Hollywood's sharpest tongue finally spills the tea — and it's piping hot.
In 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) at his office in Beverly Hills, California, and turned on his camera for a series of filmed interviews. (A recut of the 1992 TV miniseries Billy, How Did You Do It?)
Writing
Wilder's one-liners are tighter than his scripts
Direction
Schlöndorff smartly gets out of the way
Director
Gisela Grischow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wilder was part of the wave of German-speaking Jewish émigrés who fundamentally reshaped Hollywood's visual language and narrative cynicism.
The original 1992 miniseries ran three hours; this cut sacrifices breadth for punch, arguably improving the rhythm.
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