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Stalag 17, and Billy Wilder’s understated cynicism

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:59:10 GMT

I used to think of Billy Wilder primarily as a very witty, literate screenwriter who made sophisticated, Lubitsch-like films. But re-watching Sunset Boulevard and Stalag 17 recently, I was reminded again of how hard-edged Wilder’s sense of humour is.
Source: Jabberwock

Comedy noms may predict Oscar entries

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:19:19 GMT

"BRUNO" Genre: Straights dressing up Classic Precursor: "Some Like It Hot" (1959). Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, like Sacha Baron Cohen, won plenty of pre-release publicity for exploring how the other half loves.
Source: Variety

Tony Curtis remembers 'Some Like It Hot'

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:47:43 GMT

For screen legend Tony Curtis, making his signature film, the cross-dressing comedy "Some Like It Hot," was anything but a drag.
Source: The San Jose Mercury News

Quoted in 'Meet the Brit who stops and shoots'

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:40:07 GMT

said in New York Post:

Woody Allen, Billy Wilder, Charlie Chaplain, they’re all writer-directors and you can see them in their work. They’re unmistakable.

On writer’s block: how to write past the suck

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:44:04 GMT

This week I’ve wallowed in the despair of writer’s block. It’s not that my fingers freeze on the keyboard. It’s that what comes out is crap. I know it’s crap. It knows it’s crap. And that’s what I can’t move past. Until today.
Source: True/Slant

:: CC Baxter

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:07:46 GMT

++ After The Candie Maids you became the Archangels and then CC Baxter. So tell me what happened in between the bands? Were there major lineup changes? Why the change of names?
Source: Cloudberry Cake Proselytism

Those Wacky Germans -- By: Hans A. von Spakovsky

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:28:09 GMT

One final (but less serious) note about West Berlin and the fall of the Berlin Wall. One of Billy Wilder’s lesser-known movies, but an absolutely hilarious romp, is about Berlin just before the Wall was built.
Source: The Corner

'Hot' memories drive Tony Curtis' new book

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:16:00 GMT

Next week, he'll serve as grand marshal at the Veteran's Day Parade in Manhattan. We recently spoke by phone with Curtis from his home in Las Vegas. Since this all happened 50 years ago, did you have to do a lot of research for the book?
Source: The State

'1939 Redux': Series digs beyond the classics of 'Hollywood's Greatest Year'

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:23:44 GMT

When talk turns to the golden age of Hollywood, by common consent 1939 is the year of years. In that 12-month period the studios released an unprecedented group of exceptional films, including "Gone With the Wind," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,"
Source: Los Angeles Times

Quoted in 'Steven Soderbergh interview'

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:15:25 GMT

Steven Soderbergh said in The Telegraph:

It seemed like a Billy Wilder movie in a way, with Matt as Jack Lemmon ... I enjoy making the Ocean films because it is a justifiable way of playing with the camera, but in a movie like this, my job is to let the performance take position front and centre, just be simple.

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Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:16:00 GMT

Actor Andy Garcia arrives for the premiere of �Tetro,� at the Billy Wilder theater in Los Angeles, California on June 3, 2009.

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Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:05:00 GMT

Actress Alicia Silverston arrives for the premiere of �Tetro,� at the Billy Wilder theater in Los Angeles, California on June 3, 2009.

The Apartment, 1960, by Billy Wilder

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:11:44 GMT