LEADER 03378 am 22007333u 450 001 9910213858903321 005 20230221122818.0 010 $a1-78533-475-1 010 $a0-85745-066-2 024 7 $a2027/heb08230 035 $a(CKB)2550000001108905 035 $a(EBL)1323687 035 $a(OCoLC)855503951 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000953817 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11559931 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000953817 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10937010 035 $a(PQKB)11242125 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1323687 035 $a(OCoLC)961893545 035 $a(ScCtBLL)08a35e86-a42e-463c-a4ca-1e004559f18e 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34062 035 $a(dli)HEB08230 035 $a(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000606 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001108905 100 $a20140324d2008|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA Foreign Affair $eBilly Wilder's American Films 210 $aNew York, NY $cBerghahn Books$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 225 1 $aFilm Europa ;$vv.5 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84545-418-9 311 $a1-299-77741-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [182]-190), filmography (p. [170]-181) and index. 327 $aA 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; Index 330 $aWith six Academy Awards, four entries on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American movies, and more titles on the National Historic Register of classic films deemed worthy of preservation than any other director, Billy Wilder counts as one of the most accomplished filmmakers ever to work in Hollywood. Yet how American is Billy Wilder, the Jewish e?migre? from Central Europe? This book underscores this complex issue, unpacking underlying contradictions where previous commentators routinely smoothed them out. Wilder emerges as an artist with roots in sensationalist journalism 410 0$aFilm Europa 517 3 $aBilly Wilder's American films 606 $aDocumentary films 606 $aMotion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Interviews 606 $aWilder, Billy, 1906-2002 -- Criticism and interpretation 610 $aMedia and Communications 610 $aBilly Wilder 610 $aFedora (operating system) 610 $aLimousin dialect 610 $aSherlock Holmes 615 4$aDocumentary films. 615 4$aMotion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Interviews. 615 4$aWilder, Billy, 1906-2002 -- Criticism and interpretation. 676 $a791.43023 676 $a791.430233092 700 $aGemčunden$b Gerd$0881994 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910213858903321 996 $aA Foreign Affair$91970184 997 $aUNINA