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Cover: 9781476694405 | Billy Wilder and Some Like It Hot | Wes D. Gehring | Taschenbuch
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Billy Wilder and Some Like It Hot
The Genesis of America's Greatest Screen Comedy
Taschenbuch von Wes D. Gehring
Sprache: Englisch

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The American Film Institute has ranked Some Like it Hot as the greatest comedy of the 20th century for 25 years. Much has been written about its talented co-writer and director Billy Wilder and the trainwreck casting of the unstable Marilyn Monroe, from whom Wilder managed to get a successful performance. However, the real secret of the film's greatness lies in Wilder's career up to its production. He had fully nailed the six comedy subgenres, and his masterful intertwining of parody, dark comedy, romantic comedy, personality comedian, screwball comedy and populism was the trick.
The famous final line "Nobody's perfect" was Wilder's own little LGBTQ+ time bomb. At the end of his screenplay (1959) he wrote that America was just not ready for Joe E. Brown's comment. But the film's critical accolades and today's popularity of its musical comedy adaptation say otherwise. As critics suggest, the provocative Wilder would be loving it. This book explores the history, context, and success secrets of this venerated American comedy.
The American Film Institute has ranked Some Like it Hot as the greatest comedy of the 20th century for 25 years. Much has been written about its talented co-writer and director Billy Wilder and the trainwreck casting of the unstable Marilyn Monroe, from whom Wilder managed to get a successful performance. However, the real secret of the film's greatness lies in Wilder's career up to its production. He had fully nailed the six comedy subgenres, and his masterful intertwining of parody, dark comedy, romantic comedy, personality comedian, screwball comedy and populism was the trick.
The famous final line "Nobody's perfect" was Wilder's own little LGBTQ+ time bomb. At the end of his screenplay (1959) he wrote that America was just not ready for Joe E. Brown's comment. But the film's critical accolades and today's popularity of its musical comedy adaptation say otherwise. As critics suggest, the provocative Wilder would be loving it. This book explores the history, context, and success secrets of this venerated American comedy.
Über den Autor
Wes D. Gehring is the Distinguished Professor of Film at Ball State University, and the author of 44 books, keying on biographies of film comedians and comic genres. Their reception has resulted in speaking engagements from the Paris-Sorbonne University to New York's Museum of Modern Art. He has periodically been one of Turner Classic Movies' on-screen scholars for their summer online classes.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Fotografie
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781476694405
ISBN-10: 1476694400
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gehring, Wes D.
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Wes D. Gehring
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2026
Gewicht: 0,385 kg
Artikel-ID: 134824890
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