Ready for her close-up
Posted on April 3, 2018 by Sonoma Valley Sun
“Sunset Boulevard,” from 1950, is film noir with the patina of faded Hollywood. Gloria Swanson, in a circus mirror role that reflects her own career as a silent film star, plays a washed-up movie queen wallowing in denial and fantasy. (Bonus ironic twist: the actress of all of 49 during filming).
In the role that made him a star, William Holden, is the jaded, wide-cracking screenwriter drawn into her bizarre world.
Directed and co-written, with razor-sharp dialogue complete with voice-overs from a dead man, by Billy Wilder. Monday, April 9. 7 p.m. $9. Sebastiani Theatre. 476 First St. E. 996.9756. Sebastianitheatre.com.
