Over his seven decades in the director's chair, Billy Wilder masterminded some of Hollywood's most enduring and well-crafted films, among them SUNSET BOULEVARD, THE APARTMENT, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, and SOME LIKE IT HOT. Known for being cagey an...
Everything there is to know about one of Hollywood's most scandalous and brilliant pictures makes its way into the pages of obsessed fan Sam Staggs's book. Famous for many reasons, SUNSET BOULEVARD probably ruined, restored, resurrected, an...
Director Billy Wilder, who, like many of his brilliant contemporaries, was a European Jewish immigrant, was one of the most consistently great filmmakers who ever worked in Hollywood. He lived for over 90 years and made films for almost 50 ...
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From the early years of anti-Semitism and frustration in Austria to the glory of Hollywood and six Academy Awards, Billy Wilder's life is as fascinating as his movies. Now, drawing on new interviews, current research, and previously inacces...
"Wilder Times" is the long-overdue biography of one of film's finest writer-directors whose credits include such landmark films as "Double Indemnity," "Sunset Boulevard," "Some Like It Hot," "The Lost Weekend," "The Apartment," and "Witness...