The Apartment [Blu-ray] [1960]

Sad, but funny. This is a thinking man's or woman's comedy about love and sex. Billy Wilder movie.

A great movie with great performances and it definitely deserved Best Picture!

‘The Apartment’ comes to Blu-ray under the supervision of Arrow Academy. ‘The Apartment’ is brilliant movie that is timeless and breaks the traditional elements of a comedy. It’s tone is so unique that lead actor, Jack Lemmon, refers to it as a drama rather than a comedy. The movie is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 with its original mono soundtrack and a 5.1 mix. The movie has a magnificent restoration that looks modern, even if it’s presented in black and white. Highly recommended.

A bachelor has an apartment, which is used by 4 other executives for their affairs. The plan is to get ahead in business by lending out his flat. The plan works well, until the big boss, Fred Macmurray, finds out about the 4 executives and confronts Jack Lemmon. Both men are interested in one of the buildings elevator operators, Shirley Maclaine. It's a great movie.

Stop what you are doing and watching this! No. Right now! Go!

One of the best written comedies of the golden age of Hollywood. It is biting, satirical and emotionally deft where it counts as well as where it is unexpected when it reveals the tragic underpinnings of modern corporate living from all facets. 4 star review is only because like all MGM discs from a period, it annoyingly has no main menu and just cycles the movie, features only accessible through the pop up menu which inhibits the experience.

I put off seeing this movie because the subject matter is kind of gross, but I should have trusted Billy Wilder. He took this film to dark places and didn’t let CC Baxter off the hook. Lemon and MacLaine are great as Baxter and Kubelik. I highly recommend this film.

After 58 years it is still a classic! Bud Baxter is in a company where the guys in upper management are truly reprehensible. If he wants to keep his job or get promoted, his bosses want to use his upper west-side apartment for their extra-marital affairs. Being a bachelor, but wanting a little companionship himself, he tries to date one of the elevator girls and winds up with a problem when he finds out that she is one of the bosses affairs. Great cast, screenplay and direction. Gene Wilder's films have been called sardonic comedies and this is a good example!