On The Wilder Side

This was a Billy Wilder weekend. I'm trying to actually watch the DVD's I have, instead of settling for whatever crappy movies happen to be on cable. So I watched Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, and Sunset Boulevard.

For those of you who haven't seen any Billy Wilder films, rent thee some of his DVD's! Sunset Boulevard is one of my all-time favorite movies - I love, love, love William Holden in that film. Some Like It Hot has what is considered one of the greatest last lines of all time. And The Apartment - not your typical romantic comedy, which is why it's so wonderful.

The first film for this season's Cemetery Screenings is Wilder's Ace in the Hole. I first saw this movie at UCLA, when it was not available on DVD. Man, is that one dark movie. And yet . . . it's so funny. Best line? "I've met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my time, but you - you're twenty minutes."

And that's why I love Wilder's work - it's dark, it's sad, it's funny, and it's just so true. I don't know if I'll make the trek out to Hollywood for the screening, but I might have to go out and buy Ace in the Hole on DVD.