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It sometimes takes an outsider to expose a society's foibles,
and when Billy
Wilder left Berlin in 1933, fleeing the terrors of Nazi Germany,
the U.S. gained a filmmaker whose work would time and again hold
up a mirror to its true nature. The reflection was rarely flattering.
As a director and as a writer, Wilder imbued everything he touched,
from film noir to farce, with corrosive wit and an unflinching
satirical purpose. Sometimes his cynicism could alienate audiences--the
superb Ace in the Hole was a commercial flop--but Billy
Wilder's many hits were welcome proof that entertainment and
intelligence need not be mutually exclusive.
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