{"product_id":"sunset-boulevard-paperback-2","title":"Sunset Boulevard - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Cohan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilly Wilder's \u003ci\u003eSunset Boulevard \u003c\/i\u003ewas a critical and commercial success on its release in 1950 and remains a classic of film noir and one of the best-known Hollywood films about Hollywood. Both its opening, with William Holden as the screenwriter Joe Gillis floating facedown in ageing star Norma Desmond's (Gloria Swanson) pool, and lines such as 'I \u003ci\u003eam\u003c\/i\u003e big, it's the pictures that got small' are some of the most memorable in Classical Hollywood cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteven Cohan's study of the film draws on original archival research to shed new light on the film's production history, and the contribution to the film's success and meanings of director Wilder, stars Holden and Swanson but also supporting actors Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson (who plays Betty Schaefer), Cecil B. DeMille, and Hedda Hopper, as well as costumier Edith Head, and composer Franz Waxman. Cohan considers the film both as a 'backstudio' picture (a movie about Hollywood) and as a film noir, and in the context of McCarthyism, blacklisting and the Hollywood Ten. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCohan explores how the film was marketed, its reception and afterlife, tracing how the film is at once a product of its own particular historical moment as the movie industry was transitioning out of the studio era, yet one that still speaks powerfully to contemporary audiences, and speculates on the reasons for its enduring appeal.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Cohan\u003c\/b\u003e is Dean's Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University, USA and President of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. His books include \u003ci\u003eTelling Stories: A Theoretical Analysis of Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e (1988, co-authored with Linda M. Shires), \u003ci\u003eMasked Men: Masculinity and the Movies in the Fifties\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003e Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value, and the MGM Musical \u003c\/i\u003e(2005); a BFI TV Classic on \u003ci\u003eCSI: Crime Scene Investigation\u003c\/i\u003e (2008);\u003ci\u003e The Sound of Musicals \u003c\/i\u003e(BFI 2010) and\u003ci\u003e Hollywood by Hollywood: The Backstudio Picture and the Mystique of Making Movies\u003c\/i\u003e (2018)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 7.47 x 5.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157856686215,"sku":"9781839024085","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/fe28b45a700708b36c0d542e602575c0_b683f3d1-c0c0-47bc-ba40-d150f2fe7486.webp?v=1733254240","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sunset-boulevard-paperback-2","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}