Thursday, 25 August 2016

"The Apartment", directed Billy Wilder


Movie, 1960

Unquestionably funny comedy - the best sort - which pulls laughs from a great script and leading players, and yet does so by lightly hopping over heavy duty 20th century loneliness, alienation, infidelity, prostitution, ethics, depression, chauvinism and bullying, to name just a few. Because the film's so watchable, the corrupt world becomes acceptable and romanticised, really nailing home a few points which may or may not have been intended. Unrelenting and well-paced - a light comedy packing a huge sledgehammer under its surface.


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