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Billy Wilder, hailed by most as a great filmmaker, often considered himself primarily as a writer. Yet to this day no publisher had thought fit to release literary interpretations of his work. Such an endeavor was clearly missing. The idea of this book is to offer academic but non hermetic readings of nine of his most significant films, informed by literary criticism, Gender Studies, semiotics, Film Studies, and the "artistic sensibility" of its contributors. Literary Readings of Billy Wilder...

Motion pictures and literature. --- Literature and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and literature --- Literature --- Wilder, Billy, --- Wilder, Samuel --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Wilder, Billy --- Wilden, Billy