You know... if you wanna.
Right now I'm in the process of procuring the last handful of his films I need to see before having seen them all. I was thinking about doing a review thread, a la dreamdead's Verhoeven thread, and my (very) dormant Herzog thread. However, being the busy-body that I am at the moment, working on as many projects as I am (I'd need to take off my shoes to make a tally), I think that a very general thread like this, where all are invited to give brief or extended thoughts, is the safest idea. This may even turn into a series!
I choose Billy Wilder because last semester, I took a class all about him, and my appreciation was rejuvenated. So easy was it for me to get into his films as a budding cinephile that he was one of the first that I came to accept as a given, giving his work less consideration. This class I took (re)opened my eyes to the many-layered texts and visions of his work. Since then, I've watched or revisited nearly all of his films, except A Foreign Affair and The Emperor Waltz, both will probably be seen within the week. (And Death Mills, which I understand is entirely, if not largely unavailable.)
I also choose Billy Wilder because I know he is much loved. Ms. Rouge is a huge fan, that is no secret given her appreciation of the Lubitsch. KF just gave The Apartment an overdue second chance, which worked for him this time. Spinal is a die-hard Sunset Blvd. man, nothing wrong with that. Basically, many people have seen many of his films. I hope that means people will respond.
I also choose Billy Wilder because right now, I'm sitting outside of a projection booth that's running a beautiful print of Sabrina (William Holden marathon, biznatches! The Wild Bunch print was unreal!). I was reminded that I've been wanting to create this thread for a while, and as I am currently not pressed to do anything productive, voila!
So yeah, if anyone has any issues about Wilder, wants to talk about any of his films, if even in pithy fractured sentence form, please do so. I'll pop in with a blurb or two about his films every now and then and to respond to all those who look like they need a good respondin'.