tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post2147474532124929531..comments2024-01-11T05:02:32.321-05:00Comments on Goodfella's Movie Blog: #2: Billy WilderDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07134196370913749544noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-55864453809135854922023-11-14T22:34:34.528-05:002023-11-14T22:34:34.528-05:00Your blog is so beautiful, I have been so busy lat...Your blog is so beautiful, I have been so busy lately about life but let me share with you all about my health life experience with the great herbal traditional doctor that saved the life of mine and my dear husband.<br />I was suffering from a deadly disease herpes and diabetes and i went through alot trying to get better each everyday of my life until I came across a testimony on blogs someone telling good about Dr Jekawo, a traditional herbal doctor that cure all kind of disease such as: herpes,diabetes,epilepsy,cancer,hpv,lupus,degenerative disease,shingles,erectile dysfunction also bring back ex,leukemia,fibroid and other spiritual consultations, I contacted him via drjekawo@gmail.com then he prepared the herbal medicines and send to me which takes 21 days treatment that cured my diabetes and herpes completely,I'm so grateful with the help he rendered to me therefore I promised to share his great works.<br />Thank you and I hope this could save someone else out there.<br />Karen Paul<br />South Carolina.<br />Karen Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-27083168679745907992021-06-24T10:31:33.378-04:002021-06-24T10:31:33.378-04:00Watch & Download For Free New Latest Released ...<a href="http://www.worldfree4u-lol.online" rel="nofollow">Watch & Download For Free New Latest Released Movies & Web Series in 1080 HDrip</a>funkdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831427291755642064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-86079138919657119022018-04-20T23:51:33.764-04:002018-04-20T23:51:33.764-04:00(Buka Situs Diblokir,Kembalikan WIndows Seperti Aw...(<a href="http://komputerkuno.blogspot.com/2014/04/cara-membuka-situs-yang-sudah-terblokir.html" rel="nofollow">Buka Situs Diblokir,</a><a href="http://komputerkuno.blogspot.com/2014/09/cara-mudah-mengembalikan-windows-ke.html" rel="nofollow">Kembalikan WIndows Seperti Awal,</a><a href="http://komputerkuno.blogspot.com/2014/02/cara-mudah-mendownload-video-di-youtube.html" rel="nofollow">Nonton Youtube Offline,</a><a href="http://komputerkuno.blogspot.com/2013/09/cara-membagi-1-lembar-kerja-menjadi-2.html" rel="nofollow">Cara Bagi Word 2 Kolom,</a><a href="http://komputerkuno.blogspot.com/2013/11/melacak-lokasi-seseorang-lewat-nomor-hp.html" rel="nofollow">Melacak NO HP,</a><a href="http://komputerkuno.blogspot.com/2013/12/cara-ampuh-mempercepat-download-idm.html" rel="nofollow">Mempercepat IDM 10 Kali ,</a><a href="http://komputerkuno.blogspot.com/2014/09/cara-download-sepuasnya-tanpa.html" rel="nofollow">Download Gratis Tanpa Kouta,</a><a href="http://komputerkuno.blogspot.com/2013/11/3-cara-memperbaiki-flashdisk-write.html" rel="nofollow">Memperbaiki Flashdisk Write Protected,</a><a href="http://komputerkuno.blogspot.com/2014/04/cara-mengatasi-aplikasi-yang-mengalami.html" rel="nofollow">Mengatasi Not Responding,</a>)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-71506699548381163242017-01-07T01:42:52.373-05:002017-01-07T01:42:52.373-05:00He is a good director and I love some of his movie...He is a good director and I love some of his <a href="http://www.streamall.co/" rel="nofollow">movies</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697052922269804542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-62274137398063152832015-07-02T15:33:16.786-04:002015-07-02T15:33:16.786-04:00Well this is a great number 2 you have here Dave. ...Well this is a great number 2 you have here Dave. I'm a little surprised that The Apartment toping your list. I like that film but it's not one of my Wilder favorites. Fullmoviehttp://fullwatchonlinemovies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-91713088289839467962015-02-05T07:53:59.034-05:002015-02-05T07:53:59.034-05:00he was really on of the best Director of Movie His...he was really on of the best Director of Movie History. Billy Wilder was one of my favorite director of history. Here some of his <a href="http://filesharingtalk.com/content/1847-Best-Sites-To-Watch-Movies-Online-For-Free-And-Without-Registration" rel="nofollow">movies</a>:<br />1. Double Indemnity<br />2. The Apartment<br />3. Ace in the Hole<br />4. Some Like It Hot<br />5. Sunset Boulevard<br />6. Sabrina<br />7. The Seven Year Itch<br />8. Irma La Douce<br />9. The Lost Weekend<br />10. 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The Apart...There are few film for which I must go :<br />The Apartment<br />Stalag 17<br />The Lost Weekend<br />One, Two, Three<br />Five Graves to Cairo<br />Witness For The Prosecution<br />Kiss Me Stupidfree movies onlinehttp://www.moviesplanet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-59305714686630163142010-09-01T12:16:45.586-04:002010-09-01T12:16:45.586-04:001. The Apartment (1960)
2. Some Like it Hot (1959)...1. The Apartment (1960)<br />2. Some Like it Hot (1959)<br />3. Double Indemnity (1944)<br />4. Ace in the Hole (1951)<br />5. The Lost Weekend (1945)<br />6. Sunset Blvd. (1950)<br />7. Five Graves to Cairo (1943)<br />8. A Foreign Affair (1948)<br />9. Stalag 17 (1953)<br />10. The Seven Year Itch (1955)<br />11. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)<br />12. The Fortune Cookie (1966)<br />13. One, Two, Three (1961)<br />14. The Major and the Minor (1942)<br />15. Sabrina (1954)<br />16. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)<br /><br />I actually saw the bigger bulk of his filmography on a recent binge, which is incidentally still going on (next up is Irma la Douce). So far, only Kiss Me Stupid has left somewhat unsatisfied, not sure why.Jeromenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-672389530327495642010-08-01T12:12:21.385-04:002010-08-01T12:12:21.385-04:00Hello from Greece.My top 5 is:
1.The apartment
2.S...Hello from Greece.My top 5 is:<br />1.The apartment<br />2.Some like it hot<br />3.Double indemnity<br />4.Permesso?Avanti!<br />5.The fortune cookiecrispyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03708122787415346961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-9020330606377628862010-07-28T22:52:26.220-04:002010-07-28T22:52:26.220-04:00I'm putting Ace in the Hole on top because it&...I'm putting Ace in the Hole on top because it's practically one of a kind in its epic noirishness. But it was still a close race with Sunset Blvd, another stupendous work. But I haven't seen as many Wilders as some people, probably because sound comedy still isn't my first choice on most occasions. I don't believe I've yet sat through The Apartment, and that is for want of trying. Nothing against the film; I've just never been that interested in seeing it despite the Oscar. I'll fix that someday.<br /><br />1. Ace in the Hole<br />2. Sunset Blvd<br />3. Stalag 17<br />4. Double Indemnity<br />5. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes<br />6. A Foreign Affair<br />7. Witness for the Prosecution<br />8. One, Two, Three<br />9. The Lost Weekend<br />10. Some Like It Hot<br />11. The Spirit of St. Louis<br />12. SabrinaSamuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-10137559736050781092010-07-28T17:05:30.315-04:002010-07-28T17:05:30.315-04:00Can't argue with Wilder or with your ranking o...Can't argue with Wilder or with your ranking of the films. I'd have no hesitation placing 'The Apartment' at the top of the list, either. And I'm in full agreement that there isn't a single Wilder film - even the extraordinarily low ratio of minor works - that isn't enjoyable. 'Avanti!' is particular guilty pleasure of mine.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-90236269024168896652010-07-28T10:55:44.453-04:002010-07-28T10:55:44.453-04:00Dave,
Wilder is one of my top favorites ranking ...Dave, <br /><br />Wilder is one of my top favorites ranking in the top three (the other two would be Scorsese and a certain director I am sure will be named #1 on your list). Many of his screenplays are some of the best ever done, beautifully written and a pleasure to read on the printed page which usually is not the case with screenplays.. As a director he does not let the camera get in the way of the story; the words are sacred yet his films are not as sparse visually as some critics claim. The opening of "Sunset Blvd" with Holden in the pool and the ending of "Ace in the Hole" when Kirk Douglas falls down dead, his face practically in the camera are two examples. <br /><br />Double Indemnity<br />Sunset Blvd.<br />Ace in the Hole<br />Some Like It Hot<br />The Apartment<br />The Lost Weekend<br />Stalag 17<br />One, Two, Three<br />Witness For The Prosecution<br />Five Graves to Cairo<br />Kiss Me Stupid<br />The Fortune Cookie<br />The Major and The Minor<br />Avanti<br />A Foreign Affair<br />Sabrina<br />The Seven Year Itch<br />Irma La Douce<br />The Front Page<br />Fedora<br />Private Life of Sherlock Holmes<br />The Spirit of St. Louis<br />Love In the Afternoon<br />Buddy, BuddyJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808503055317962289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-11095919596540887342010-07-28T10:01:26.546-04:002010-07-28T10:01:26.546-04:00Is The Apartment the best-written movie ever? Ther...Is The Apartment the best-written movie ever? There are so many variables to writing, and movies rely on how the scripts are executed as much as anything, but the screenplay for The Apartment may be the most ingenious script ever written.<br /><br />He may not be an auteurist, but Billy Wilder might be the most consistently rewarding American filmmaker (if you absorb Chaplin by osmosis, then I would probably argue for him. After all, Wilder came from overseas too). I love an old talk he gave about working with Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler books: he noted that Chandler was a master writer, that his prose was gorgeous, his characters realized and the mood perfect. But he also said that Chandler couldn't plot a story to save his life, and he praised Agatha Christie, whose book he had to gut in terms of characterization and style in order to give it any amount of flair, for being able to plot a story so well that you couldn't put down a weakly written book, and he actually reserved most of his praise for her in that he felt it was harder to maintain a story than be a beautiful writer. "She plots like a fucking angel" has become one of my favorite random art quotes.<br /><br />There are some Wilder films I need to see, so I'll settle for a top 5:<br /><br />1. The Apartment<br />2. Ace in the Hole<br />3. Sunset Boulevard<br />4. Double Indemnity<br />5. Some Like It HotJakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-88755217847579248282010-07-28T09:56:17.176-04:002010-07-28T09:56:17.176-04:00For #1 I'm predicting the director of Psycho. ...For #1 I'm predicting the director of Psycho. Though I'm not sure how Dave feels about the other films of Mr. Van Sant, so perhaps I'm off.<br /><br />After you finish the countdown, I'd be interested to see your personal top 30 (just in terms of a list, as I'm sure you're going to move in a different direction for your next series!) for non-U.S. directors, as your admitted preference for American filmmakers has certainly played out here!<br /><br />Interesting though, even with that inclination, how many directors here began their careers, acting/writing if not directing, overseas - speaks to the cosmopolitanism of Hollywood, I suppose. (Chaplin, Lang, Lubitsch, presumably Hitchcock, and of course Wilder.)<br /><br />Good eeeevening...Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-9081479774039202552010-07-28T09:54:15.206-04:002010-07-28T09:54:15.206-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-15891918126740351632010-07-28T08:58:21.319-04:002010-07-28T08:58:21.319-04:00I also am a big fan of Wilder's stuff. I dunno...I also am a big fan of Wilder's stuff. I dunno if I'd rank him as highly but he certainly belongs right up there considering the classic status of so much of his output. My faves:<br /><br />1. Double Indemnity<br />2. The Apartment<br />3. Ace in the Hole<br />4. Some Like It Hot<br />5. Sunset Boulevard<br />6. Sabrina<br />7. The Seven Year Itch<br />8. Irma La Douce<br />9. The Lost Weekend<br />10. The Fortune CookieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-46691704837506238832010-07-28T08:57:03.612-04:002010-07-28T08:57:03.612-04:00It's clear enough now how the #1 position will...It's clear enough now how the #1 position will be filled, and it won't be the director of BLUE VELVET! Ha! I have never seen Dave's love for Lynch to be on the level of his Top 30 choices. This of course is a list of "favorites" and not a round-up of directors thought to be the all-time greats. Hence my own Top 30 -which I'll post in the comments section at the pole position unveiling, will be very different than Dave's, though there will be a number of overlaps. I hope others will do the same. The big difference of course is that Dave spent two months painstakingly laying out his position with stellar reasoning and terrific writing, making this project one of the finest of its kind we've seen on the net.<br /><br />The choice of Wilder is one that's hard to quibble with as he's produced severla masterpieces of American cinema. His cyncial and corrosive dramas have been well-framed on these threads. However I am strongly in the ACE IN THE HOLE camp and applaud its well-deserved resurgence in critical estimation, and do not all find its cynicism remotely facile, but consistent with this director's vision. It's one of his best films. The one I have serious issues with is SOME LIKE IT HOT, but I'll yield to prevailing opinion and stay mum. Ha!<br /><br /> 1 Sunset Boulevard<br /> 2 Ace in the Hole<br /> 3 Double Indemnity<br /> 4 The Apartment<br /> 5 Witness for the Prosecution<br /> 6 One Two Three<br /> 7 The Lost Weekend<br /> 8 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes<br /> 9 The Major and the Minor<br /> 10 Five Graves to Cairo<br /> 11 A Foreign Affair<br /> 12 The Major and the Minor<br /> 13 Kiss Me Stupid<br /> 14 Avanti!<br /> 15 The Seven Year Itch<br /> 16 Sabrina<br /> 17 The Fortune Cookie<br /> 18 The Spirit of St. Louis<br /> 19 Some Like It Hot<br /><br />Again your passion for your subject has resulted in yet another essay of the first rank!Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-4354238038781762922010-07-28T08:19:28.278-04:002010-07-28T08:19:28.278-04:00Dave:
1. Double Indemnity
2. The Apartment
...Dave:<br /><br />1. Double Indemnity <br />2. The Apartment <br />3. Sunset Blvd. <br />4. Ace in the Hole <br />5. A Foreign Affair <br />6. Some Like It Hot <br />7. The Major and the Minor <br />8. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes <br />9. Stalag 17 <br />10. Witness for the Prosecution <br />11. The Spirit of St. Louis <br />12. One, Two, Three <br />13. The Lost Weekend <br />14. Five Graves to Cairo <br />15. Kiss Me, Stupid <br />16. Avanti! <br /><br />You have placed Wilder at a very high echelon; he belongs there. I have seen, and well remember, every Wilder-directed film on IMDB. He is my favorite American director, native born or otherwise. Your 1-2-3 placement and mine are very similar. (I made my list last week.) I have only listed 16 but could have gone on. Your writeup does thte writer/director complete justice.<br /><br />My age places me in the narrative tradition of American film and Wilder suits that framework: he was a great storyteller. He understood his art, his adopted language (and its idioms), and importantly: his audience. <br /><br />“Double Indemnity” is classic Cain made better. (Cain has told us that Wilder improved the book, especially the ending.) It is great film noir, perfectly cast among the leads, and has given us Keyes telling Neff “closer than that Walter.”<br /><br /> “The Apartment” is a masterwork, taking place on the underside of corporate New York. He takes his centerpiece from that period’s endangered species: the elevator operator. Miss Kubelik’s decline (encased in comedy) in some ways parallels that of her occupational group as a whole. Each subsequent year in the 1960s, that omnipresent uniformed group of New York ambassadors moved closer to oblivion. One cannot help but wonder about Fran’s future after “shut up and deal.”<br /><br />“Sunset Boulevard’s” beautifully written film is a perfect showcase for Wilder favorite, William Holden, and a mirror held to the emptiness and destructiveness of the town with the sign on the hill.<br /><br />Other directors’ films might look better. But need cinematic beauty be Lean’s desert or the overall stunning look of Barry Lyndon? Can it not be bombed out Berlin, the monks crossing the overhead railway bridge at Inverness, or the film noir shadows of California?<br /><br />Wilder’s joy to the ear takes many forms from the seductive banter of Holden and Olson imitating lines from screenplays past, to the harshness of Jan Sterling telling us she does not go to church “because kneeling bags my nylons,” to the serenity of the mirror girl telling Lindbergh “but I had to come -- you needed the mirror.” <br /><br />Very underrated is “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.” It is beautiful and incredibly smart. Yet it was close to ruined by a miscast Watson: as bumbling as the earlier Nigel Bruce, and bombastic to boot. In a poignant scene near the end, a romantic Wilder has a beautiful German spy spell out “auf wiedersehen” in code on a parasol. <br /><br />I had to place “Lost Weekend” somewhere. Films which break taboo barriers till tricky terrain: dramatics are needed for the message (and for sales). The alcoholics I have known have not gone on and on about their condition. It was endless pain and drudgery until death. As I said in the Melville posting, this one is too close to home. My brother drank double vodkas and vodka highball chasers endlessly for years. I eventually sat beside him in the drunk ward at Bellevue and he invited me to stay for dinner telling me that his wife was in the kitchen baking a meat loaf. He died a few days later. <br /><br />Film is very much enhanced by what we bring to it. I have inhabited worlds which were subjects that caught Wilder’s attention. The world of occupied Germany, proximity to alcoholism, the underside of corporate politics, and time in an antiquarian book firm specializing in Holmesiana were all at one time, home country. <br /><br />I have watched, and considered including, Death Mills. But it is in such a different stratosphere and of such momentous significance; I thought it best honored by letting it stand alone. Thank you.<br /><br />GeraldGordon Pashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177101489742741815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578997264816756307.post-78974821240156528962010-07-28T04:05:39.115-04:002010-07-28T04:05:39.115-04:00Lynch or Hitch? Leaving off either sounds shocking...Lynch or Hitch? Leaving off either sounds shocking. I predict a tie. Or neither?Just Another Film Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880550053788464732noreply@blogger.com