Ace in the Hole (1951)

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"17.2. Billy Wilder hits the nail in the head with this one. It's about an accident and how media manipulation turns the tragedy into mass entertainment and big business. Kirk Douglas nails the role as a slimy journalist. "

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“An enduring classic from director Billy Wilder (The Apartment, Some Like It Hot), 1951's Ace in the Hole sparkles with irresistible wit from the very ”

An intelligent, acerbic satire

“An enduring classic from director Billy Wilder (The Apartment, Some Like It Hot), 1951's Ace in the Hole sparkles with irresistible wit from the very first scene and never lets up. An intelligent, acerbic satire that looks scarily prophetic and increasingly relevant in the 21st Century, Ace in the Hole ruthlessly skewers journalistic ethics and media sensationalism while exploring mankind's innate fascination with the lurid. These heady, controversial themes ended Wilder's winning streak with Paramount Pictures, foundering at the box office upon its release and drawing the ire of journalists and critics of the period. It took several decades before it received critical reappraisal, after which it deservedly developed into an iconic film with an esteemed reputation. Time has not only been k” read more

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" First Viewing Viewing Date: January 1st Via: Apple TV Plot: A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus. Rating: 10/10 Why Did I Watch It? I wanted to start the year with something classy. This really stuck out to me when I was looking for something."

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"Conocida como la película que predijo el periodismo amarillista y la insensibilidad actual ante el morbo. También como la parcialización de la información, la manipulación y la corrupción corrompen los medios y las personas. Un gran clásico que muestra como un periodista es capaz de hacer un circo con el sufrimiento de un hombre. Es una historia sobre la ambición y el morbo por parte de la audiencia. Esta llenas de diálogos increíbles y escenas con simbolismos simples que encajan a la"

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"Re-watch - Sept. 20th I'd intended to have a whole week of new-to-me Billy Wilder films this week, and might have made it had one of them (Irma la Douce) not left Prime without warning. Thus I set out to revisit Ace in the Hole, which I haven't seen since 2012. It's still a great film, an entertaining, thoughtful, and painfully honest look at what greed and fame can drive a man to do. Douglas's Tatum becomes a reverse King Midas, turning everything he touches rotten...though that feels apt give"

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"The way Wilder goes about escalating the events of this film during the final 20 minutes to highlight his belief in the fallibility of human-driven journalism and the thought of them writing some form of "truth" as being a terrifying power trip has to be some of the most discussion-inducing cinema of all time. This is that across the board admittedly, and I bet the question of when Kirk Douglas's Tatum goes over the line of journalistic integrity is posed across the world in classes on the subje"