minutes of Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard”, there are parallels that suggest the German influence on Film Noir. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”,…

Billy Wilder’s award winning film of the year 1950, Sunset Boulevard, portrays the theme of corruption of fame. Sunset Boulevard, compared to the films Chinatown and The Maltese Falcon, establishes a greater essence of film noir through the use of black and…

thoroughly discussed. These books revolve around the question of death and how it can affect people’s lives currently. A common theme amongst these books is the depressing, dull picture of a life that is not lived in surrender to God Almighty. In The Sunset Limited, Cormac McCarthy outlines White’s desire to escape into a world of nothingness. White is educated, but ironically Black has a more realistic picture of the world. White lived an easier life than Black, but Black chose to be happy. In…

Sunset Boulevard vs. The Great Gatsby What is disillusionment and why is it so significant to American literature? Well, it goes hand in hand with the American dream, which was the concept that you could achieve success and wealth in America by starting fresh. At a first glance this seems ideal. However, as many famous literary works have shown, the American dream is very different from its unfortunate reality. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby lets its readers into the lives of the 1920’s…

my attention, but the one that attracted me the most was the art piece Marsh Sunset made by Martin Johnson Heade, there was so much detail to is and I just couldn’t stop staring at the natural beauty of the landscape. When you drive past landscapes while on a road trip, sometimes no one puts in much thought into the beauty because it's there and the idea of it disappearing never comes to mind, but seeing the Marsh Sunset Piece makes you look into it. This emphasizes the rhythms of nature and…

America in search of riches and wealth. Two films that depict various aspects of the American dream are Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard and Mike Nichols’ The Graduate. Whether it is Norma Desmond’s blindsided view of Hollywood or Benjamin Braddock’s search for love from all generations, both of these films suggest the idea that the American dream is rather cloudy. Both Sunset Boulevard and The Graduate use isolation as a way to convey a greater idea about the American dream. In The Graduate,…

In my opinion this book was very boring. The author wrote in a view of multiple groups and often in the view for a single person. The author had extra fluff that was not relevant to the story. For example, “J.J. Ford was the biggest tipper in Sunset Towers… “I saw someb-b-b…” Chris Theodorakis was too excited to stutter out the news to his brother.” (page 14) The constant switching of characters and character groups without a well written transition made it hard for me to keep track of the…