Sunset Boulevard

From Paramount’s Centennial Collection a 2 DVD set of Sunset Boulevard covers every bit of minutia surrounding what is hands down one of the best films ever made and certainly the sharpest skewering of Hollywood in a movie. The fact the film was directed by Billy Wilder in 1950 only attests to its longevity and classic status.
It’s a win-win situation whether you’ve seen it or not. If you haven’t you’re guaranteed an eye-full. A down on his luck young writer Joe Gillis (Bill Holden) moves in with an aging starlet Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) to help her finish her rediscovery script. “I’m big, it’s the pictures that got small,” Desmond laments.
If you’ve seen Sunset Boulevard there’s a second DVD that has a short or documentary on every possible aspect of the film. The best for buff are outtakes of the original opening, which was cut after a disastrous preview. These clips (m.o.s.) show a corpse being wheeled into a morgue and then the dead bodies have a conversation discussing how they all got killed.