Québec-born writer-director Jean-Claude Lauzon, who piloted himself and his girlfriend to a fatal airplane crash five years later, proved he also had a blighted childhood in his autobiographical Léolo, about the intercession of dreams and fantasies that helps the film’s pre-teen protagonist, Léo, navigate life in a mentally distressed family in a Montréal slum out […]
Daily Archives: September 11, 2008
Following this entry you will find my list of the ten best films directed by Wilder, Billy. Director Billy Wilder efficiently launches Some Like It Hot by disclosing hidden things in Prohibition-era Chicago, proving deceptive appearances: a hearse with a rack of guns in an upper compartment and a coffin loaded with booze; a speakeasy. […]