The ghostly interpretation of Hollywood past, the eerie glamour, and most importantly, the strikingly perfect insight into a screenwriters psyche and all of the torture, ego, & desperation that goes into it...this film is a masterpiece without question.

Joe Gillis is not only the best "writer character" in cinema, but makes my list of best characters in cinema entirely.

Joe Gillis (William Holden), bankrupt screenwriter, hides from car repossessors in the garage of a deserted-looking mansion which proves to be the grotesque home of Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), retired silent screen star. Joe takes refuge there, with a nominal job of rewriting Norma's hopeless 'comeback' screenplay. Weeks pass; feeling more and more like a kept man, Joe grasps at reality in the form of a clandestine friendship with script reader Betty Schaefer, but it's too late...

This movie won 3 Oscars, had another 13 wins an 13 nominations... So who can argue with that? It is a great, great movie (10 stars out of 10)

A true, old Hollywood classic.

ummmm....."I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE UP, MR. DEVILLE" ??? Sunset Boulevard is the end-all be-all of classic Hollywood movies. You gotta watch it.