Billy Wilder retrospective honors father of film noir — SkimNews
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- A new retrospective celebrates Billy Wilder's career as a titan of modern cinema, spotlighting the films Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment.
- Wilder, described as 'the father of film noir,' came from émigré roots and, the source notes, never forgot what he had left behind — a survivor's memory that shaped his work.
Why it matters: The retrospective positions Wilder's émigré biography as central to his Hollywood mastery rather than peripheral trivia, reframing how new audiences understand the writer-director behind film noir and the two greatest American comedies of the studio era.
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