Sandwiched In with Max Alvarez - The Sublimely Subversive Cinema of Billy Wilder

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

Writer/director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) made social satire and scalding comedy look easy. This Polish-born and German-raised master behind The Apartment, Some Like It Hot, and Sabrina, captured the outrageous quirkiness of the USA better than anyone. Yet Wilder was just as comfortable with hard-hitting dramas: Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Ace in the Hole, Stalag 17, and Witness for the Prosecution -- not to mention Wilder’s timeless masterpiece indicting Hollywood cruelty, Sunset Blvd. Join film historian Max Alvarez for the laughter and drama behind the great Wilder and his unforgettable movies.

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