At long last, Billy Wilder’s phenomenal "Ace In The Hole" has been released on DVD—on Criterion no less. I’m in the process of watching the supplements that includes an in-depth interview with Wilder. It’s a great coincidence that I just named "Ace In The Hole" as number one in my list of 100 top American films.
In case you don’t know about "Ace In The Hole," I pass along the Criterion synopsis:
One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker, Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole is legendary for both its cutting social critique and its status as a hard-to-find cult classic. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter caught in dead-end Albuquerque who happens upon the story of a lifetime—and will do anything to ensure he gets the scoop. Wilder’s follow-up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no-holds-barred exposé that anticipated the rise of the American media circus.
