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The Lost Weekend (1945)

After making Double Indemnity (1944) director Billy Wilder made this winner of 4 Oscars in part due to his experience working with Raymond Chandler on Double Indemnity. A struggling alcoholic writer goes on a drinking binge during a long weekend.

This film is a great study of addiction, degeneracy and what drives the addict. Essentially the whole film hinges on the main character who is really well written although I do think his girlfriend is slightly less well written as I am not exactly sure why she sticks by him. As a character study this is a very good film but it probably falls short on being a great film as it is constrained by being a character study.

4/5 one of the best films on alcoholism of all time.