Tag: Double Indemnity
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How the acclaimed Billy Wilder tried and failed to snub Hollywood
The new film ‘Mr Wilder & Me’ reveals how a search for funding led the director on an uneasy journey back to the central Europe he fledSome Like It Hot, Double Indemnity and The Apartment were just some of the classics that made Billy Wilder one of the most successful and lauded directors in Hollywood.But…
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Body Heat at 40: the sexiest and sweatiest film of the 80s
Lawrence Kasdan’s thrilling update of Double Indemnity brought the noir template into a new decade with help from a never-better Kathleen TurnerThe first time we see William Hurt in Body Heat, he’s standing naked with his back to the camera, glistening in post-coital sweat and staring out at a burning building – which, in the…
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Pandemic epics or great escapes? What classic movies might tell us about post-Covid Hollywood
Should we expect hordes of allegorical aliens and zombies – or a soothing succession of romcoms and musicals? Cinema history offers some cluesThe screenwriter William Goldman cautioned against making predictions in the movie business with the line: “Nobody knows anything.” That said, there is one thing we do know: global events leave their mark on…