"The wit and wisdom of one of Hollywood's most acclaimed filmmakers"22 June 2006Factual, TV Movie72 mins
In 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) at his office in Beverly Hills, California, and turned on his camera for a series of filmed interviews. (A recut of the 1992 TV miniseries Billy, How Did You Do It?)
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