When asked about influences for Sunset Boulevard—surely there were scores from film noir or the Golden Age of Hollywood that influenced him, I thought—he remarked, “The inspiration is purely ...

But 1950’s “Sunset Boulevard” hit like a meteor; with its dark, scorching view of Hollywood, one had to wonder—had Billy turned on Tinseltown? The film is ... stuff of noir that here ...

Practically perfect from start to finish, the classic film noir became a cinematic masterpiece ... Talk! Talk!â Sunset ...