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Article: The war between words and images--Sunset Boulevard
- Article from:
- Literature/Film Quarterly
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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In Billy Wilder's classic film Sunset Boulevard, an uncanny incongruity between words and images penetrates the heart of cinematic convention. The formal aspects of the film itself do not unsettle the spectator; Wilder constructs a visual narrative which rarely departs from the standard techniques of the medium. A voice-over narrator both introduces each scene and interprets the film's visual imagery, guiding the viewer through a series of events leading up to a murder. This familiar suturing of script and spectacle lulls the viewer into a false sense of security. Uncanniness insinuates itself into the picture through Sunset Boulevard's subject matter, which tears apart the sutures which ...
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