Sunset Boulevard is a movie about actress Norma Desmond who was once a Hollywood star but has been forgotten over the years. The lost of the spotlight caused her great suffering, but she was not ready to give up. Instead, she planned to write a script for a movie sis she would be the protagonist. Joe Gillis, a screen writer, convinces her to hire him to help her improve the script. She begins to fall in love with him and he with her money. Their relationship heads downhill to the point Joe does not want to be with her anymore. So, she decides to kill him so nobody can have him. This , of course, made the press cover the story which displayed her as an actress who has gone mentally insane and overall just a loser. It truly makes you wonder if living with the pain of being forgotten was better than being remembered as a criminal.