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Norma Is The Real Victim In Billy Wilder's Film Noir Of Sunset Boulevard

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Norma is the real victim on Sunset Boulevard. Upon the 1950’s, film noir of Sunset Boulevard, directed by Billy Wilder, effectively explores the character of Norma Desmond, too obsessed with stardom and associated with her nonexistent fame, which Billy Wilder presents throughout the film. Throughout the film, Wilder presents that Norma’s development is not entirely self-inflicted, but actually the victim upon the film. Wilder presents this in other character’s doings, Joe Gillis’s selfishness and ambitions on using Norma, the character of Max von Meyerling strong love for Norma blinds his actions that have consequences, which Wilder depicts the consequences of other characters actions and doings toward her development and behavior. Through
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