The Apartment (1960), and the Beauty of Anamorphic Black and White

Britt Michael Gordon examines The Apartment from 1960 directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray, and the longlost art of anamorphic blackandwhite filmmaking as well as a brief history of the cinematic widescreen. Special thanks to Corey Atad for his thought provoking blog: Anamorphic BlackandWhite and the Death of John Hess and everyone over at F