{"product_id":"masters-of-cinema-billy-wilder","title":"Masters of Cinema: Billy Wilder","description":"\u003cp\u003eBilly Wilder (USA, 1906-2002) is an undisputed master of American comedy, taking situation comedy to the edge of the absurd in \u003cem\u003eSome Like it Hot \u003c\/em\u003e(1959). But he also made pessimistic melodramas such as \u003cem\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003e (1950), in which Gloria Swanson gives a moving performance as a fallen star, and a few fine examples of film noir, such as \u003cem\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/em\u003e (1944) et \u003cem\u003eWitness for the Prosecution \u003c\/em\u003e(1957).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilder worked with the greatest stars and his filmography is studded with classic scenes, including Marilyn Monroe playing the banjo in \u003cem\u003eSome Like it Hot \u003c\/em\u003eor holding her billowing skirt over the subway outlet in\u003cem\u003e Seven Year Itch\u003c\/em\u003e (1955), Jack Lemmon draining spaghetti with a tennis racket in \u003cem\u003eThe Apartment\u003c\/em\u003e (1960) and Shirley MacLaine as a Parisian streetwalker in Irma la Douce (1963). His humour is often incisive and his vision of the world somewhat cynical, but all his characters experience a moment of truth and, for this reason, Billy Wilder is primarily a great moralist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLast one in stock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cahiers du Cinema","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51277606518951,"sku":"9782866426095","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2405\/0589\/files\/9782866426095.jpg?v=1788060333","url":"https:\/\/piperpress.com.au\/products\/masters-of-cinema-billy-wilder","provider":"Piper Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}