A foreign affair; Billy Wilder's American films.9781845454197 A foreign affair; Billy Wilder's American films. Gemunden, Gerd. Berghahn Books 2008 193 pages $27.95 Paperback Film Europa PN1998 Gemunden (German studies, film studies, comparative literature, Dartmouth College Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1769, opened 1770, the ninth colonial college (see Wheelock, Eleazar). Originally a men's college, Dartmouth began admitting women in 1972. ) offers a clearly written and detailed critical study of the work of Billy Wilder Noun 1. Billy Wilder - United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002) Samuel Wilder, Wilder , prolific award-winning American filmmaker. By critically reviewing Wilder's work, the author is able to provide a clearer, possibly more accurate, picture of him as he really was, including complications and contradictions, and his status as something of an "exile." Films discussed include Double Indemnity A term of an insurance policy by which the insurance company promises to pay the insured or the beneficiary twice the amount of coverage if loss occurs due to a particular cause or set of circumstances. Double indemnity clauses are found most often in life insurance policies. , Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. , Some Like It Hot, and others. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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