Manu Whats the worst thing your boss has asked of you? I bet it can’t be worse than CC Baxter’s plight, whose bosses want him to give them the use of his apartment for their illicit romantic affairs.
Then we have Fran Kubelik, an elevator girl, aloof, stuck to the wrong people, unable to make her situation in life better. Baxter and Kubelik, both well meaning, seem at a loss at navigating the corporate world.
Billy Wilder’s The Apartment with its comedic tale, pokes fun at the spinelessness of capitalism, where sucking up to your superiors and turning a blind eye, gets you the rewards. The film also talks about the isolation of such a climate, such a city, where your life turns into a pursuit of success, and somewhere along the way you lose touch of the human connections that enrich you the most.