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13 Responses to “Billy Wilder on writing”

1. knutoletube Says:
   February 2nd, 2010 at 8:00 am

   where’s the rest of the interview!?

2. gatornuggets Says:
   February 2nd, 2010 at 8:19 am

   @evanAU So damn true. Today all we really have of their kind are-

   Chris Nolan
   Jason Reitman
   Peter Jackson
   Quentin Tarintino
   David Fincher

   I may be missing some, but I really can’t find any others. I was considering putting Bob Zemeckis, but he’s from the Scorsese/Kubrick age. Speilberg make craps nowadays. Munich was pretty good, but asides from that he made the two Bay Transformer films and Indy 4. Let’s hope we still have more brilliant filmmakers out there.

3. bluebettle Says:
   February 2nd, 2010 at 8:26 am

   Martin Scorsese is still making films.

   And Hollywood has always been making crap, we just always remember the good ones.

4. evanAU Says:
   February 2nd, 2010 at 8:53 am

   Hollywood has degenerated since good screenwriters and directors like Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, etc. have left the scene.. Now it seems to be just a bunch of crapity-crap that’s coming out of hollywood..

5. haasxaar Says:
   February 2nd, 2010 at 8:54 am

   what a man – such a talent, he had such an interesting and rich life, he had his fair share of tragedy. Hollywood still misses his talents, its always so sad to watch excerpts of past masters.

6. FilTonks Says:
   February 2nd, 2010 at 9:05 am

   “How would it be if the husband…I don’t like it.” “I don’t like it either.” Funny guys. I’m just reading a biography of Billie called “nobody’s perfect”. It is good, cheack it out.

7. TexTK Says:
   February 2nd, 2010 at 9:48 am

   it woulda been a massacre when Wilder and Chandler were in the same room.

8. BMD101 Says:
   February 2nd, 2010 at 10:46 am

   Wilder was simply the best….

9. KleineHansel Says:
   February 2nd, 2010 at 11:28 am

   Always liked Billy Wilders interviews, he had so much info about the golden age of Hollywood.

10. Nordenwald Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 11:56 am

    Thanks for the info R.J. and no worries – I don’t have Turner over here in Europe – however I’m sure your deprecative comment is too severe

    And btw – your anecdotes from Allan Hersholt’s memories on Stroheim are most expected – uh – I mean – welcome, at any time you feel like divulging them

11. bchfront Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    Yessir. I.A.L.was “Izzy”, Billy’s right-hand from “Some Like It Hot”, onward. When Izzy was just starting-out, he and my grandfather both worked on a little(forgotten) film called “Love and Learn” with Jack Carson. Probably not together — my grandfather did the songs. “L&L” turns-up occasionally on Turner, but please don’t go out your way — some things ar best-left forgotten! Thanks for the nice words. R.J.

12. Nordenwald Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    ha ha – okay – you lost me here… who is “I.A.L”??? Is it Izzy? And you saw Billy walking the streets? wow – so exotic. Nice to hear Billy was both your and your late father’s muse – I love the way he discusses the creative effort – and that you derived so much inspiration from these guys for your own writing – thanks again for commenting

13. bchfront Says:
    February 2nd, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    I went all through school in Beverly Hills with a boy named Paul Diamond, who was I.A.L.’S son! One always saw Billy walking the streets of B.H. in those days (maybe he was looking for ideas). Although my late father Stuart, made a very-nice living as a film/television writer,and was very talented too (“The Fugitive”) we were both in agreement that Billy was our personal muse!

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