Plot SynopsisThe film opens with a pan down to a street curb/gutter in Hollywood with dead leaves.The curb is stenciled with SUNSET BLVD.- the image is an appropriate metaphor for the tawdry exposé to follow.The camera pulls back across the cracked, defaced asphalt with superimposed credits - also stenciled.[The connection between mother and daughter and Ben""s relationship to both of them is emphasized in her ploy.Before the film was made, Spielberg had offered Holocaust survivor and director Roman Polanski the job of making the film, but Polanski declined.Liz: What a coincidence.Mike: How did he meet her?Dexter: Heaven brought them together, I imagine.Mike has pre-conceived notions about Tracy - he believes her to be a "young, rich, rapacious American female":Mike: Now about this girl.