Billy Wilder Speaks (Movie)

[Machine Translation] *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), *Sabrina* (1954), *Some Like It Hot* (1959), *The Apartment* (1960), and many other masterpieces. Legendary film director Billy Wilder left behind 25 films that he wrote and directed, and was involved in the screenplays for more than 30 others. In 1988, when Wilder was 83 years old, Volker Schlondorff the master filmmaker behind *The Tin Drum* (1979) conducted a two-week interview with him. Featuring rare interviews, archival footage, and numerous masterpieces that shine brilliantly in film history, this documentary a must-see for film fans delves into the true nature of this talented master and the secrets of his creative process. With plenty of humor, he discusses his work with legendary actors such as Audrey Hepburn in *Sabrina* (1954), Marilyn Monroe in *The Seven Year Itch* (1955), and Jack Lemmon in *Some Like It Hot* (1959) *The Apartment* (1960) all told with plenty of humor, along with behind-the-scenes stories from the film industry and the secrets of filmmaking. Born in Austria, Billy Wilder spent his twenties in Berlin, Germany, where he wrote screenplays for several films before fleeing to the United States following the rise of the Nazis. After studying under director Ernst Lubitsch and writing screenplays for films such as *Ninotchka* (1939), and after making his directorial debut with *The Major and the Girl* (1942), he earned high acclaim for films such as *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), *Confessions at Midnight* (1944) and *The Lost Weekend* (1945). While clashing with the studio and at times battling discrimination as a Jewish immigrant, he continued to produce one masterpiece after another.

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『サンセット大通り』(1950)や『麗しのサブリナ』(1954)、『お熱いのがお好き』(1959)、『アパートの鍵貸します』(1960)など数々の名作を生み出し、その生涯でのこした脚本・監督作品は25本、脚本で関わった作品は30本以上にのぼる、伝説の映画監督ビリー・ワイルダー。ワイルダーが83歳当時の1988年、『ブリキの太鼓』(1979)の名匠フォルカー・シュレンドルフが2週間にわたりインタビューを敢行。貴重なインタビューやアーカイブ映像、さらに映画史に燦然と輝く名作の数々から才能に富んだ巨匠の素顔と創作の秘密に迫る、映画ファン必見のドキュメンタリー。『麗しのサブリナ』(1954)のオードリー・ヘプバーンや『七年目の浮気』(1955)のマリリン・モンロー、『お熱いのがお好き』(1959)、『アパートの鍵貸します』(1960)のジャック・レモンといった名優たちとの仕事ぶりや映画業界の裏話、映画作りの極意などがユーモアたっぷりに語られる。オーストリアで生まれたビリー・ワイルダーは、ドイツのベルリンで20代を過ごし数本の映画の脚本を手掛けた後、ナチスの台頭をきかっけにアメリカに亡命する。エルンスト・ルビッチ監督に師事して『ニノチカ』(1939)などの脚本を手掛け、『少佐と少女』(1942)で監督デビューを果たすと、『サンセット大通り』(1950)、『深夜の告白』(1944)『失われた週末』(1945)、などで高い評価を得る。スタジオとの衝突を繰り広げ、ときには異国からやってきたユダヤ人であることへの差別とも戦いながら、その後も次々と傑作を制作していく。