A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a filmmaker who never was a boring man, a superb mind who had ten commandments, of which the first nine were: “Thou shalt not bore.”
Direction
Smart structure mirroring Wilder's own narrative economy.
Writing
Diamond's anecdotes hit harder than most scripted dialogue.
Director
Jascha Hannover
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mario Adorf recorded his segments in three different cities, never meeting the other interview subjects—fitting for a film about a man who built worlds in editing rooms.
Wilder's escape from Vienna in 1933—mother, grandmother, stepfather all murdered at Auschwitz—haunts every frame he ever shot, yet he refused sentimentality. This doc finally lets that shadow in.
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