Sunset Boulevard + Q&A with David Lubin

Latchis Arts’ Classics at the Latchis series continues with SUNSET BOULEVARD on Sunday, June 14, at 7:00pm, including an introduction, afterthoughts and a book signing with David M. Lubin, author of Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream.

Consistently cited as one of the greatest American Films of all time, SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) starts Gloria Swanson as an aging silent film queen who refuses to accept that her time in the limelight has ended. She hires a young, down-on-his-luck screenwriter (William Holden) to help with her movie comeback. As things unfold, the situation devolves into violence, madness and death.
 
Praised as “a deft account of a Hollywood classic” and a “razor-sharp analysis (that) deepens the history and power of the cinematic masterpiece,” David M. Lubin’s Ready for My Close-Up is a cultural history and making-of book that explores the creation of this very meta and uniquely fascinating film.

SUNSET BOULEVARD: Ready for my Close-Up is sponsored by Sages and Latchis Arts. Tickets are $15 in advance, $16 at the door.