03378 am 22007333u 450 991021385890332120230221122818.01-78533-475-10-85745-066-22027/heb08230(CKB)2550000001108905(EBL)1323687(OCoLC)855503951(SSID)ssj0000953817(PQKBManifestationID)11559931(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000953817(PQKBWorkID)10937010(PQKB)11242125(MiAaPQ)EBC1323687(OCoLC)961893545(ScCtBLL)08a35e86-a42e-463c-a4ca-1e004559f18e(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34062(dli)HEB08230(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000606(EXLCZ)99255000000110890520140324d2008|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrA Foreign Affair Billy Wilder's American FilmsNew York, NY Berghahn Books20081 online resource (206 p.)Film Europa ;v.5Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-418-9 1-299-77741-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-190), filmography (p. [170]-181) and index.A Foreign Affair; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. An Accented Cinema; Chapter 2. The Insurance Man Always Rings Twice; Chapter 3. In the Ruins of Berlin; Chapter 4. Ghosting Hollywood; Chapter 5. All Dressed Up and Running Wild; Chapter 6. Being a Mensch in the Administered World; Chapter 7. In the Closet of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Chronology; Filmography; Bibliography; IndexWith six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American movies, and more titles on the National Historic Register of classic films deemed worthy of preservation than any other director, Billy Wilder counts as one of the most accomplished filmmakers ever to work in Hollywood. Yet how American is Billy Wilder, the Jewish émigré from Central Europe? This book underscores this complex issue, unpacking underlying contradictions where previous commentators routinely smoothed them out. Wilder emerges as an artist with roots in sensationalist journalismFilm EuropaBilly Wilder's American filmsDocumentary filmsMotion picture producers and directors -- United States -- InterviewsWilder, Billy, 1906-2002 -- Criticism and interpretationMedia and CommunicationsBilly WilderFedora (operating system)Limousin dialectSherlock HolmesDocumentary films.Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Interviews.Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 -- Criticism and interpretation.791.43023791.430233092Gemèunden Gerd881994AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910213858903321A Foreign Affair1970184UNINA