Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
*Additional film programme to the exhibition [*David Lynch: Up in Flames](https://goout.net/en/david-lynch-up-in-flames/szfkytx/) in cooperation with Ponrepo cinema. The screening will be introduced by film publicist Martin Pleštil and David Havas, curator of the film program David Lynch Season at the DOX Summer Cinema.** Sunset Boulevard / Billy Wilder / USA, 1950 / 110 min. - “The right setting is extremely important. Take, for example, the mansion in Sunset Boulevard, one of my favourite films. That house, I want to be there! Even today, I find myself driving down Sunset Boulevard and thinking: I wish I could find that house here somewhere and go inside! Somehow I just can’t accept that it’s not possible. I don’t really care about the plot at all – I just love the place where it’s set.” David Lynch In 1950s Hollywood, unknown screenwriter Joe Gillis is unable to sell his work to the movie studios. He’s in debt and is considering returning to his hometown. When he gets an offer to ghostwrite a script for a faded silent film star, he jumps at the chance. However, he discovers that a dangerous relationship is gradually developing between him and Norma Desmond (played by Gloria Swanson in a suggestive and almost autobiographical performance). Billy Wilder’s fraught tale of the artistic ego is set in the now forgotten world of Hollywood studios, an environment that was mythical for David Lynch and never ceased to fascinate him. In a film steadily suffused with cynicism and empathy, the stars of the silent era slowly march past, including a scene with Cecil B. DeMille playing himself. But the fantastic screenplay, full of references for the cinephiles in the audience, also gives Erich von Stroheim a chance to shine as the devoted butler of the unhinged Norma. In a similar vein, Lynch himself later made a climactic study of Hollywood’s toxic narcissism in what is perhaps his best film – Mulholland Drive – where the forgotten diva is replaced by the aspiring but unsuccessful young actress Betty in a riveting performance by the at that time unknown Naomi Watts. - Each screening will begin with an expert introduction. - Each ticket will be accompanied by a third of a Pilsner Urquell chilled beer (valid for visitors over 18 years of age). - In case of inclement weather, the screening will be cancelled. Refunds will be given if the screening has not yet started. - Films are presented in the original version with Czech subtitles. - The DOX+ terrace and bar will be open before the screening from 8pm. Partner of the project is Pilsner Urquell.
