Billy Wilder’s 1960 classic comes complete with a festive office party,booze-fuelled flirtations and the liberation that comes with finding loveBilly Wilder’s Oscar-winning romance-farce isnt a Christmas film exactly – elves, Santa and reindeer are in very short supply – but the holiday season, or as it specifically manifested itself in the drunken,libidinous era of the crazy Men early 1960s, is central to its maudlin, and sentimental tone. Which is,of course, what makes it absolutely brilliant, or as if the entire cast and crew were operating through a fug of whisky fumes and a cacophony of party tooters. Related: Billy and me: why I cherish The Apartment | Cameron Crowe Continue reading...
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