10 Screenwriting Lessons from “The Apartment”

A video analyzing Billy Wilder’s classic 1960 Oscar-winning movie.

The Apartment (1960) is my very favorite movie. In my view, it’s a perfect movie. If you haven’t seen it … your loss. If you do watch it … your gain.

I stumbled on this video analysis of the movie and it’s quite good. It identifies several key dynamics in evidence in the movie which screenwriters can use for their own writing.

The screenplay, written by Billy Wilder and longtime writing partner I.A.L. “Izzy” Diamond, is brilliant. You may read it here.

Some additional videos featuring Billy Wilder.

You may read my 28-part series “Conversations with Wilder” here.