Billy Wilder Accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1986
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- Billy Wilder accepts the 14th AFI Life Achievement Award (1986).
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I got here from listening to Ron Perlman mentioning this Billy Wilder speech to Bill Maher on the Club Random podcast. It's very interesting the hear old man Billy Wilder talk about internet, streaming tv and ai years before their creation.
Me too.
And me I was fact checking, but great speech.
Yep Same here
He never got old.
Me five!
Amazing how he could forsee the present day where we do have small screens we hold in our hands and with the simple power of a HandiCam and a Mac we can make our own movies without a studio. The audience chuckled thinking this the humorous musings of an old man- but he really saw where the future of film was going. All of us watching this on TH-cam is the truth of this.
It's like writing. We are all writers now, thanks to the phone with the keyboard, but we are not all writing Shakespearean plays or Montaignesque essays. The ones who can still produce quality movies and writing are still few and far in between, but they are perhaps less noticeable.
@@monikaherr3562 Exactly. The fact that anyone can make a film does not mean anyone can ever match anything made by the great Billy Wilder. In fact, the big screen now is just ridiculous, infantile franchises.
Simply the wittiest writer-director in the history of cinema.
he's is holding hands with Hitch. Those two are the best ever.
@@normadesmond6017 Hitch didn't write the screenplays. So it's Billy Wilder.
@@haps2019 o well...... Sure Bily wrote the screenplays as well. But Hitch wasn't that bad either....
@@haps2019 Wilder was a co- writer. Charles Brackett & Izzy Diamond were a big part of the success of those great movies of Billy's...
@@philiphalpenny3783 You're absolutely right. And it was Diamond who came up with 'Nobody is perfect!' ;-)
"Remember, you're as good as the best thing you've ever done."- Billy Wilder
And they called him a cynic...
Some like it hot, The apartment, Sunset Boulevard, Double indemnity, Sabrina, The seven year itch.. This man is why I love classic films.
ME TOO!!👍
Witness to a prosecution is a very good one to
why do people always forget witness for the prosecution, it's the best wilder film, for me atleast
@@nripeshdhungana2325 It's OK but a little kitschy and forced. I don't see STALAG 17 on the list.
I love Billy Wilder. His movies are diamonds. A great master of cinema.
Directed more of my favourite movies than anybody else.
Excellent speech. Billy would be amazed by how many of his predictions came true.
Audrey at 0.40 - she looks gorgeous and very happy honoring A TRUE MASTER OF STORY TELLING, DIALOGUE AND FILM MAKING.
+Jorge Ponce She is beaming: her smile starts from a place deep inside her. What a fabulous, gorgeous, kind and beneficent woman! (and she could dance...)
When He talked about microchips sounded so 2000's. A smart and prepared filmmaker, one of the greatest.
One of the grand old men of the cinema - film maker, screenwriter, director, genius & visionary. Thanks for the hours of entertainment!
That's some amazing intuition. This man looked at the trajectory of technology in his time and perfectly extrapolated the imminent conclusion. We need more thinkers like him.
Wow, I just used that exact word in my comment above to describe his thinking. Uncanny.
Not intuition pal, he just read the script .
Brilliant, classic and what he brought to the screen. I wish he were still here. I watch his films over and over and never tire.
Wow he truly saw the future in his speech our current time and the future TIme
I am so happy he acknowledged Charles Brackett - a great screenwriter and gentleman. Manny Wolfe's move to pair up Wilder and Brackett back in 1936 is one of the wisest decision made in Hollywood ever when it comes to screenwriting.
What a great man, a few as him..
There are so many of Wilder's films that have stood the test of time and his work has, in a fundamental way, advanced the art of moviemaking. One need only consider Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, Some Like It Hot and The Apartment; they are a "master class" in directing and acting. He was also one of the most articulate and sophisticated men in the film industry.
MrImiller07 so TRUE!!
MrImiller07 you forget double indemnity
Double indemnity, Five graves to Cairo and The lost weekend are his first movies he made, but we cannot forget he was fundamentally a screenwriter who wrote for many other prior movies, like Ninotchka.
Thanks bill marher and ron perlman ! is crazy awesome
Look at what that man made! Sunset boulevard, some like it hot, Sunset Boulevard, the Appartement. They don't get any better then Billy. Most profound respect for this man. Unbelievable director and writer.. Greatness beyond believe. He made me love movies from my earliest days. Thank you Billy!
kitty viveen Witness for the Prosecution is simply the finest courtroom drama ever made.
Agree. And everyone in it was brilliant. Laughton, Power, and the only reason why Marlene Dietrich didn t get an Academy Award nomination for this was they didn't want to give the plot away. O well, Billy Wilder could film the worst of scripts and still make it into a classic.
Great speech of Billy Wilder - although a simple "Thank You" would have been enough. Since he deserved the award so much.
Greatest and the most versatile director of all-time... Hard to imagine that the same man directed Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, The Apartment, Ace in the Hole, Some Like it Hot, Stalag 17 & The Fortune Cookie. Astonishing range and sweep. Salute u, sir !!!!
Thank you Mr Wilder...deeply respects and also thank a very lot for named Mrs Swanson and especially Marilyn ...R I P
Here from Club Random. Damn, Billy was right on the nose with predicting AI.
The greatest.
In terms of work that "stands the test of time", when Wilder was at his best, he was without peer-look at Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, The Lost Weekend, The Apartment, Some Like It Hot. These films leave a lasting legacy and they will be re-discovered by new audiences and cherished.
Double Indemnity
One of the greatest of all artist Billy Wilder I will love his movie's forever I loved hiss speech so introspective puts things into perspective and I'm so appreciative for his conviction to great movie making for he parlayed it out
The greatest writer-director of all time period
YES!!
2023 & he was right beyond imagination
A brilliant cad. A wonderful person. A true American immigrant. I love this guy and his films. "Double Indemnity" puts him in the top slot of any director, to say nothing of the amazing comedies he has directed. The fact that he knew, got along with, and worked with Raymond Chandler (another genius, and a prickly pear, as I understand it), is a testimony to his genius. Top 5 directors for all time, and what it would be like to sit over a glass of wine or whiskey with this gentleman. Not to mention, how extraordinarily prescient he was.
Great call on having a high ball with this guy, or one of those nights by the fireplace where you're just listening to The Shaman drop knowledge. I was thinking of the exact word that you used in describing him - he was ahead of his time and obviously could extrapolate three decades down the road even while the audience was like "wha?" But those still alive are like, I remember when Wilder dropped knowledge. Respect.
Thanks so much for your words. TH-cam is so great; 4 years after I watch this video and make this comment, here you come along, another person who thought this person was a wonderful talent. Cheers!@@jmanderpubes
So many familar faces in the crowd. All legends
The Best... Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard OMG!!!
It appears you haven't watched The Lost Weekend.
The ONE and ONLY ! Billy Wilder!
King of Classic Hollywood 👑
Quintessential Mr.Wilder movie is one two three. It is a classic.
Wow! And I'm watching this from my cell phone. They were right.
Who else came her cos of the great Ron Perlman.
Yep
It wasn't exactly AI though, more the pipe dream that Elon is trying with his brain implants.
He was wise beyond his own time
The people in silicon Valley back in 86 knew what was coming..
Took 20 years for the i phone to arrive.
The following year the same award went to Barbara Stanwyck who starred in Double Indemnity after Wilder convinced her to take the controversial role of Phyllis Dietrichson. She later said that it was one of the best roles of her career.
True Genius! Also I Think his best Movie is Sunset Boulevard.
In my opinion: The Apartment.
How appropriate that Audrey Hepburn, his starring actress in "Sabrina" was at his side; he adored her. Wilder should have continued to work throughout the 80s; the commercial failure of his last four films: Avanti, The Secret Life Of Sherlock Holmes, Fedora and Buddy Buddy, effectively ended his directorial career. His masterpieces, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment and Sabrina are still shown frequently and are wonderful.
Jobs’s & co.’s revenge also proved by your comment!
Incomparable film maker and person
Just one of the all-time best. Who else was this consistently good at such a wide range of films, tones, moods? Kurosawa. Not too many others.
The GOAT
Crazy to think i am watching him on the very screen he described, with the very microchip, getting signal from a satellite.
The irony is that if any of the last five films that Wilder directed, The Front Page, Buddy Buddy, Avanti, The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes or Fedora, had been commercially successful, he probably would have continued making memorable movies into the 80s. Instead, he was thrust into the role of "elder statesman" and he was the subject of fascinating books and interviews. On his headstone at Westwood Memorial, it says," Billy Wilder-I'm A Writer But Then Nobody's Perfect".
MrImiller07 last four films. The Front Page was a minor commerical success, but your point is more than valid.
Alright Mr. DeMille I’m ready for my close up.
"Wilder, when are you going to learn? In life you have to take the bitter with the sour." ~ Sam Goldwyn
Cameron Crowe, who was a huge admirer of Billy Wilder, later used this line in his film "Vanilla Sky."
surreal moment in life #158: Seeing Red Sonya and Billy Wilder in the same room
My Favorite Movie He Made is "Stalag 17" the One Liners Dialog were Great.
Damn some pretty good forecast of the future
❤ double indemnity
He inspired a great director of India🇮🇳❤ satyajit ray
Wow what predictions. Absolutely spot on
the way THEEEE MAGNIFICENT BILLY WILDER slammed the horrendous climate of cinema from so many years ago in the past... SUCH A LEGEND
Billy Wilder and Sergio Leone are my favourite directors.
If you had to chose which you like more between The Good The Bad and The Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West which one would you choose?
@@jokermann01 I prefer the Good the bad and the ugly
What a bright man with excellent vision which happens now in 2023
my second favorite... after hitch...
Nobody gets to Hitch
Well said,. Will Smith was great in Hitch! It’s so on point
Hold it! That's the wrong order!
Yes such a humble great man in difficult times to whit. He is one of my heros and I am selective
Gods own director.
Prescient. Thank you for One, Two, Three, Maestro.
4:35 Who os here because of Ron Perlman?
Mr. Stallone listened attentively to this speech
Ron Perlman just shouted out this video on the Club Random Podcast with Bill Maher so a new wave of fans is incoming.
He called it!
Had to come back on comment on how relevant this speech still is in reference to the tech advancements. Truly remarkable foresight.
Truth is coming to the surface
I didn't know how old it was there but I didn't know if he would make it to see those micro chips doing that work, but he did, he passed away in 2002.
5 million screens?
He wasn't even close! 😂
Billions now
I'm so glad he remembered & though enough of to mention Marilyn Monroe ☆Australia 2020 ☆
WE STILL. NEED. STORIES. FOR. WICH. IS. WHAT. MOVIES. AND. FILMS. ARE. REALY. ALL ABOUT😊😊😊❤😊❤😊😊😊❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
WILDER. IS. RIGHT
Most Like it Wilder..Most Like it WIlder
5:49 Billy Wilder: "We are not expendable"
Sylvester Stallone in the audience: "That gives me an idea for a movie title"
You should slip him a five spot for gas.
I think this is literally the most prescient speech I've ever heard. Wow
It's all true
I'm somewhat surprised that Wilder, in enumerating the actors and actresses who starred in his films, didn't give credit to Jack Lemmon, who appeared in his biggest critical and commercial hits, Audrey Hepburn, his star of Sabrina, Shirley MacLaine and Walter Matthau, Oscar winner for The Fortune Cookie. He was extremely prescient in forecasting the future of the film industry and the use of I pads and I phones to watch movies. He would bemoan the absence of literate screenplays in today's films
MrImiller07 he enumerated the ones that had passed away, he even says that. Not the ones that were still living.
That was why he thanked Charles Brackett but not I.A.L. Diamond.
Ron Perlman brought me here.
Its amazing that he can be so right about all the things that were going to happen.
And yet still so wrong about his conclusion.
Actors are great. And we like them doing the stuff, but how many content creators are there now? How many truly independent, creative actors are making their own channels and companies?
He thought it wouldn't effect their exclusivity on the market.
But now literally anyone with a phone can get online and make content for free and make a go of it.
Its the furthest away from what he was hoping would happen.
Nostradamus
Hey AFI, I'll become a member if it means I can buy all these old shows on DVD. Or see them on Netflix. Deal?
A Hollywood giant.
They say none of this could have been predicted, but all you have to do in order to see an early cell-phone envisioning is watch an episode of the tv show Star Trek played all over for anybody to see that wanted to expand their mind!
Oh how true just look at what is going on NOW😮😮😮😮😮😮
One two three...
Wyler and Wilder are the best directors that came out of the American cinema between 1940 and 1960. Not in talent so much as much as talent combined with perfection in all aspects of the film, fine performances by actors and relatively more massive production of movies. We have maybe 10 movies to greatly remember from their works. While from Coppola we have two mastepieces and one or two more good films, Hitchcock was a creator of films on an industrial rate but he was genre specific. He did not made comedies or westerns or musicals to diversify. Hitchcock was master in his own genre and we can not know how he would perform in another genre. Maybe John Ford ranks among them as well, but I have no opinion as I have only seen very few of Ford's films.
Billy Wilder and Willy Wyler... Coincidence? I think not :p
Hitchcock indeed made some films from other genre. Some (black) comedies and one is pretty famous which is The trouble with Harry.
At 5:06: "Yes, I approve, the SW...
What about the SW?"
Just think that being jewish and Austrian born, he could’ve died in the camps like so many others, had he not fled his country before it became impossible. And consequently, we wouldn’t have Sunset Blvd and we would never have heard and seen MM singing and dancing Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Oh god, what a loss it would’ve been!
His mother died in the camps...
Ernt lubisch has trendous influenced on his movie.
3:41 here we go...
Is he talking about artificial intelligence at the end? He must have just saw terminator!
Wireless technology was known as early as 1890's, Nikola Tesla.
@@Phukugoooglification even before that!
Cellphones and AI 30 years before they existed. OMFG.
How does he know?
@sidolanters YES HE IS!!! har har har LOL
PLease watch the David Lean AFT show after this. Real genius can predict the future.
P.S. then watch that movie he made with Monroe, Curtis and Lemmon (is it 2 m's??).
6.22 is that Maureen O'Hara ?
What about the software.
Enter AI
Watching this on my 75 inch 4K tv.
You're here for 3:40
He has an accent.
2:01
lol
Check out Sylvester Stallone (at 2:09).
Is he looking out for Ernst Lubitsch, who died 39 years before then?
3:40-6:07..
The name of the theme music??
We could have danced all night", maybe...
Wil Andersen I found it, It's 'Fascination'. Thanks to my grandma!