{"product_id":"billy-wilder-robert-horton-9781578064441","title":"Billy Wilder: Interviews","description":"Always daring Hollywood censors' limits on content, Billy Wilder directed greats such as Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Ginger Rogers, Marlene Dietrich, Kirk Douglas, Audrey Hepburn, and Gary Cooper. \u003ci\u003eBilly Wilder: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e follows the filmmaking career of one of Hollywood's most honored and successful writer-directors and spans over fifty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wilder, born in 1906, fled from Nazi Germany and established himself in America. Starting with a celebrated 1944 \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e magazine profile, the book traces his progress from his Oscar-winning heyday of the 1940s to the 1990s, in which he is still witty, caustic, and defiant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Often playful and sometimes outrageous, but just as often very serious, Wilder details his rise as a Berlin cub reporter to a fledgling screenwriter in Hollywood's \"Golden Age.\" He tells the stories behind his brilliant direction of such classics as \u003ci\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), \u003ci\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e (1950), \u003ci\u003eStalag 17\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), \u003ci\u003eSabrina\u003c\/i\u003e (1954), \u003ci\u003eThe Seven-Year Itch\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), \u003ci\u003eSome Like It Hot\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), and \u003ci\u003eThe Apartment\u003c\/i\u003e (1960), among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A dazzling raconteur, Wilder gives the scoop on the royalty of cinema, from the maddening magic of Monroe to the uncanny empathy of frequent alter ego Lemmon. Though his natural tendency is to spin marvelous anecdotes on the subject of show business, Wilder also delivers penetrating and instructive observations on his craft. On screen, his special blend of cynicism and romanticism was always expressed in a style that avoided showiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBilly Wilder: Interviews\u003c\/i\u003e includes in-depth profiles, spirited Q\u0026amp;A's, and on-the-set glimpses of the director at work. Taken together, the interviews form an unofficial memoir of a sophisticated artist once described by a colleague as the most unusual and amusing man in Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Horton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1578064449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781578064441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.16w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2002 pg. 1497","brand":"Robert Horton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987895615743,"sku":"9781578064441","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_736e391c-7d3a-4963-93ed-417127ccc421.jpg?v=1683291488","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/billy-wilder-robert-horton-9781578064441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}