A Wilder July

Posted on June 20, 2006 by sheila

Count me in!!

I haven’t seen any of these on the big screen. Look at that list of films!

So there goes my July.

It also reminds me that I have to get back to my under-rated movie thing. I have many more.

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16 Responses to A Wilder July

  1. tracey says:
    June 20, 2006 at 6:37 pm

    Holy moly! What a lineup! See you in August, I guess?

  2. chuck in maine says:
    June 20, 2006 at 8:03 pm

    All those films look fantastic. Especially Stalig 17, that’s one I haven’t seen in years. Another Holden gem! I actually may have to opportunity to perform in that play this upcoming year.

    Speaking of underrated films, seeing Jack Lemmon’s name in some of those Wilder films reminds me of one of his most under rated movies (IMHO), granted it did win an oscar for score, but I still think most people of my generation don’t know much of it was “Days of Wine and Roses.” He and Lee Remmick were absolutley fantastic…the movie shakes me to the core everytime I see it.

  3. Nightfly says:
    June 21, 2006 at 10:23 am

    Mark Steyn wrote about Wilder quite recently. Submitted for your approval – but be advised that he updates his movie page regularly and if you wait too long, you’ll have to scroll for your BW fix.

  4. Kathy says:
    June 21, 2006 at 10:25 am

    Oh, maaaaan! JEALOUS!

  5. Tommy says:
    June 21, 2006 at 10:50 am

    Sometimes I wish I didn’t live down in BF,E…

  6. red says:
    June 21, 2006 at 11:00 am

    My Billy Wilder fix is handled perfectly by Cameron Crowe’s genius book on him. Not to be missed, any Wilder buffs out there.

  7. red says:
    June 21, 2006 at 11:00 am

    I should probably buy tickets for Some Like it Hot NOW. It’s gonna be gay central!! Lines out the door! Mass anarchy! I MUST PARTICIPATE!!

  8. red says:
    June 21, 2006 at 11:06 am

    It’s really Ball of Fire I want to see. God, I love it – and I just found out that the cinematographer for Citizen Kane (Gregg Toland, of course) was ALSO the cinematographer for Ball of Fire – and these guys are such unsung heroes of the profession, they really are. But in thinking about those two films, I can definitely see a similarity.

    The way that ivory-tower where they all live is filmed is indicative of some of the interiors in Kane – claustrophobic, suffocated with STUFF – the sets are FULL, and clamor for attention – dark wood walls, knick-knacks, cavernous rooms –

    It’s really cool – one of my favorite movies (Ball of Fire) – so even though it’s playing on July 4 I might have to go anyway. Maybe the matinee.

  9. MikeR says:
    June 21, 2006 at 11:34 am

    Sounds like fun! I suppose there are some advantages to living in the big city…

  10. chuck in maine says:
    June 21, 2006 at 11:45 am

    Mike-
    I agree!! Maine isn’t a hot bed for film festivals like this one! We have trees, the beach, lobstah, and clams. But we lack in the film festival department.

    Red-
    Couldn’t agree more with your last post sheila! In this golden age of CGI some(not all)cinematographers and directors don’t seem to try to set up a shot or a feel…they just go to the blue screen and the end results seems to show that.

  11. red says:
    June 21, 2006 at 11:50 am

    Mike – uhm, some? I should say so!

  12. Ceci says:
    June 21, 2006 at 12:53 pm

    Oh. My. GOD!!!!!

    Looooove Wilder!! And to see these films on the big screen, that’s gotta be heaven on earth. Damn, I’ve never seen Marilyn on the big screen, I’m so jealous of you right now!!! :D

    Have a blast, Sheila!

  13. red says:
    June 21, 2006 at 1:21 pm

    Ceci – maybe you need to start a Marilyn Monroe film festival in Argentina!! :)

  14. Dennis Cozzalio says:
    June 21, 2006 at 3:17 pm

    Red: I would, of course, recommend seeing them all on a big screen. But if you’e never seen any of them that way, Sunset Boulevard will be a revelation to you, I can practically guarantee it, especially if the print is new. And I would also strongly recommend you seeing one that I’ve never seen on the big screen, but which is one of my favorite movies of all time– One Two Three. Also, this coming Thursday Turner Classic Movies will be running a slate of WIlder films along with a new film by director Volker Schlondorff entitled Billy Wilder Speaks. I wrote about it last week. Hope you get to see it (and I hope I do too!)

  15. red says:
    June 21, 2006 at 3:51 pm

    Dennis – I always feel a little geeky thrill when you comment on my blog. hahaha

    Yes, I read your piece on Wilder – fantastic!! He’s one of my favorite directors. I like Hawks’ stuff more – I respond to Hawks in a visceral emotional way – like: I want to LIVE in a Hawks film – but for sheer humor and cleverness? Wilder is the best!

  16. MikeR says:
    June 21, 2006 at 6:57 pm

    OK red, culturally speaking, almost all the advantages are on the big city side of the ledger. However, I come from a land where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain! The idea of wading into that ultra-high population density causes me to go weak in the knees and have visions of poor, hapless Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis. ;-)

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