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I hesitate to post this. This wasn't intended, after all, to be an obituary page. But I couldn't let Billy Wilder's passing, well... pass without making note of it. Mr. Wilder was responsible for some of the best movies to come out of Hollywood. His diverse directing legacy encompasses comedy, film noir and drama. He was nominated for 21 Academy awards and won seven. One look at even a partial list of the films he was responsible for makes it all too clear that he was one of our greatest movie directors. A sampling:

The Lost Weekend
Double Indemnity
Sunset Boulevard
Stalag 17
Sabrina
The Seven Year Itch
Witness for the Prosecution
Some Like It Hot
The Apartment

And the list goes on. If you've never seen any of these pictures, do yourself a favor and visit your local video store this weekend. You won't be sorry.