Wilder, B. (1950). Sunset Boulevard [Poster]. Retrieved 14 August, 2012 from http://www.impawards.com/1950/sunset_boulevard_xlg.html
Sunset Boulevard was directed by Billy Wilder in 1950's which the story focuses on Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) who was a silent-movie goddess whose pathetically belief in her own immortal fame has turned her into a demented recluse. The old crumbled mansion where she lives with her only butler, Max (Erich von Stroheim) who was once her director and husband has become her self constraint world. Norma dreams of comeback to pictures and she begins a relation with Joe Gillis (William Holden) a small script writer that will end with murder and total madness.
Characteristic of Femme Fatale:
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Norma Desmond, is an aging star who has been long forgotten by the Hollywood and her fans who was once a giant of the silver screen's silent era.
Manipulative:
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These are some of the scenes that show Norma is a manipulative femme fatale as she asked Joe to read her script and offered him the job. When Joe says wanted to leave as it's already late and he will came early in the morning, Norma refused and asked him to stay in the room of the garage as the script can't leave her house and Joe's car is spoil too. The next day when Joe wake's up he saw all of his stuff was already in the room which cause him loses his freedom.
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Norma brings Joe to the tailor and make him tuxedo, Joe refuses while she insisted that it was a must. The tailor show Joe the two fabrics which one is more expensive and one is cheaper. The tailor was upset as Joe chooses the cheaper fabric and he tempted him in why not choose the expensive fabric since Norma is
paying for the clothes. Through this, Norma is using money to make him stay.
Selfish:
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When Norma discovered Joe is going out at night and he had another woman who is Betty(Nancy Olsen). Immediately, she called Betty (Nancy Olson) and tells her about Joe. When Joe saw her scheme, she cut herself and acting in pain. Joe decided to leave her and she shot him to death.
Ambitious:
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She walks down the stairs like a new star as she assumes that, they are their fans and they are in a progress of movie shooting. Desmond was ambitious by her FAME and wanted it back that made her gone mad and insane.
Characteristic of the film - Crime:
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From the beginning of the film Sunset Boulevard, it
can be seen that a dead body is floating on a swimming pool outside a luxury
mansion. It has been explained at the end of the film how Joe is being killed
by Norman. He tends to leave Norman because he cannot stand with Norman’s
selfishness and her attitude. She went mad as she cannot accept the fact that
Joe is leaving. At the end, Norman has shot from behind,
when Joe was walking
out towards the pool to leave from the mansion.
Double Indemnity (1944) by Billy Wilder
The Femme Fatale:
Wilder, B. (1944). Double Indemnity. Retrieved on 14
August 2012 from http://stagevu.com/video/edtocyhvqidt
Picture above shows the wife of Mr. Dietrichson, Phyllis. Flirtation involved when Walter Neff, a very successful insurance salesman in the Pacific All-Risk, went to Phyllis's house to renew an automobile insurance policy for her husband. Walter was persuaded by Phyllis to kill her husband together with some tricks in order to make the crime looks like an accident, which Mr. Dietrichson was being thrown from a train after being killed.
The Low Key Lighting:
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The scene above started from the beginning of Double Indemnity when a car drives through downtown streets in a high speed at night. Walter walks unsteadily into his office, obviously in pain, sits down at his desk and started to record the incident into a Dictaphone. Low key lighting is used in this particular scenes.
The Dark Shadow:
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The picture shown above is from the scene in the
beginning of the film where Walter walks into his office. Before he reaches his
office, dark shadow lies on the wall of the balcony when he was passing through
it before he enters the office.
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