In 1988, Oscar-winning German filmmaker Volker Schlondorff ("The Tin Drum") sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder at his office in Beverly Hills, California and turned on his camera for a series of filmed interviews. The conversation went on for two weeks. The results were aired on German TV in 1992 and debuted on U.S. television when it was shown on Turner Classic Movies in 2006. We are presented with a generous smattering of film clips, rare photographs and artwork,... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1988, Oscar-winning German filmmaker Volker Schlondorff ("The Tin Drum") sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder at his office in Beverly Hills, California and turned on his camera for a series of filmed interviews. The conversation went on for two weeks. The results were aired on German TV in 1992 and debuted on U.S. television when it was shown on Turner Classic Movies in 2006. We are presented with a generous smattering of film clips, rare photographs and artwork, but mostly Wilder just sits in his office and talks with the off screen Schlondorff, moving easily between English and German. Clips shown include: "Double Indemnity," "The Lost Weekend," "A Foreign Affair," "Sunset Blvd.," "Ace in the Hole." "Stalag 17," "Sabrina," "Witness for the Prosecution," "Some Like It Hot," and "The Apartment." Wilder discusses all these films, and the actors in them as well. Mostly, Wilder offers his philosophy of movie making from one of its undisputed masters. As one might expect from Wilder, he peppers his conversations with hilarious anecdotes, keen insights into the craft of movie making and frank advice about the art of survival in Hollywood.
Leave your thoughts about Billy Wilder Speaks.
| User ReviewMaría VA wonderful chance to meet one of the greatest film directors of all times. Moving and clarifying interview. |
| User ReviewPaul PVery interestingly put together and composed... Wilder's an interesting guy to listen to. There's not a ton of insight here that can't be read on IMDb, but still, fun to watch. |
| User ReviewAllan Cgreat doc on 1 of my fave writer/directors. |
| User ReviewByron BVery interesting!! A great documentary about Billy Wilder's life and career mostly in his own words. |
| User ReviewAmeena MJumps around too much...poorly edited. Glad an interview with Billy Wilder is out there though! |
| User ReviewNina SWilder is funny, and while I learned a lot of German swearwords, I learned less about making movies. |
