Why BILLY WILDER Is A Director That You NEED To Know - With Joseph McBride !
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- In this episode, "Why BILLY WILDER Is A Director That You NEED To Know," I interviewed film historian and writer Joseph McBride on his book, "BILLY WILDER: DANCING ON THE EDGE".
The movies directed or co-written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, or I.A.L. Diamond that we discussed or touched on are:
BLUEBEARDS'S EIGHTH WIFE (1938), which was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starred Gary Cooper & Claudette Colbert.
NINOTCHKA (1939), which was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starred Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas.
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray.
A FOREIGN AFFAIR (1948), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Marlene Dietrich, Jean Arthur, and John Lund.
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Gloria Swanson and William Holden.
THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS (1957), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Jimmy Stewart.
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, and Charles Laughton.
LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (1957), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper.
SOME LIKE IT HOT (1958), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis.
THE APARTMENT (1960), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray.
IRMA LA DOUCE (1963), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.
KISS ME, STUPID (1964), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Kim Novak, Dean Martin, Ray Walston, and Felicia Farr.
THE FORTUNE COOKIE (1966), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1970), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Colin Blakely and Genevieve Page.
FEDORA (1978), which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred William Holden, Marthe Keller and Hildegard Knef.
PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (1930), which was directed by Robert Siodmak, Edgar G.Ulmer and Rochus Gliese. The screenplay was by Billy Wilder, Curt Siodmak and Robert Siodmak.
EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES (1931), which was directed by Gerhard Lamprecht. The screenplay was by Billy Wilder, Erich Kastner and Emeric Pressburger.
EIN BLONDER TRAUM (1932), which was directed by Paul Martin. The screenplay was by Billy Wilder and Walter Reisch.
THE FRONT PAGE (1974), which was directed by Billy Wilder, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, and Austin Pendleton.
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Such a brilliant writer and filmmaker... Determined to re-watch The Apartment this evening (5th viewing this month! Fantastic stuff.. Thank you Both!
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Another top, informative discussion, Robert. Professor McBride was the first film historian I gravitated towards when my enthusiasm for classical Hollywood began. I was hooked from his book on Ford which he co- wrote with his late colleague, Michael Wilmington. His critical studies of those golden age titans are a vital resource for younger film buffs. He has great anecdotes of working with many of those great people thanks to his & George Stevens Jr.'s stellar work with the A.F.I. Billy Wilder's unsentimental classics repay endless revisits...the gleeful smartness of the screenplays that he, Brackett, Diamond, Chandler etc. helped fashion into being are a masterclass for budding writer directors. The clarity of Billy's visuals', are startling to behold. One example? In 'The Lost Weekend', writer Birnam drinks himself unconscious. The screen goes black. When Don comes to...one closed eye fills the screen. Slowly, the eye twitches awake & looks confusedly around. Anyone who has woken up & not known where they are knows that anxiety. The sheer imagination of Wilder to zoom in on one eye is something most directors wouldn't even think of. Things like that are an improvement of Charles R. Jackson's source novel. Look forward to chats betwixt yourself the the good professor...
Thanks so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
James Stewart: " Invisible rabbits, sure! But flies, no way!"
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A cynic is someone who hates people but pretends to like them. Wilder loved people but was not afraid to show their darker side.
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