Why Does Everyone Call This Film the Greatest Comedy of All Time?

A video essay about Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (1959) explaining why it is so often called the greatest comedy film ever made. //Join me on Patreon:   / moviewise   //Follow me on Twitter: https://x.com/MrMoviewise The screenplay by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond is a thing of beauty that can only be compared to Wilder's direction and in this video you'll learn why. After witnessing a massacre committed by Chicago gangster Spats Colombo (George Raft), musicians Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) disguise themselves as women and join an all-female jazz band and get immediately interested in lead singer Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe). Watch my video on Ninotchka:    • What Perfect Dialogue Sounds Like   Watch my video on Sabrina:    • The Filmmaker Who Did Everything Right   Watch my video on witty dialogue:    • The Simple Formula for Witty Dialogue   00:00 Screenplay 12:05 Direction #videoessay #filmmaking #marilynmonroe