Ace in the Hole (#396) Richard Linklater • The Guardian Interview with

• The Guardian Interview with Paul Schrader (1993

his priceless research and the lives of two innocent people

the evolution of the story

resorting to profiteering

Ace in the Hole (#396) Richard Linklater • The Guardian Interview withBilly Wilders Ace in the Hole is one of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker. Kirk Douglas gives the fiercest performance of his career as Chuck Tatum, an amoral newspaper reporter who washes up in dead end Albuquerque, happens upon the scoop of a lifetime, and will do anything to keep getting the lurid headlines. Wilders follow up to Sunset Boulevard is an even darker vision, a no holds barred expos