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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: BILLY WILDER: Sunset Blvd. (1950)
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of manipulation, murder, insurance fraud, jealousy, death.
Our director series continues this week with a film steeped in Hollywood lore while being utterly disdainful of its treatment of actors. It’s a near masterpiece, but as we talk through it, it’s Billy Wilder’s directing that shines a bit more than his writing. Still, even the last 5 minutes of this film are enough to etch it as an instant classic, and the first two hours are pretty great as well. Equal...