Video: 3 Hour Documentary on Billy Wilder — “Billy, How Did You Do It?”

One of the truly great websites dedicated to the history of movies is Cinephilia & Beyond. The webmaster and I have known each other through our interactions almost as long as GITS has been active. One reason I love the site is it constantly searches for rare videos online. The most recent one is a gold mine: A three hour 1992 documentary featuring a series of in-depth conversation between Volker Schlöndorff, himself a noted German filmmaker, and Billy Wilder, famed writer-director of such notable movies as The Apartment, Some Like It Hot, Sunset Blvd., Double Indemnity, and The Lost Weekend.

For much more background at Cinephilia & Beyond about Billy Wilder and some great photographs of the master writer-director, go here. And while you’re there, why not make a contribution to help keep the site thriving, such a valuable online asset to film lovers everywhere.