97 mins |
Rated
PG
Sunset Boulevard – Film Society's special extra end-of-year screening!
Bring your family and friends along to this special event – a fundraiser for AFS, open to the public – all tickets $20, on sale from tonight at the AFS desk in the Academy Cinemas foyer.
Tickets also on sale now at Eventbrite and at the Academy Cinemas online /at the counter.
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/auckland-film-society-fundraiser-sunset-boulevard-tickets-77965273231?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
'An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback. The screenwriter believes he can manipulate her, but he soon finds out he is wrong. The screenwriters ambivalence about their relationship and her unwillingness to let go leads to a situation of violence, madness, and death.'
“Wilder’s classic is noir at its most brittle, bizarre and baroque.” – The Cinematheque
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Sunset Boulevard – Film Society's special extra end-of-year screening!
Bring your family and friends along to this special event – a fundraiser for AFS, open to the public – all tickets $20, on sale from tonight at the AFS desk in the Academy Cinemas foyer.
Tickets also on sale now at Eventbrite and at the Academy Cinemas online /at the counter.
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/auckland-film-society-fundraiser-sunset-boulevard-tickets-77965273231?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
'An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback. The screenwriter believes he can manipulate her, but he soon finds out he is wrong. The screenwriters ambivalence about their relationship and her unwillingness to let go leads to a situation of violence, madness, and death.'
“Wilder’s classic is noir at its most brittle, bizarre and baroque.” – The Cinematheque