CPCF 1F25 Study Guide - Final Guide: Thelma Ritter, .44 Magnum, Zinnia
10 Apr 2017
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The film opens with the camera tracking down sunset boulevard in los angeles, california as police cars begin racing down it. The lifeless body of a young man, joe gillis (holden) floats in the swimming pool of a palatial mansion. As the police begin converging on the house joe"s voice narrates, in flashback style, the events leading up to his own murder. Six months earlier, joe was down on his luck, unable to find work as a screenwriter, having only made a few undistinguished films in his short career. Joe then tries unsuccessfully to borrow money from his friends. Fleeing from repossession men in his car, one of joe"s tires blows out in front of a large and seemingly deserted mansion on sunset. Hiding the car in the garage, he sets out to explore the decaying house, when a woman inside calls to him.
