Tag: Billy Wilder
Death Becomes Her: The Ultimate Female Aging Commentary
In the early 90s, Hollywood was becoming more self-aware of its own ageism. Perhaps in a manner not seen since Billy Wilder’s groundbreaking 1950 film, [Read More…]
The Reality Is, As a Twenty-Six Foot Statue in Palm Springs Or Not, Marilyn Was Still A Sex Symbol
She said it herself: “If I’m going to be a symbol of something, I’d rather have it sex than some other things we’ve got symbols [Read More…]
Phyllis Thinks She’s Hot Shit Because She’s A Sociopath, Or: Double Indemnity & The Two-Dimensional Femme Fatale
Billy Wilder wasn’t exactly known for creating complex female characters, more predisposed instead to focusing on his male heroes and/or their buddy dynamic (which was [Read More…]
Some Like It Hot & Married to the Mob: Correlations
With Swing Shift and Something Wild, director Jonathan Demme established himself as a comedic force to be reckoned with in the 80s, much of his [Read More…]
Mr. Holmes Finds Yet Another Way to Reinvent Old Sherlock
“Exceptional children are often born to unremarkable parents.” Such are the abrupt ways of the near senile Sherlock Holmes (played with just the right amount [Read More…]
The Creepiness of People Prematurely Publishing Kirk Douglas’ Obituary
It’s one of those things you know happens, but so long as you don’t actually see the behind the scenes of it, it’s fine. Yes, [Read More…]
Marilyn Monroe: Sultry or Drug-Addled?
There’s a fine line between sultry and drug-addled–and no one pioneered this concept better than the original blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe. Her love of sedatives [Read More…]
The Art of Contemplation: The Best of Voice-over in Film
Robert McKee in Adaptation (incidentally a film on this list) may have said, “And God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my [Read More…]
Audrey Hepburn: Still The Pinnacle of Elegance
On May 4th, what would be Audrey Hepburn’s eighty-fifth birthday, her poise and elegance remains more vivid than ever. Not only evident in her film [Read More…]
Is Fran Kubelik More Whore than Mistress?
One of Billy Wilder’s most beloved characters, Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), has often been pegged as the type of girl looking for love in all [Read More…]
