A masterpiece of the seventh art that retains all its splendor more than 60 years after its release.
The name Billy Wilder It should be very familiar to any lover of the seventh art. His filmography is full of great films and it’s never a bad time to watch one. Also, the channel MGM available for subscription at First Video he has just facilitated the broadcast of what is perhaps his best, sensational work If my apartment could talk in its extensive catalogue.
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If My Apartment Could Talk tells the story of an employee who very often rents out his house so that his bosses can enjoy their free time. His clear goal is to get a promotion, but everything gets complicated when the character played Jack Lemmon she falls in love with a young elevator operator who is having an affair with the company’s chief of staff. On paper, this is material that could have served as the basis for yet another romantic comedy, but it’s no coincidence that many of us consider this film an indisputable masterpiece.
The first essential ingredient is the perfect balance of genres, since we could perfectly say that we are faced with a very sad comedy or a very funny drama. Wilder’s screenplay, written together with his regular collaborator IAL Diamondhas the perfect tone to exploit all the particularities of the story, to which we must add the enormous ability of both to write memorable dialogue.
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