Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot is an American screwball comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and featuring Marilyn Monroe as Sugar, Tony Curtis as Joe, and Jack Lemon as Jerry. Joe and Jerry are struggling musicians who accidentally witness a mob hit and become targets. To hide from the mob, they flee the state as members of a traveling women’s band, where further complications set in. They quickly become besotted with the lead singer, Sugar, who in unable to recognize that her band mates are really men masquerading

In Some Like It Hot, directed by Billy Wilder in 1959, the movie was chosen to be filmed in black and white because when Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon were filmed in color they looked “ghoulish” in their makeup. The cross-dressing characters of Jo/Josephine and Jerry/Daphne choose to travel to Florida with an all-girls band in order to run from some organized crime lords which they got mixed up with. The movie focuses on non-conventional forms of love and companionship in order to deliver catharsis

Osgood: "You must be quit the girl" Daphne: "Wanna bet?" (Some Like It Hot). This line becomes comical as it easily describes the entire plot of the film. The film, Some Like It Hot, cast in 1959 and directed by Billy Wilder has become a classic film to many because of the comical story it tells. From the plot to the acting, this film is a must see! The plot of the film centers around two musicians, Jerry (Jack Lemon) and Joe (Tony Curtis), who disguise themselves as Daphne (Jack Lemon) and Josephine

Failure Leading to Success Some Like It Hot is a comedic movie released 1959 that is being watched to this day. Joe and Jerry, the two main characters of the movie dress up as women as an escape after witnessing a massacre. They run away to Florida with a band of females and try their best to fit in, but it begins to get harder after falling for the lead singer of the band. Throughout the movie, you see the challenges Joe and Jerry face, but you also see them mature once they learn how women can

Response # 2 Film Response 2 Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot For my response I decided to write about the film Some Like it Hot. Previous to this class I had never seen a film with Marilyn Monroe featured in it. After watching this movie I was glad that I picked it because all of the actors did a phenomenal job. This movie was I feel did a really good job in displaying the transition of sexual attitudes in the 1950’s. Also in Some Like it Hot, Marilyn Monroe does a really good job pushing

The Contradictory Spectatorial Address of Some Like It Hot A film of the fifties, Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, USA, 1959) provides insight into the state of the film industry, recently wracked by legislation and censorship, the implementation of pre-existing technology in part to combat the new limitations, the importance of the star system, and the two-sided response to the social norms, both contradicting and reinforcing the status quo. Billy Wilder seemingly celebrates disregard for moral values

Analysis of “Some Like It Hot” In the Movie “Some Like It Hot” Directed by Billy Wilder Had significant parts played by amazing actors to help create a spectacular film. This film was released in 1959 during a time where film making was very stern and didn’t have exciting and new forms of acting. The film is casted with various talents in the film. The main characters Joe and Jerry are played by Tony Cirtus (Joe), and Jack Lemmon (Jerry) play a big role in the forms of acting these men played to

Some Like it Hot is an American romantic comedy and is considered among one of the highest grossing classics. The themes of crime, prohibition period, violation of state laws, and jeopardized gender roles are among one of the major themes of the movie. This work discusses the elements of narcissism and voyeurism in the movie where the male gaze plays a substantial role in augmenting and stimulating the sentiments of the audience. Theorists like Laura Mulvey and Kaja Silverman have pointed out a number

Some Like it Hot is an American romantic comedy and is considered among one of the highest grossing classics. The themes of crime, prohibition period, violation of state laws, and jeopardized gender roles are among one of the major themes of the movie. This work discusses the elements of narcissism and voyeurism in the movie where the male gaze plays a substantial role in augmenting and stimulating the sentiments of the audience. Theorists like Laura Mulvey and Kaja Silverman have pointed out a number

film brought many critics for its shocking themes, considered offensive and inappropriate by many members of the Christian community. The film became so successful that the disproval was beat by the laughter coming from everyone who watched it. Some Like It Hot is not a serious film and because of this it is able to examine stereotypes and sexual clichés without being inappropriate. The story takes place in the 1920s when prohibition is shown all throughout the city with the gangers trading alcohol