{"id":5585,"date":"2017-03-03T13:28:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T10:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2017-03-09T08:41:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T05:41:20","slug":"film-screening-sunset-boulevard-billy-wilder-ffb-6-6pm-march-8-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/film-screening-sunset-boulevard-billy-wilder-ffb-6-6pm-march-8-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Screening: &#8220;Sunset Boulevard,&#8221; Billy Wilder, FFB-6, 6PM March 8 (EN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Wilder&#8217;s 1950 classic Sunset Boulevard will be Bilkent Cinematics&#8217; next screening on Wednesday, March 8.<\/p>\n<p>The story of ageing silent film star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her relationship with struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden), it is a timeless Hollywood tale of ambition, greed, and desire. Its influence is so lasting that it has been re-made countless times throughout the years, on stage and recently as a musical.<\/p>\n<p>The number of films that have subsequently referenced Sunset Boulevard or been clearly influenced by it is legion. Its impact has never really diminished.<\/p>\n<p>Critic Roger Ebert said the film &#8220;remains the best drama ever made about movies because it sees through the illusions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sunset Boulevard screens on Wednesday, March 8 at 6 p.m., in FFB6. Everyone is welcome. All movies are screened with English subtitles, and food and refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please contact Hossein Dabir at <a href=\"mailto:dabir@bilkent.edu.tr\">dabir@bilkent.edu.tr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Wilder&#8217;s 1950 classic Sunset Boulevard will be Bilkent Cinematics&#8217; next screening on Wednesday, March 8. The story of ageing silent film star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her relationship with struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden), it is a timeless Hollywood tale of ambition, greed, and desire. Its influence [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/film-screening-sunset-boulevard-billy-wilder-ffb-6-6pm-march-8-en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oldposts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5586,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions\/5586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3.bilkent.edu.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}