Billy Wilder's Classic Closing Lines
Speaking of Billy Wilder, Roger Ebert said: "Who else can field two contenders among the greatest closing lines of all time? From Some Like It Hot (1959) there is “Nobody's perfect.” And from Sunset Boulevard (1950), Norma Desmond's: “There's nothing else. Just us, and the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark. All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my closeup.”.
The late critic was absolutely right about Wilder's talent for concluding movies (as well as making damn good ones) and he could have made his point by mentioning his two other masterpieces: Double Indemnity (1944) and The Apartment (1960). There are many other classic endings but for the sake of this poll, we've narrowed it down to the four black-and-white classics that made it in the two AFI's Top 100 Greatest American Movies.
Which of these four classic Billy Wilder's closing lines is the closest to perfection? (since nobody's perfect)
After voting, Mr. De Mille, shut up and deal... with fellow users here, yeah, closer than that...
The late critic was absolutely right about Wilder's talent for concluding movies (as well as making damn good ones) and he could have made his point by mentioning his two other masterpieces: Double Indemnity (1944) and The Apartment (1960). There are many other classic endings but for the sake of this poll, we've narrowed it down to the four black-and-white classics that made it in the two AFI's Top 100 Greatest American Movies.
Which of these four classic Billy Wilder's closing lines is the closest to perfection? (since nobody's perfect)
After voting, Mr. De Mille, shut up and deal... with fellow users here, yeah, closer than that...
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