High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewBilly Wilder Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/billy-wilder/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 From Silents to the Seventies: The Major and the Minor https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-major-and-the-minor/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-major-and-the-minor/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:00:45 +0000 David Krauss https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=101377 Billy Wilder’s directorial debut takes a taboo topic and whips it into a frothy, frenetic laugh riot. The Major and the Minor still raises eyebrows today, but its humor and heart – and Ginger Rogers’ sparkling performance – make it first and foremost a comedy classic. The Major and the Minor Theatrical Release Date: September...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-major-and-the-minor/feed/ 0 From Silents to the Seventies: Hold Back the Dawn https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-hold-back-the-dawn/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-hold-back-the-dawn/#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:00:09 +0000 David Krauss https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=100387 Hold back those tears. The Best Picture nominee Hold Back the Dawn remains a classic romantic weepie, but beneath its glossy veneer lies a substantive examination of a topic that’s still making front-page news 80 years later. Hold Back the Dawn Theatrical Release Date: September 11, 1941 Blu-ray Release Date: July 16, 2019 Directed by:...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-hold-back-the-dawn/feed/ 4 From Silents to the Seventies: Irma la Douce https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-irma-la-douce/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-irma-la-douce/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:00:13 +0000 David Krauss https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=97497 The quintessential hooker with a heart of gold, Irma la Douce is a captivating character, and the film that bears her name – directed by comic maestro Billy Wilder – is often charming, warm, and clever. It’s also very long. Irma la Douce Theatrical Release Date: June 5, 1963 Blu-ray Release Date: July 17, 2018...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/silents-to-seventies-irma-la-douce/feed/ 0 Weekend Roundtable: Best Movie Opening Scenes https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-movie-opening-scenes/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-movie-opening-scenes/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:00:42 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=56606 We went negative with last week’s Roundtable topic about worst movie endings. This week, let’s turn that around to talk about movies that had truly great opening scenes that really grabbed us right from the start. Shannon Nutt This week’s topic was an easy one for me. Nothing, and I mean nothing, tops the opening...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-movie-opening-scenes/feed/ 62 Blu-ray Highlights for 1/24/12 – “A Lot” Is My Favorite Number https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jan-24-2012/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jan-24-2012/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:17 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=28720 After a slow start, the year’s Blu-ray release schedule finally heats up this week. Even if you don’t find the new day-and-date releases too exciting, the studios are unleashing a flood of great catalog titles to keep you busy. Here’s a look at the slate of new discs: ‘50/50‘ (Summit) ‘Annie Hall‘ (MGM/UA) ‘The Apartment...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jan-24-2012/feed/ 13 Weekend Roundtable: Movies the AFI Top 100 Ignored https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-afi-top-100-omissions/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-afi-top-100-omissions/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 19:00:15 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=15387 This week’s Roundtable spun out of last week’s topic. Specifically, it was prompted by a comment from reader Brian H, who suggested that we should put together our own list of 100 films that didn’t make the AFI Top 100 Movies list. I don’t know that we have the wherewithal to do a hundred titles...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-afi-top-100-omissions/feed/ 25 Weekend Roundtable: Classic or Important Movies You’ve Never Seen https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-unseen-classic-movies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-unseen-classic-movies/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 19:00:18 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=15142 It’s confession time once again in the Roundtable. If you’re a reasonably film literate person, you’ve no doubt seen countless movies over the course of your lifetime. Nonetheless, it simply isn’t possible to see every movie you want. You’re bound to have missed some classic or supposedly “important” film along the way that it may...

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