So full of bile, it's amazing it even got made. Billy Wilder was a complete badass. Decades before his time, he evokes Robert Altman's "Network" and the Simpsons "Sending Our Love Down the Well" episode. Kirk Douglas is ferocious as an asshole big city reporter. The spectacular southwest setting is perfect for the theme of moral aridity. Favorite line: "I've lied to men wearing suspenders and I've lied to men wearing belts, but I know better than to lie to a man wearing suspenders and a belt."
Finally a movie I've seen and can comment on! All I can add is, both Billy Wilder and Kirk Douglas are total fucking badasses, period.
ReplyDeleteAs opposed to Kirk's son Michael Douglas, who blows in exact proportion to how cool his Dad is.