Tuesday, November 11, 2025

The Lost Weekend

Billy Wilder, the refugee who arrived in Hollywood unable to speak or write English, is now an A-lister. But will he be able to maintain that status with his grim fourth feature? Will Paramount even release it? We're upping our Patreon in a major way for Season 2, so be sure to join today! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram @thefilmographers Bluesky @thefilmographers.bsky.social Letterboxd @filmographers YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast Website https://filmographerspodcast.com/ Credits Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts Kevin Lau, producer Gompson, theme music Cosmo Graff, graphic design Time Stamps 1:37 – Keir’s one-sentence summary 3:18 – Raymond Chandler hits the bottle 8:30 – Finding the story 15:49 – Casting 20:35 – Production 25:42 – A wild love life 33:36 – Previews 39:36 – A new ending 43:11 – An Oscar rematch! 47:16 – Keir reacts 56:04 – Mike reacts 1:03:30 – The Filmographers Five: Feel-Bad Movies 1:04:30 – #5: “Melancholia” (Lars von Trier, 2011) 1:05:11 – #4: “Grave of the Fireflies” (Isao Takahata, 1989) 1:05:54 – #3 “Come and See” (Elem Klimov, 1985) 1:06:27 – #2: “Synecdoche, New York” (Charlie Kaufman, 2008) 1:07:01 – #1: “Requiem for a Dream” (Darren Aronofsky, 2000