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Episode 308: Sunset Boulevard
Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron talk about Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard!! Starting off a month where we talk about Movies about Making Movies Sunset Boulevard examines the wreckage left behind by the transition from Silent Era pictures to the "Talkies" A failing screenwriter named Joe Gillis (William Holden) is found floating face down in a pool on Sunset Boulevard, beyond the grave he begins telling us his story.. Struggling to make a living in Hollywood, Joe Gillis stashes his car which is about to be towed away in a random garage in the Hollywood Hills which ends up being the mansion of faded film star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her butler Max (Erich Von Stroheim) Gillis begins working for Norma Desmond on a screenplay, and is slowly lured into her world of psychosis, delusion, codependency, and control. #sunset #sunsetboulevard #gloriaswanson #noir #normadesmond #silent #silentfilm #silentfilms #billywilder #williamholden #1950s #1950scinema #erichvonstroheim #classichollywood #hollywood #la #losangeles Forrest and Kristina are starting a new YouTube channel/show The Absurdity Space!! https://www.youtube.com/@UCa3LavkP9F_NxOnl0A2soXQ We are also streaming on @thisspacetv throw them a follow Join our discord: https://discord.gg/ZHU8W55pnh Join our Patreon to get all our After Parties https://www.patreon.com/MovieNightExtra Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends new noir inspired music video "A Villain of Circumstance" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXjmjKzbTSI
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