A foreign affair : Billy Wilder's American films
"With six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American movies, and more titles on the National Historic Register of classic films deemed worthy of preservation than any other director, Billy Wilder counts as one of the most accomplished filmmakers ever to work in Hollywood. Still, how American is Billy Wilder, the Jewish emigre from Central Europe? This book analyzes this complex issue, unpacking underlying contradictions where previous commentators routinely smoothed them out. Wilder emerges as an artist with roots in sensationalist journalism and the world of entertainment, yet with a keen awareness of literary culture and the avant-garde. As the author shows, it is the unique combinations for which Wilder is famous."--Jacket
Film Europa, v. 5
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9781845454180, 9781845454197, 9781785334757, 1845454189, 1845454197, 1785334751
174130904
An accented cinema
The insurance man always rings twice : Double indemnity
In the ruins of Berlin : A foreign affair
Ghosting Hollywood : Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Fedora
All dressed up and running wild : Some like it hot
Being a mensch in the administered world : The apartment
In the closet of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : The private life of Sherlock Holmes
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