Billy Wilder: Masters of Cinema Series

Paolo Mereghetti; Noël Simsolo

Billy Wilder (USA, 1906-2002) is an undisputed master of American comedy, taking situation comedy to the edge of the absurd in Some Like it Hot(1959). But he also made pessimistic melodramas such as Sunset Boulevard(1950), in which Gloria Swanson gives a moving performance as a fallen star, and a few fi...