Publisher's Synopsis
'A perceptive and profound appreciation of one of Hollywood's most accomplished and consistently iconoclastic filmmakers....With the insight of a sophisticated film scholar and the expertise of a tenacious reporter, Sikov takes us with Wilder on a ninety-year roller-coaster ride.' - New York Times 0he definitive biography of one of Hollywood's legendary filmmakers and the director of such classics as Some Like It Hot,' 'Sunset Boulevard,' and 'Double Indemnity.''
