He made so many.
This film is generally considered one of the most effective war propaganda films ever made. Winston Churchill said that Mrs. Miniver had done more for the Allies than a flotilla of battleships.
Read my comments I made about another "admirer" of this overrated movie: Dr Joseph Goebbels. Read Heinrich Fraenkel and Roger Manvill's "Doctor Goebbels" and read how much "he liked the movie". Ironic, isn't it?
sharethere's a saying that "William Wyler never made a bad movie". Well I agree… (although I have yet to see the O'Toole/Hepburn comedy…) The Heiress, Best Years of our lives, Ben Hur, the Childrens' hour, the Big Country are all among my all time favourites. If anyone knows of a bad Wyler movie, point it out please! (maybe Friendly Persuasion…)
shareFriendly Persuasion is an excellent movie; probably a bit slow for today's younger generation, but that's their problem, not Friendly Persuasion's.
share"there's a saying that "William Wyler never made a bad movie". Well I agree
(although I have yet to see the O'Toole/Hepburn comedy
) The Heiress, Best Years of our lives, Ben Hur, the Childrens' hour, the Big Country are all among my all time favourites. If anyone knows of a bad Wyler movie, point it out please! (maybe Friendly Persuasion
)"
I can't think of one neither. Some are obviously less enjoyable than the great masterpieces he's made, but even his smaller films like The Collector, Liberation of LB Jones, The Westerner and Carrie all had something special - that "Wyler touch", as they say.