Friday, June 09, 2006

A Real Fan, Billy-Wise

I recently asked my boss how many of a major filmmaker's movies you had to see to be considered a true fan. His answer was 7.

In the past year, I've seen my first 9 Billy Wilder films. I guess that makes me a fan? Here is a list, in order of when I saw them:

The Lost Weekend
The Apartment
Irma La Deuce
One, Two, Three
Sunset Boulevard
Some Like it Hot
The Seven-Year Itch
Double Indemnity
Ninotchka

And, just for fun, I'll rank them in order of how I liked them, best to worst

The Apartment
Double Indemnity
One, Two, Three
Seven-Year Itch
Ninotchka
Some Like it Hot
Sunset Boulevard
The Lost Weekend (loses points for unrealistic happy ending)
Irma La Deuce (loses points because it was boring as dirt--this is the only one I really didn't like at all.)

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