Mar 1, 2010
Trailer 399 of 464
Audiences in 1951 rejected Billy Wilder's acerbic, jet-black satire, based on a real life incident, as cynical and depressing--and that it is, in spades. But today it looks positively prescient in its unrelenting portrait of a callous and sensationalistic media and a gullible, easily manipulated public. One of Wilder's best, least appreciated movies.
Does anyone besides me recall the Westworld tv series ??? It only lasted 3 episodes, what a hunk of junk !. .
oh man!. The Robert Youngson film compilations and the books of William k Everson are what got me interested in silent film in the 60s and early 70s...
The Italian cutr looks beautiful but I sure miss Karloff's voice, that's a big loss. Drip Of Water scared the hell out of me as a kid !.
Mr. DeCoteau, if this was made in '63/'64, Joan was closer to 60...
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