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Hal Ashby: Interviews/Billy Wilder, Movie Maker: Critical Essays on the Films
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Nick Dawson, editor Hal Ashby: Interviews University Press of Mississippi, 2010; 138 pages; paperback; $22
Karen McNally, editor Billy Wilder, Movie Maker: Critical Essays on the Films McFarland & Company, 2011; 246 pages; paperback; $45
Hal Ashby and Billy Wilder are two prominent Hollywood directors whom critics often exclude from the pantheon of auteur filmmakers. After beginning his film career as an editor, Ashby enjoyed a string of commercial and critically acclaimed films during the 1970s that made him one of Hollywood's most sought after directors. His demise during the 1980s was equally dramatic, however. On the other hand, European émigré Billy Wilder was an …
