Dryden Theatre Recommends: The Lost Weekend (1945) скачать в хорошем качестве

Dryden Theatre Recommends: The Lost Weekend (1945)

(Billy Wilder, US 1945, 101 min.) Originally scheduled as a film series for this fall at The Dryden, we look 75 years into the past at the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture of 1945. A diverse group of films that highlight the breadth of technique and genre taking place at the height of the Hollywood system. Billy Wilder’s addiction drama won Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Writing at the Academy Awards. Based on Charles R. Jackson’s semi-autobiographical novel, Ray Milland stars as Don Birnam, an alcoholic aspiring writer working on a novel about an alcoholic. Begging off of a weekend in the country with his friend, Don schemes to remain in the city to drink his self-doubt away. With no job and no money, Don is forced to steal from a maid and a woman in a bar to get his alcohol, finally attempting to pawn his typewriter for a drink. Despite his troubles, he has support from his girlfriend (Jane Wyman) and his brother (Philip Terry) who believe he can beat his demons. Wilder’s style, particularly for Don’s horrific visions, are heavily inspired by German Expressionism. This video has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH CARES. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this video, do not necessarily represent those of the NEH.