Billy Wilder's work at his peak, Reivew on Ace in the Hole

Billy Wilder's self-written, directed and self-supervised work at its peak, which came out on the heels of the classic "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), was a commercial and critical failure, but it was a smash hit for journalists and even good people. Powerful criticism, but has not faded over time. Although the script is a little less convincing in setting the psychological transformation of the cynical and tyrannical protagonist Charles Tatum (Cho de Grasse), the film is still on a good level.

The film's name comes from a slang word, with a pun on the plot line, but was renamed "The Big Carnival" when it was screened.

One of the competition films at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, it finally won the international award with Brenson's "The Diary of a Country Priest" and Jean Reno's "The River", and was included in the "Sight and Sound" magazine in 2002. List of the best movies of all time. http://mcyiwenzhi.blogspot.com/2009/01/ace-in-hole-1951.html

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