Sunset Blvd (1950)- Last Scene

[emmers57]

Now I have heard that Norma Desmond was based on Alla Nazimova.

[emmers57]

remarkable film all around.

[joaobrito7070]

This is the best end scene of a movie



[Piccolo7126]

Norma Desmond was right, the pictures have gotten small! It's so difficult to view videos on youtube in those tiny boxes in 240p.

[oiuyuae]

けっこう聞き取れた

[Latwata719]

Papaknowsbest, thank you for your response. I agree entirely, Swanson " is Norma Desmond" she erases all traces of her own persona to become the character. She should have won the Oscar. She was so " on target". And the film, as all here would agree, is not only a great monument to film making, it also, is ON TARGET as it captures Hollywood perfectly. Yes, the technology, hair styles, fashions, and music may have changed, but, Hollywood, or show business, remains the same.

[SimplyGH]

Great quality.

[valleus]

Hollywood no longer has great actors and actresses just movie stars just plain old movie stars

[yankeeangel26]

This has to be one of the saddest, most chilling, and most brilliant endings to any film. Truly a classic.

[livininthesprawl]

Probably the best ending scene to a movie in the history of film. I could watch Swanson's "Mr. DeMille" delivery 100 times in a row and still get the chills every single time.

[Latwata719]

One of the best closing scenes ever filmed ! We all agree ! Could anyone else have played "Norma" so perfectly? I think not. I recall reading a piece suggesting that Claudette Colbert was considered for the part. Just imagine what a different movie it would have been. Gloria Swanson nailed the part, hook, line, and sinker ! And the rest of the cast was perfect too !

[papaknowsbest16]

@Latwata719 And it took such balls to play this part (so close to self-parody) with no trace of self-consciousness. What makes this scene so bone-chilling is how pathetic the character is, which is only possible because of Gloria Swanson's complete dedication to it. There's no wink and nod here, no commenting on her role. She just is Norma Desmond.

[DonCorleone87]

do we ever know if C.B. Demille even wanted to work with Norma again? Or was he like Max just trying to keep that fantasy alive in her that she's still a major star?

[OWickedOne88]

GAH, I love this movie a ridiculous amount... This last scene always gives me chills. Absolutely perfect writing. And she's genuinely terrifying and sad to watch.

[71QueenBitch]

I love this. She's the female counterpart to Psycho's Norman Bates. Matter of fact, her name is Norma as in Norma/Norman.

[MrTameyourself]

Some of the most mythical and glorious scenes of film history.

Unes de les escenes més mitiques i glorioses de la història del cinema.

[cbaGAGA]

wicked!

[catholicpriest1]

Movies like this put today's movies to shame.

[Cheryllynn2u]

Probably one of the greatest movies ever made.

[JohnnyVillarMusic]

@Cheryllynn2u

(correction): EASILY one of the greatest movies ever made!

[029Mhelz]

Her descent into lunacy is pitiful, chilling and, like Billy Wilder's classic Hollywood tale, wonderfully over-the-top. As Norma walks down those steps and over the edge of sanity, we see the true cruelty of fame's fleeting fancy!

[edia05]

To me this was a fantastic ending.. Funny though i read that Mrs Sawanson bursted into tears when this scene was wrapped kuz she didnt use heels kuz ahe was afraid to fall down the stairs..

[phulnelson]

@edia05 she burst into tears because this was the final scene filmed, and it was a very emotional moment for her as well as everyone else. yes, she descended the staircase barefoot because she was afraid of falling. but that had nothing to do with her becoming emotional when filming wrapped.

[xxfayerocksxx]

omg i love this it was freaky when she starting coming up close but she was amazing <3 xxxx <3 xxxx

[johncb1963]

How did hollywood go from THIS,to remakes of 80s films and comic book characters?!?

[LoftierThanMine]

"And this time will be bigger! And better than we knew it! So watch me fly, we all know I can do it!"

[ashTUPANGAIA]

I love the music from 1:25 - 1:54

[vinceavakian]

If anyone dares to dislike this video...

[littlebluchair]

what an amazing actress the final scene bought a lump to my throat bravo miss swanson

[ivanaikka]

I love, love, love this movie!!!

[filipinosblancos]

un final grandioso para una diosa que no debería planear "su retorno"(aunque ella se resista a reconocerlo como tal)sino que debería de haberse marchado jamas, un genio ante las cámaras víctima de los malos tratos de la misma pantalla, quizá locura por la presión fanática por los miles de personas que la adoraban, quizá convencida de que vivía en otro mundo, el mundo de las estrellas del mudo.

te echamos de menos

[sunderlandoful]

I dont get it

[worddoctor1]

In 1966, I was attending the Hull House Film Festival in Chicago, standing in a lobby packed with people. Suddenly, a "hole" in the hubbub opened in one corner of the room and magically spread outward. It was followed by an eruption of applause, as tiny Gloria Swanson made her way through the throng. And it was at THAT moment that I understood what "star quality" really was!

[sanjac07]

OK todays Hollywood actors this is how you do crazy, nuts.

[sanjac07]

Gloria Swanson is really tiny! I've never noticed this.

[hornybodhisattva]

@sanjac07  what her interview in the documentary Hollywoood!

she says she is 5'01

[ToughXArmy69]

Billy Wilder was a genius with a body of work from Sunset Blvd to Some Like It Hot to The Apartment et al. A genius who worked with Swanson, Dietrich, Monroe,

Lemmon, Stanwyck, Cagney, Hepburn, Holden, Novak, MacLaine, Jean Arthur

Double Indemnity, A Foreign Affair, Stalag 17, Fedora, et al, I think Sunset Blvd and Some Like It Hot are his two greatest films. Ms. Swanson was beyond perfect in this movie and MM was heavenly in Some Like It Hot, neither won the Oscar, MM wasnt even nominated!

[TheYaom]

FANTASTIC!!!

Now THAT is acting!!!

[vapalaca]

Gloria Swanson should have won the Oscar! Biggest mistake ever made by the Academy.

[1JazzaMazza1]

'im ready for my close up'.... creepy stare at the camera

[stilltainted922]

the psychotic "i'm ready" at the top of the staircase must have been what bette davis was echoing all throughout What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

[Mozaroven]

I see this scene as more of a Hillary Clinton rather than a Nancy Pelosi.

[carrotjuse]

@Mozaroven More like a Nancy Reagan.

[RedWOLF4Life96]

Nancy Pelosi's farewell address

[BuddyPC]

"I know you. You're Nancy Pelosi, you used to be Speaker. You used to be big."

"I am big. It's the congress that got small."

[carrotjuse]

@BuddyPC  LOL.

[vllmer]

And there was much rejoicing.

[nrabenefactor1]

Wow, it IS Nancy Pelosi!

[Mojomatrix]

@nrabenefactor1 The resemblance is uncanny !

[syko567890]

whats the name of the song as she comes down the steps.

[emmers57]

I heard that Norma Desmond was modeled after the great Alla Nazimova.

[emlodik]

@emmers57 Just her delusional idea that she could play teenage Salome while pushing middle age.

[conchaperez]

Estoy loca. Ya no puedo, con esta puta vida.

[bxktd]

I do believe that Nancy Pelosi has slipped into Norma Desmond's world here recently. Though Norma was probably slightly more mentally balanced.

[165valley]

@bxktd 

[mickiflodi1987]

Best ending of a movie ever !

[GocoProductions]

Interestingly, Wilder doesn't grant Norma her close up, instead he blurs the image just before. Sunset Blvd is a film that at every aspect is completely satisfying. We can question what is the fate of Norma, Max, and Betty after the events in the film, but because it ends so satisfyingly with an incredible final line, the questions disappear and we are left in the dark, contemplating how unfathomably amazing this film is. It ends as if it were destiny and as the opening implies... it was.

[International1986]

@GocoProductions very true!

[HouseOnSunset]

"This time I'm staying, I'm staying for good. I'll be back where I was born to be! With one look, I'll be me!"

[RoonJazz]

@HouseOnSunset I guess it was 5am.... ;-)

[Valapaca]

Brilliant!

[Utube111950]

Obama as Norma Desmond. Narrated by William Holden lying face down in the swimming pool. Perfect.