Billy Wilder

kid-glove · Veteran Hubber Joined: 23 Apr 2009 Posts: 2369

Discuss his films here...
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P_R · Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:58 am Post subject:

So far I've seen

Some Like it Hot - which was kinda mildly amusing
Sunset Boulevard - which was kinda mildly bland
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groucho070 · Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:25 am Post subject:

gnan nookkiyathil:

Double Indemnity: Superawesome. The one where Chandler, working with Wilder on the script, asked Billy to stop waving the damned "monkey stick". Laughing

Some Like it hot: Brilliant. "Nobody's perfect" Laughing

The Apartment: Lemon + Maclaine = super chemistry.

Irma La Douce: A bit silly...but Lemon + Maclaine again shows what a wonderful comedic pair they are.

Sabrina: Etho Bogart, hepburn & Holden-kaaga parkalam. Particularly Bogey playing suave business man.

Sunset Boulevard - wrote about extensively elsewhere. Masterpiece.
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ajithfederer · Diamond Hubber Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 11663

Is Double Indemnity (1944) his film?. Remba naala paakanumtu iruken.

salaam_chennai · Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:29 am Post subject:

So far i have seen,

The Apartment - Very Good
Some Like It Hot - Very Good
Witness for the Prosecution - Very good, a must-watch movie
The Seven Year Itch - very good.
Stalag 17 - very good, must-watch movie
Sunset Blvd. - ok movie. didnt like it much.
The Lost Weekend - started of well, but was dragging towards the end
Double Indemnity - good.

ajithfederer · Diamond Hubber Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 11663

Dig..
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End dig,,,

groucho070 · Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:30 am Post subject:

Yes, Stanley. Awesome film. Some say it's better than the original book by James M. Cain. Chandler, when adapting it with Wilder, didn't like the book at all, he said everything Cain touched, "smelled of Billy goat" Laughing

Superb dialogues are some of Wilder's strength, and here coupled with Chandler who is known for wonderful dialogues in his own book, you get magic. Oru saambil:

Phyllis: Mr. Neff, why don't you drop by tomorrow evening about eight-thirty. He'll be in then.
Walter Neff: Who?
Phyllis: My husband. You were anxious to talk to him weren't you?
Walter Neff: Yeah, I was, but I'm sort of getting over the idea, if you know what I mean.
Phyllis: There's a speed limit in this state, Mr. Neff. Forty-five miles an hour.
Walter Neff: How fast was I going, officer?
Phyllis: I'd say around ninety.
Walter Neff: Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket.
Phyllis: Suppose I let you off with a warning this time.
Walter Neff: Suppose it doesn't take.
Phyllis: Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles.
Walter Neff: Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder.
Phyllis: Suppose you try putting it on my husband's shoulder.
Walter Neff: That tears it.
Laughing

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groucho070 · Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:32 am Post subject:

salaam_chennai · Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:34 am Post subject:

ajithfederer · Diamond Hubber Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 11663

Oh Seven year Itch-u ivarudhu dhaana. Highly recommended to Annan Thirumaran. That was a jolly good film. Is that the film which kick started the dumb blonde character in Hollywood?. Marilyn Monroe was Cool2

and no wonder the former President fell for it Slurp

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s_c : thanks.

salaam_chennai · Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:38 am Post subject:

groucho070 · Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:56 am Post subject:

Haven't seen that one, SC. Would get to that soon.
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Bala (Karthik) · Seasoned Hubber Joined: 09 Sep 2009 Posts: 1910

Watched and loved Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment and Stalag 17
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