When I started watching His Girl Friday (1940), I didn't know what to expect, and I was just there because Howard Hawks directed it. I mean, THE Howard Hawks, the magician director of the western movies, what is he doing in a screwball comedy? Well, here it goes. Until I watched Some Like It Hot,... Continue Reading →
50 years ahead of its time: Some Like It Hot (1959)
In 2017, BBC conducted a poll to announce the funniest movie ever made, and the winner was Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (1959). Its plot is a classic screwball plot: two musicians dress in drag and go through an adventure, with romantic elements along the way. Curtis and Lemmon as Josephine and Daphne. Joe, played by Tony Curtis having... Continue Reading →