Billy Wilder and Some Like It Hot: The Genesis of America's Greatest Screen Comedy

The American Film Institute has ranked Some Like it Hot as the greatest comedy of the 20th century for 25 years. Much has been written about its talented co-writer and director Billy Wilder and the trainwreck casting of the unstable Marilyn Monroe, from whom Wilder managed to get a successful performance. However, the real secret of the film's greatness lies in Wilder's career up to its production. He had fully nailed the six comedy subgenres, and his masterful intertwining of parody, dark ...