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Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna
A revelation.--Marc Weingarten, Washington Post Acclaimed film director Billy Wilder's early writings--brilliantly translated into English for the first timeBefore Billy Wilder became the screenwriter and director of iconic films like Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot, he worked as a freelance reporter, first in Vienna and then in Weimar Berlin. Billy Wilder on Assignment brings together more than fifty articles, translated into English for the first time, that Wilder (then known as Billie) published in magazines and newspapers between September 1925 and November 1930. From a humorous account of Wilder's stint as a hired dancing companion in a posh Berlin hotel and his dispatches from the international film scene, to his astute profiles of writers, performers, and political figures, the collection offers fresh insights into the creative mind of one of Hollywood's most revered writer-directors.Wilder's early writings--a heady mix of cultural essays, interviews, and
Product details: Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna
Author : Billy Wilder
Pages : 224 pages
Publisher : Princeton University Press
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ISBN-10 : 0691194947
ISBN-13 : 9780691194943
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