Hollywood receives its close up in Billy Wilder’s ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Written by Katie Mounce, Film Critic. 06/01/1950 As much as we may refuse to admit it, America is a hugely consumerist country, using and often abusing products and people in order to prosper and constantly, often unnecessarily replacing commodities with their more up to date superior. The success of ‘Sunset Boulevard ’ lies in its ability to depict Hollywood in such a way that, without causing offence, unmasks the harsh truths