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Well, celebrities tend to die in threes, and sure enough.... First Dudley Moore, then Milton Berle and now Billy Wilder.
Billy Wilder was an incredible writer/director, who made classics in multiple genres over his brilliant career. My absolute favorite is one of his lesser-known comedies, One, Two, Three (1961), a screwball satire starring Jimmy Cagney that still puts me on the floor after countless viewings. But Wilder of course also directed Sunset Boulevard (1950), Stalag 17 (1953), The Big Carnival (1951), The Lost Weekend (1945), Double Indemnity (1944), The Apartment (1960), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), The Fortune Cookie (1966), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Some Like It Hot (1959), all of which he also co-wrote.
A German Jew who fled to America as Hitler came to power, he led a wonderful life and created some timeless films. Nominated for TWENTY-ONE Oscars and winner of SIX (plus a Thalberg), Wilder is one of the brightest talents to ever work in Hollywood. Wilder was 95-years-old.
Anyone who hasn't yet picked up Conversations with Wilder, Cameron Crowe's book of interviews, should do so. It's now available in paperback.
Billy Wilder was an incredible writer/director, who made classics in multiple genres over his brilliant career. My absolute favorite is one of his lesser-known comedies, One, Two, Three (1961), a screwball satire starring Jimmy Cagney that still puts me on the floor after countless viewings. But Wilder of course also directed Sunset Boulevard (1950), Stalag 17 (1953), The Big Carnival (1951), The Lost Weekend (1945), Double Indemnity (1944), The Apartment (1960), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), The Fortune Cookie (1966), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Some Like It Hot (1959), all of which he also co-wrote.
A German Jew who fled to America as Hitler came to power, he led a wonderful life and created some timeless films. Nominated for TWENTY-ONE Oscars and winner of SIX (plus a Thalberg), Wilder is one of the brightest talents to ever work in Hollywood. Wilder was 95-years-old.
Anyone who hasn't yet picked up Conversations with Wilder, Cameron Crowe's book of interviews, should do so. It's now available in paperback.
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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra
"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra
Last edited by Holden Pike; 03-29-02 at 06:32 AM.
I was all Billy Wilder was still ALIVE?!?!? 
, I wasn't meaning to bump an old thread, but I wanted to test how the threads in the Billy Wilder Director's Club would function if I posted to one. This was the only thread I could think to post about. Yea, it's old news
