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Lost Weekend, The (1945)
Loving that French title
Genre: Film-Noir Drama
Starring: Ray Milland (The Thing with Two Heads • Dial M for Murder), Jane Wyman (Stage Fright • "Falcon Crest")
Directed By: Billy Wilder (Ace In The Hole • Sunset Blvd.)
Overview: This is the story of a hopeless drunk on a four-day long-weekend bender.
Don: Two bottles of rye... The cheapest....None of that twelve-year-old, aged-in-the-wood chichi. Not for me. Liquor is all one, anyway.

A beautiful quote for a beautiful shot.
Don: Don't wipe it away, Nat. Let me have my little vicious circle. The circle is the perfect geometric figure. No end, no beginning...
Don: Nat, are you ever scared when you wake up? So scared the sweat starts out of you? No, not you. With you it's simple. Your alarm clock goes off and you open your eyes and brush your teeth and read the Daily Mirror. That's all. Do you ever lie in your bed looking at the window? A little daylight's coming through, and you start wondering: is it getting lighter, is it getting darker? Is it dawn or dusk? That's a terrifying problem, Nat. You hold your breath and you pray that it's dusk, so you can go out and get yourself some more liquor. Because if it's dawn, you're dead. The bars are closed and the liquor stores don't open till nine. You can't last till nine. Or it might be Sunday. That's the worst. No liquor stores at all, and you guys wouldn't open a bar, not until one o'clock. Why? Why, Nat?
Nat the bartender: Because we got to go to church once in a while. That's why.
Don: Yes, when a guy needs it most.

It pretty much makes you want to quit drinking mid-glass.
Performance: 8 Cinematography: 8 Script: 9 Plot: 7 Mood: 8
Overall Rating: 80% (Immerse Yourself!)
Aftertaste:
I like tragic films quite a bit. Tales of deep and difficult human suffering appeal to me in that 'learn the lesson the easy way' fashion. Requiem for a Dream is by far my favourite of them, and I found that although The Lost Weekend could have been a tiny bit more poignant, Wilder and Brackett did a wonderful job of bending Hollywood's censorship rules enough to keep out the realm of something too fluffy. Billy Wilder also said about The Lost Weekend, his fifth feature as a director, "it was after this picture that people started taking me seriously."
I think there is a huge difference between enjoying a drink or two and washing away your life in alcohol. Too many films equate the occasional drink with alcoholism, but I refuse to feel guilty when have a glass of Rioja to my food or a pint at the local joint with my friends after work. I appreciate your sentiment.
That said, having just seen The Lost Weekend I certainly feel no inclination to go on a bender anytime soon. Man, that guy is washed out.
I was very impressed. I knew I wanted to see some more Billy Wilder films (having only seen Some Like It Hot and Sunset Blvd) and I wasn't disappointed. When the image of the shotglass ring came up, I knew I was in for a treat - even if it did get a bit weak during the hospitalization portion. That aside, fantastic film.