What Perfect Dialogue Sounds Like

A video essay about the brilliant dialogue in Ernst Lubitsch's "Ninotchka" (1939), written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett and Walter Reisch, based on a story by Melchior Lengyel. //Join me on Patreon:   / moviewise   //Follow me on Twitter: https://x.com/MrMoviewise Billy Wilder is the greatest screenwriter who ever lived. For decades he made one exemplary script after the other, shining through visual storytelling and wonderful dialogue. Here we'll find out some of the techniques he used to pen such intelligent, articulate and witty characters. 00:00 Billy Wilder and Ninotchka 02:34 Punchlines 03:48 Sparring and Throwbacks 06:18 Exposition 08:50 Sabrina detour 09:47 Wit Also watch my video on Sabrina:    • The Filmmaker Who Did Everything Right   And my video on how to write witty dialogue:    • The Simple Formula for Witty Dialogue   #videoessay #dialogue #billywilder #gretagarbo