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10 Most Depressing Holidays in ...
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"I saw Christmas decorations in a storefront Sunday, so I guess it’s already time to break out the holiday movies. And it’s evidently time for distributors to release holiday fare to theaters, even if Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), which hits theaters this Friday, isn’t exactly the latest crowd-pleasing installment of the Santa Clause franchise. In fact, with such ingredients as estrangement, mental illness, alcoholism and cancer, it doesn’t seem like a very happy holidays kind of film. Even if it is actually a comedy. But then how many holiday movies are completely void of depressing themes and scenes? I’m sure to have grown up thinking more about the homeless, suicide and family dysfunction from films set at Christmas and Thanksgiving than I did thinking about the happiness that comes with these holidays. One of the most tearjerking moments for me as a kid was certainly seeing Mickey Mouse crying over his dead son in
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Irma La Douce (1963)
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"In Billy Wilder's Irma La Douce, Nestor, an honest and naive cop (played by Jack Lemmon), loses his job on the force after performing an on-the-spot bust on a brothel. Down on his luck he returns to the scene of his bust where he runs into Irma (Shirley MacLaine) who, in recognition of his standing up for her, asks him to move in with him. Now Nestor's a nice guy but also a relatively conservative one so needless to say he has problems with Irma's profession. Asked to be her pimp, he is stricken with bouts of jealousy, anger and depression. After yelling at one of her patrons he devises a plan to disguise himself as a rich, elderly English Lord and asks to be her sole client. However this is just the start of his problems. Irma La Douce is a wonderful and charming romantic comedy, surprising in its use of darker elements and themes. In less capable hands than those of Wilder, Lemmon and MacLaine this could easily have sunk, yet it is hard not to adore naive Nestor and feel for his ... "
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The Apartment on Reel 13
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"What can I say about THE APARTMENT that hasn't already been said? In my opinion, it is Billy Wilder's masterpiece and one of the top 50, maybe even top 40 movies of all time. It's in a whole different league amongst the majority of the films, classics or indies, that they show on Reel 13 (BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK is the only one that comes close). It is an almost amazingly perfect blend of comedy and drama, equally hilarious and heart-wrenching. This is a film that contains a suicide attempt, discusses another, features depression, significant infidelity and suggested promiscuity and yet manages to be perennially charming.Cameron Crowe suggested that THE APARTMENT was a major inspiration for his film Jerry Maguire. At one point, he went to visit Billy Wilder to ask him to play a cameo in the film (the old-time agent in the opening). Though Wilder would eventually turn him down, Crowe did get to ask him about THE APARTMENT and all Wilder had to say was "Good actors. It worked". A simpl ... "
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Another 'Ace' for Billy Wilder
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"I'm sure every film fan has that long list of movies that they should see, barring those distractions of work, family and life. As a huge fan of 'The Apartment,' I know that I my list includes many of the works of legendary writer and director Billy Wilder. Just a few years ago, I noticed the stir that resulted from Criterion finally bringing Wilder's 'Ace in the Hole' to DVD when it had never been available on video at all. This skyrocketed the film near the top of that mental list, and having just gotten around to seeing it, I was not disappointed. The plot follows selfish, manipulative newspaperman Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) as he stumbles into a great "human interest" tale - roadside curio shop owner Leo Minosa (Richard Benedict) ends up trapped in a New Mexico mineshaft while searching for Indian artifacts. Leo's wife, Lorraine (Jan Sterling), initially hopes to use the incident as cover to finally leave her husband, but Tatum appeals to her greed, painting the picture of all ... "
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Emphasizing the Slap in Slapstick
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"I’ve just discovered that a slap in the face is the funniest thing in the world. Well, maybe not to me. But apparently to a lot of people much younger than me, a slap is a sure guarantee for a big laugh, particularly if the act is man to man or man to woman. Yesterday I’m at the class I’m taking on Billy Wilder, and I’m really enjoying The Apartment, which is already one of my favorite films of all time. The rest of the students, aged mostly 18-25, are also really enjoying it. After all, it is a timelessly hilarious film. But then, of course, comes the scene where Baxter (Jack Lemmon) finds Miss Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine) unconscious in his bed, barely alive after a suicide attempt. It’s a moment that certainly interrupts the comedy, and although some of the stuff that follows, between Baxter, his take-home barfly (Hope Holiday) and his next-door-neighbor doctor (Jack Kruschen), is occasionally funny, the situation overall is pretty serious. Especially the part where the doctor is ... "
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Shut Up and Deal. Clip of the Day.
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"Oh, look: it’s my favorite New Year’s Eve scene of all time. Consider this a spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen Billy Wilder’s The Apartment…um, you’re missing out on a fundamental life experience, and you need to watch it immediately. To the rest of you: many happy returns of the new year. We’ll be posting lightly on Monday, and will be back in full-force on Wednesday, January 2nd. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina "
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"Oh, look: it’s my favorite New Year’s Eve scene of all time. Consider this a spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen Billy Wilder’s The Apartment…um, you’re missing out on a fundamental life experience, and you need to watch it immediately. To the rest of you: many happy returns of the new year. We’ll be posting lightly on Monday, and will be back in full-force on Wednesday, January 2nd. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog "
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"that's all"
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"One of those movies that was meant for the audience to root for the plucky heroine, but gets hijacked by the actor or actress that is obviously having the time of their life with a juicy villain role. I found myself very annoyed and frustrated by the main character here. Why in the hell she didn't just quit after the first half an hour of abuse from this boss and snippy coworkers is beyond me, I suppose we are meant to admire her 'stick-to-it-iveness' and enjoy her transformation from dowdy frump to fashion queen, and then root for her to 'learn a big life lesson' and go back to her previous life 'a little wiser for the experience'. Fooey on that.Meryl Streep is the show here. She steals every scene in which she appears, and her dismissive 'that's all' at the end of each machine gun firing monologue is a great capper that so perfectly sums up her attitude towards those she deems her 'inferiors' (which could be just about everyone she ... "
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THe Apartment
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"The Apartment won the 1960 Academy Award for best picture. A quick look at modern criticism of the movie reveals that most critics start with the premise that it must be good because it is a Billy Wilder film, and then the critics analyze the film in terms of Wilder’s body of work. But what if we simply look at the film to see if it works as a film. Despite good acting, natural photography, some crisp dialogue, and all-around classy production, the film falls flat. The plot is predictable, and the theme is repugnant. Let’s try the plot first. A compliant nerd (Jack Lemmon as C. C. Baxter) in the accounting department falls for a cute elevator girl (Shirley MacLaine as Fran Kubolik) in the huge insurance company. Who is the girl already secretly having an affair with? Yes, the boss (Fred MacMurray as Jeff Sheldrake). Is he married? Of course. He s "
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