Listen "Word and Image in “Sunset Boulevard” (1950) – Part 2"
Episode Synopsis
What can the contrast between silent and talking pictures teach us about the nature of film itself? And how might it reflect the age-old rivalries between word and image, movement and stasis, the living and the dead? Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Billy Wilder’s 1950 masterpiece, "Sunset Boulevard."
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