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In Reply to: RE: Remaking that film was one of the few big mistakes Billy Wilder ever did... (nt) posted by patrickU on November 04, 2008 at 12:52:37

..."Buddy Buddy", the one Billy Wilder did in 1981.

As you�ll see, he even had Francis Veber writing the script..., but that film was lacking any grace, not to mention the freshness of the original: Jacques Brel sobbing, wiping the windshield with that sticky, blandy little creature hanging from the rear mirror, and then his nose (or was it the other way round? - I saw it more than thirty years ago...-) was simply moving, beyond the incredible comicality of it; while Jack Lemmon was simply irritating from the start: not even Walter Matthau could save that film!

"No la toqueis m�s, que as� es la rosa" (Touch it no more, for that�s how a rose is) said Juan Ramon Jimenez..., and wise words those were.

Regards

BF

...Buddy Buddy (Open in New Window)

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RE: I didn�t know about this one, but to... - patrickU 03:33:18 11/05/08 (0)
One of the few very bad films Billy Wilder did ever make.
That one and that singing film.
Terrible.

" Mieux vaut une t�te bien faite qu'une t�te bien pleine."

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