Documentary: “The Human Comedy” (Billy Wilder)

A wonderful 55-minute documentary on my favorite filmmaker Billy Wilder. “The Human Comedy” is narrated by Walter Matthau and features a slew of interview subjects, plus some rare footage of Wilder and his longtime writing collaborator I.A.L. Diamond.

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In the documentary, Wilder offers up this bottom line advice about storytelling: “Don’t bore.” Of course, he could have said, “Be entertaining,” but voiced as a negative, that has the edge and bite we expect from the master writer and director. Great advice. Great filmmaker.

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