Izzy and Billy
Billy Wilder collaborated with Raymond Chandler on Double Indemnity (1944). He collaborated with Charles Brackett: Ninotchka (1939), Major and the Minor, The (1942), Five Graves to Cairo (1943), Lost Weekend, The (1945), The Emperor Waltz (1948), Foreign Affair, A (1948), and Sunset Blvd. (1950)
He also wrote many of his own movies working with other writers for hire: Mauvaise Graine (1934), Ace in the Hole (1951), Stalag 17 (1953), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), and The Spirit of St. Louis (1957).
However, it was his collaboration with I.A.L. ‘Izzy’ Diamond that was his most productive and rewarding. Sit down and watch these movies and prepare to have your funny bone SHATTERED!
Love in the Afternoon (1957)***
Some Like It Hot (1959)***
Apartment, The (1960)***
One, Two, Three (1961)***
Irma la Douce (1963)***
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)***
Fortune Cookie, The (1966)
Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970)
Avanti! (1972)
Front Page, The (1974)
Fedora (1978)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
***The cream of the crop
If you haven’t seen Oldboy…go rent it now. Add it to your Netflix. Buy, rent, or steal it. This movie is one of the best films to come out of Korea in years. Skip that, this is one of the best movies to come out of anywhere in years.
Park Chan Wook
Bob Clark, the director of the classic holiday film A Christmas Story, was killed in a car crash on Wednesday morning. He is best known for directing A Christmas Story. If you haven’t seen it around the holidays it runs 24 hours a day. Pure genius. Clark also directed the cult horror film, Black Christmas(not to be confused with the 2006 remake) He helmed the hugely successful teen sex farce, Porky’s. Other notable films include: Rhinestone and Turk 182.
Watch these clips:
A Christmas Story – Slippery Santa Slide
Porky’s – Tallywacker
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Black Christmas 1974
Porky’s 1982
A Christmas Story 1983
Bob Clark and his son Ariel were killed by a drunk driver on the Pacific Coast Highway. Here is the Los Angeles Times obituary.
Pål Sletaune directed, Junk Mail, one of the funniest movies of the last decade. The film follows Roy, a pathetic postal carrier, who throws away his mail, breaks into his customers homes, and eats their cereal.
Pål Sletaune as director:
Eating Out 1993
Budbringeren(Junk Mail) 1997
Amatørene 2001
Naboer 2005
