Billy Wilder

**kid-glove** · 23rd February 2010, 11:05 AM

Discuss his films here...

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**P_R** · 23rd February 2010, 11:28 AM

So far I've seen

Some Like it Hot - which was kinda mildly amusing
Sunset Boulevard - which was kinda mildly bland

**groucho070** · 23rd February 2010, 11:55 AM

gnan nookkiyathil:

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

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

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.

**ajithfederer** · 23rd February 2010, 11:56 AM

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

**salaam_chennai** · 23rd February 2010, 11:59 AM

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** · 23rd February 2010, 12:00 PM

Dig..
s_c

Coimbatore la enga neenga irukinga?

End dig,,,

**groucho070** · 23rd February 2010, 12:00 PM

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"

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.

**groucho070** · 23rd February 2010, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by salaam_chennai

The Seven Year Itch - very good.

How could I have missed this

Yes, it's great. Holden's finest moments.

**salaam_chennai** · 23rd February 2010, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by ajithfederer

Dig..
s_c

Coimbatore la enga neenga irukinga?

End dig,,,

af,
Singanallur. But, now i am in hyderabad

**ajithfederer** · 23rd February 2010, 12:08 PM

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

and no wonder the former President fell for it

.

s_c : thanks.