Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950, 110 mins)
New print! A hack screenwriter hides out at a fading film star's decaying compound in a black comedy that Andrew Sarris called "the best Hollywood movie ever made about Hollywood." Stellar performances by Gloria Swanson, William Holden, and Erich von Stroheim earned them three of the film's eleven Oscar nominations. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive. Special thanks to Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Free and open to the public. All attendees must be asymptomatic and fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including boosters when eligible) and should be prepared to show proof of vaccination. Masks are recommended.
Time/Date:
7 p.m. Friday, April 14
Location:
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L02
320 York Street
New Haven, CT
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive is an ongoing series of classic and contemporary films in 35mm curated by the Yale Film Archive, presented with support from Paul L. Joskow ’70 M.Phil., ’72 Ph.D.