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Born In Austria But Named After Buffalo Bill, Billy Wilder Arrived In Hollywood Thoroughly Versed In American Culture - And Promptly Began Turning Out Movies More American In Setting And Sensibility Than Those Helmed By His Homegrown Colleagues. Works Like Double Indemnity And Sunset Blvd. Remain Classics Today For Their Hard-edged And Powerful Portrayals Of Modern Life In Wilder's Adopted Country. Even Comedies Like The Seven-year Itch And Some Like It Hot Shine With Wilder's Keen Perceptions Of American Life. Billy Wilder, American Film Realist Closely Examines A Selection Of Wilder's Films From 1941 Through 1981. These Films Show Wilder At His Best - As A Hardworking Hollywood Craftsman And An Astute Commentator On The American Century.--book Jacket. Hold Back The Dawn And Ball Of Fire -- The Major And The Minor -- Double Indemnity -- The Lost Weekend -- Sunset Blvd -- Ace In The Hole -- Stalag 17 -- The Seven Year Itch -- The Spirit Of St. Louis -- Some Like It Hot -- The Apartment -- Kiss Me, Stupid -- The Fortune Cookie -- The Front Page -- Buddy Buddy. By Richard Armstrong. Filmography: P. 137-144. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 153-158) And Index.

Author

Richard Armstrong

Publisher

McFarland Publishing

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780786421190

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Humanities