I'm not sure about that. It feels as if the dialogue and screenplay is written by a man. I will always question the accuracy of women's roles and dialogue if written by a man.
Buddy Boy is totally clobbered by that mirror, and Kubilik doesn't even see it because she doesn't know what he's just realized about her. What a great moment in film.
I love the ingenious detail of the employees smooching in Baxter’s office, thereby re-enacting the dilemma with his apartment. Now he can just kick them out…
2:57-3:33 Shirley McClaine's performance is absolutely sublime, she used only her posture and facial expression to convey more meaning to the scene than any scripted dialogue would provide. That is the beauty of her talent...it transcends words.
I laugh every time when they walk into his office and the couple is making out in the corner, just a perfect microcosm of his life. Such a great visual gag. Wilder was a genius
The scene with the broken mirror captures the moment where he realizes that his upward mobility is really just a result of him being used, and she is unwittingly part of it. At the end of the movie he quits, but he gets the girl :)
This is one of my favorite scenes in movie history. It is packed full of information, and almost all of it is visual. The acting tells the story that is between the lines. Just a devastating and funny scene.
This is how real films are made. The director trusts and respects the audience’s intelligence, and allows them to “add two plus two,” as Billy Wilder himself used to say. It is not through dialogue that Baxter learns the truth, but merely by seeing a broken mirror that he (and we) have specifically seen before … Phenomenal writing.
I miss Jack Lemmon. He was totally unique and there is no one else like him. Jimmy Stewart in some roles, when he was young, had a similar quality. Youthful Jimmy could play C. C. Baxter and Lemmon c. 1960 could play Macaulay Connor. The acting in this scene is brilliant and evokes the fugitive sadness that can pervade the Christmas season for many people.
I'm moving in old guilt. I need to chill. This was my favorite film when I was 20. I watched it every night after I got home from art school but there's some really dark themes here & while I can do dark themes well that doesn't mean I want them much anymore. I'm going to go get some fresh air. #rabbithole
Saw this movie for the first time today, and I'm wondering how to read Miss Olsen here. Is she trying to twist the knife in the "new model's" gut? Or is she trying to rip the Band-Aid off -- be sympathetic, commiserate, give Fran fair warning about what she's gotten herself into so she doesn't get hurt worse later?
I think maybe 90% commiserate/warn her and 10% twist the knife. She mentions later to the boss that it was awful seeing him parade his new mistresses around, so seeing Fran at the Chinese restaurant had to have stung a little. And she's buzzed here, so that anger is coming out a bit. But she's overall a nice woman and I think is just laying it all out for Fran because she deserves to know the full picture.
Not only does Baxter realize that it's her compact when he looks in the mirror... In both this scene and the scene where he gives the compact to Fred MacMurray, their reflections in the mirror are doubled... two-faced.
I understand this Christmas office party scene was real held 2 days before Christmas on Wednesday, December 23rd, 1959 during filming correct? I await your answer.
Billy Wilder was a sorcerer! Shirley MacLaine certainly deserved the Oscar that year over Elizabeth Taylor's vomit inducing performance in BUTTERFIELD 8.
The broken mirror broke his heart...... His expression after seeing the broken mirror is spectacular.
Npm Shah it's the moment he sobers up, literally.
That last scene with the broken mirror is pure gold.
Yoda Zemunski sensational
Drove Jack Lemmon to drink
I'm not sure about that. It feels as if the dialogue and screenplay is written by a man. I will always question the accuracy of women's roles and dialogue if written by a man.
???
Imagine being as big of a genius as Billy Wilder.
Hoovy Tube he is very self effacing about it. All geniuses are.
I'm willing to try to imagine exactly that.
This movie taught me that although things may seem bleak being the nice guy and standing up for those you love always gets you places
And that being genuinely kind isn't the same thing as being accommodating.
@@IZEASGT Well said, both of you.
Buddy Boy is totally clobbered by that mirror, and Kubilik doesn't even see it because she doesn't know what he's just realized about her. What a great moment in film.
Notice at 1:05 that Jack Lemmon says he had "3" drinks but holds up 4 fingers! These subtle jokes are what make such films so great.
fUNNY..THANKS
And later in the film when Kubelik says that she had three men before, she holds up four fingers.
Emir Šabić is it because she was still ill ?
Subtlwise i guess
I love the ingenious detail of the employees smooching in Baxter’s office, thereby re-enacting the dilemma with his apartment. Now he can just kick them out…
Bonpu ha, good observation!
that look on his face when he opens her broken mirror, reminds me why this is one of my favorite movies
My very favorite movie, with two of the very best actors ever on film - and an outstanding supporting cast, and the always brilliant Wilder.
That's Billy Wilder, not William Wyler. Wilder wrote and directed "The Apartment," a scathing deconstruction of the corporate jungle.
Good catch, thanks. I edited my original post - I know Wilder's work well but I keep putting down Wyler for some reason.
I love this film so much!!!
and then later in the movie when he asks Fran how many bfs she had, she says "3" but holds up 4 fingers too. the attention to detail is just divine
2:57-3:33 Shirley McClaine's performance is absolutely sublime, she used only her posture and facial expression to convey more meaning to the scene than any scripted dialogue would provide. That is the beauty of her talent...it transcends words.
I laugh every time when they walk into his office and the couple is making out in the corner, just a perfect microcosm of his life. Such a great visual gag. Wilder was a genius
One of my favourites of all time and the best Christmas film ever. Nothing but sheer joy
One of the best scenes if not the best scene in the movie The Apartment.
My favourite scene was when Baxter finally stood up to his boss.
However the scenes with the doctor neighbour really made me laugh.
Shirley should have won her first Oscar for Fran Kubelik.
Even Elizabeth Taylor agreed.
She was also great in "Irma La Douce" which she reteamed with Jack Lemmon and directed again by Billy Wilder.
Excellent acting by Shirley MacLaine in this.
one of the most genius scenes in cinema
Agreed
A broken mirror, two broken hearts.
Look how much character, information, drama, humor and just plain feeling is written and acted into 4 1/2 minutes of screen time.
The Christmas Card breaks her heart and the mirror breaks his.
Waterworks. Every. Damn. Time.
I met Billy Wildee when i was a production assistant in the early 90s. Such a wonderful man.
Classic scene.
It is love the line it makes me look the way I feel. A lot of women can relate to Fran. Great movie all around.
Great depiction of an office and its culture.
in 1960
@@m.e.d.7997 Yes it reflects an office of 1960.
Shirley McClaine is so beautiful in this movie.
Lemmon and MCclaine are both amazing in this film! And Billy Wilder is a fucking genius...
The scene with the broken mirror captures the moment where he realizes that his upward mobility is really just a result of him being used, and she is unwittingly part of it. At the end of the movie he quits, but he gets the girl :)
being used... and being two-faced.
I am in love of shirley mclaine, what a great performance!!!
love that scene
It's my favorite all-time movie 🎬
Too bad offices can't have parties like this anymore. Love that in the office Miss Olson comes out of the guy is holding a big bottle of liquor!
***** I work in a hospital so I guess not. I picked the wrong profession I think!
@Isabel Beckerman Sheldrake got what was coming to him though. She did Fran a great favor. Fran did not have to try to kill herself.
Shirley’s delivery on that last line almost broke my heart 🥲
This is one of my favorite scenes in movie history. It is packed full of information, and almost all of it is visual. The acting tells the story that is between the lines. Just a devastating and funny scene.
This is how real films are made. The director trusts and respects the audience’s intelligence, and allows them to “add two plus two,” as Billy Wilder himself used to say. It is not through dialogue that Baxter learns the truth, but merely by seeing a broken mirror that he (and we) have specifically seen before … Phenomenal writing.
That man was utterly adorable.
Jack was never better
I miss Jack Lemmon. He was totally unique and there is no one else like him. Jimmy Stewart in some roles, when he was young, had a similar quality. Youthful Jimmy could play C. C. Baxter and Lemmon c. 1960 could play Macaulay Connor. The acting in this scene is brilliant and evokes the fugitive sadness that can pervade the Christmas season for many people.
I guess that's the way it crumbles cookie wise
Some Like it Hot is a great contender but it's all subjective, really.
Her handing him the mirror is divine intervention, or at least an act determined by some force out in the beyond.
My favourite film especially at this time of year. How I miss Jack Lemmon. He should have been President of the United States.
This is a great atmospheric Christmas season film.
Oliver Hardy look alike! Lemmon did an amazing job of acting on this movie... should have received an award for his acting on this one.
Sometimes it's Miss Olsen I feel sorriest for.
I'm moving in old guilt. I need to chill. This was my favorite film when I was 20. I watched it every night after I got home from art school but there's some really dark themes here & while I can do dark themes well that doesn't mean I want them much anymore. I'm going to go get some fresh air. #rabbithole
What a great film
Saw this movie for the first time today, and I'm wondering how to read Miss Olsen here. Is she trying to twist the knife in the "new model's" gut? Or is she trying to rip the Band-Aid off -- be sympathetic, commiserate, give Fran fair warning about what she's gotten herself into so she doesn't get hurt worse later?
I think maybe 90% commiserate/warn her and 10% twist the knife. She mentions later to the boss that it was awful seeing him parade his new mistresses around, so seeing Fran at the Chinese restaurant had to have stung a little. And she's buzzed here, so that anger is coming out a bit. But she's overall a nice woman and I think is just laying it all out for Fran because she deserves to know the full picture.
Maybe both going on.
So beautiful
Boy I sure miss the 60s.
... american movies of the fifties and sixties are always looking so clean ...
“Ohhh, what a salesman!”
Mood Whiplash at it's finest.
Office holiday parties are fun
60 years ...... premiére NYCity 15 jun 1960
Not only does Baxter realize that it's her compact when he looks in the mirror...
In both this scene and the scene where he gives the compact to Fred MacMurray, their reflections in the mirror are doubled... two-faced.
I understand this Christmas office party scene was real held 2 days before Christmas on Wednesday, December 23rd, 1959 during filming correct? I await your answer.
A great movie "movie wise"
Does anyone know what that spinny card wheel thing is on his desk?
That's roladex. It contains addresses and phone numbers.
I learnt to pause.
Billy Wilder was a sorcerer! Shirley MacLaine certainly deserved the Oscar that year over Elizabeth Taylor's vomit inducing performance in BUTTERFIELD 8.
I Love Her!
Her dyslexia reminds me of Leonardo da Vinci because I learned that Leonardo da Vinci had dyslexia too
Edith Adams had beautiful eyes..
This movie got so dark
Edie Adams was very hot!