Blockbusters and Birdwalks

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “The Piano” and Ideology.

Future podcasts in this series:

• “Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)
• “Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
• “Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)

Past podcasts in this series:

• “Rome, Open City” (Robert Rossellini, 1945)
• “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
• “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
• “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953)
• “The Seventh Seal” (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
• “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
• “Midnight Cowboy” (John Schlesinger, 1969)
• “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” (Lau Kar-leung, 1978)
• “The Castle of Cagliostro” (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979)
• “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)
• “Pulgasari (Shin Sang-ok, 1985)
• “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)

Referenced media:

• “Broadcast News” (James L. Brooks, 1987)

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “The Piano” Jane Campion (1993)

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” and Innovation.

Future podcasts in this series:

• “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)
• “Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)
• “Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
• “Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)

Past podcasts in this series:

• “Rome, Open City” (Robert Rossellini, 1945)
• “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
• “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
• “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953)
• “The Seventh Seal” (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
• “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
• “Midnight Cowboy” (John Schlesinger, 1969)
• “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” (Lau Kar-leung, 1978)
• “The Castle of Cagliostro” (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979)
• “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)
• “Pulgasari (Shin Sang-ok, 1985)

 Referenced media:

• “The Terminator” (James Cameron, 1984)
• “The Abyss” (James Cameron, 1989)
• “Appetite for Destruction” (Mike Clink, 1987)

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)
• “You Could Be Mine” from “Use Your Illusion II” (Mike Clink and Guns N’ Roses, 1991)

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “Pulgasari” and Theft.

Future podcasts in this series:

• “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)
• “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)
• “Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)
• “Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
• “Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)

Past podcasts in this series:

• “Rome, Open City” (Robert Rossellini, 1945)
• “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
• “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
• “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953)
• “The Seventh Seal” (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
• “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
• “Midnight Cowboy” (John Schlesinger, 1969)
• “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” (Lau Kar-leung, 1978)
• “The Castle of Cagliostro” (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979)
• “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)

 Referenced media:

• “A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power” by Paul Fischer (2015)
• “Godzilla” (Ishirō Honda, 1954)
• “Mystery Science Theater 3000” (Joel Hodgson, 1988-now)

 Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “Pulgasari” (Shin Sang-ok, 1985)

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and Exploitation.

Future podcasts in this series:

• “Pulgasari” (Shin Sang-ok, 1985)
• “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)
• “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)
• “Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)
• “Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
• “Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)

Past podcasts in this series:

• “Rome, Open City” (Robert Rossellini, 1945)
• “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
• “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
• “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953)
• “The Seventh Seal” (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
• “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
• “Midnight Cowboy” (John Schlesinger, 1969)
• “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” (Lau Kar-leung, 1978)
• “The Castle of Cagliostro” (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979)

 Referenced media:

• “Ben-Hur” (William Wyler, 1959)
• “Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)
• “Psycho” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
• “Peeping Tom” (Michael Powell, 1960)
• “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
• “Halloween” (John Carpenter, 1978)
• “Men, Women, and Chainsaws” by Carol J. Clover (1992)
• “The Last House on the Left” (Wes Craven, 1972)
• “Freddy vs. Jason” (Ronny Yu, 2003)
• “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)

 Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “The Castle of Cagliostro” and Animation.

Future podcasts in this series:

• “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)
• “Pulgasari” (Shin Sang-ok, 1985)
• “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)
• “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)
• “Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)
• “Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
• “Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)

Past podcasts in this series:

• “Rome, Open City” (Robert Rossellini, 1945)
• “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
• “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
• “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953)
• “The Seventh Seal” (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
• “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
• “Midnight Cowboy” (John Schlesinger, 1969)
• “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” (Lau Kar-leung, 1978)

Referenced media:

• “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (David Hand, Perce Pearce, William Cottrell, Larry Morey, Wilfred Jackson, and Ben Sharpsteen, 1937)
• “Peter Pan” (Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, and Wilfred Jackson, 1953)
• “Cinderella” (Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi, 1950)
• Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, created by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese in 1949
• “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” (Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, 1969-1970)
• James Bond, created by Ian Fleming in 1953

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “The Castle of Cagliostro” (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979)`

This is the final part of an eight-part series about difficult movies. 

Part 1 focused on S. Craig Zahler’s “Dragged Across Concrete”. Part 2 focused on Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris”. Part 3 focused on Don Edmonds’s “Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS”. Part 4 focused on Paul Verhoeven’s “Basic Instinct”. Part 5 focused on Terry Jones’s “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”. Part 6 focused on Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ”. Part 7 focused on Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled”. 

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Referenced media:

• “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “The Last Temptation of Christ” (Martin Scorsese, 1988)
• “The Batman” (Matt Reeves, 2022)
• “Jackass Forever” (Jeff Tremaine, 2022)
• “RRR” (S.S. Rajamouli, 2022)
• “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, 2022)
• “Ambulance” (Michael Bay, 2022)
• “The Northman” (Robert Eggers, 2022)
• “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (Tom Gormican, 2022)
• “Top Gun: Maverick” (Joseph Koskinski, 2022)

Audio quotation:

• “2000 Mules” (Dinesh D’Souza, 2022)
• “Top Gun: Maverick” (Joseph Koskinski, 2022)

This is the seventh part of an eight-part series about difficult movies. 

Part 1 focused on S. Craig Zahler’s “Dragged Across Concrete”. Part 2 focused on Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris”. Part 3 focused on Don Edmonds’s “Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS”. Part 4 focused on Paul Verhoeven’s “Basic Instinct”. Part 5 focused on Terry Jones’s “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”. Part 6 focused on Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ”. Part 8 will focus on Dinesh D’Souza’s “2000 Mules”.

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Referenced media:

• “Network” (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
• “Da 5 Bloods” (Spike Lee, 2020)
• “Pulp Fiction” (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
• “Platoon” (Oliver Stone, 1986)
• “Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk” (George C. Wolfe, 1995 Off Broadway, 1996-1999 Broadway)
• “The Original Kings of Comedy” (Spike Lee, 2000)
• “Bring It On” (Peyton Reed, 2000)
• “Almost Famous” (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
• “Best in Show” (Christopher Guest, 2000)
• “Girlfight” (Karyn Kusama, 2000)
• “Remember the Titans” (Boaz Yakin, 2000)
• “Dancer in the Dark” (Lars von Trier, 2000)
• “Animal Factory” (Steve Buscemi, 2000)
• “Billy Elliot” (Stephen Daldry, 2000)
• “Requiem for a Dream” (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
• “Unbreakable” (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)
• “Do the Right Thing” (Spike Lee, 1989)
• “BlacKkKlansman” (Spike Lee, 2019)
• “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color” (Walt Disney, 1961-1969)

 Audio quotation:

• “Bamboozled” (Spike Lee, 2000), including the songs "Blak Iz Blak" by the Mau Maus (Mos Def, Canibus, MC Serch, Charli Baltimore, Mums, Gano Grills and DJ Scratch), “Shadowlands” by Bruce Hornsby, “Misrepresented People” by Stevie Wonder, and “Strength, Courage and Wisdom” by India.Arie
• “Network” (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
• “Pulp Fiction” (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
• “Unbreakable” (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)
• “(Up A) Lazy River” (featuring Louis Armstrong) written by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin (1930), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg7cVSEfqPw

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” and Athleticism.

Future podcasts in this series:

• “The Castle of Cagliostro” (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979)
• “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)
• “Pulgasari” (Shin Sang-ok, 1985)
• “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)
• “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)
• “Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)
• “Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
• “Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)

Past podcasts in this series:

• “Rome, Open City” (Robert Rossellini, 1945)
• “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
• “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
• “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953)
• “The Seventh Seal” (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
• “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
• “Midnight Cowboy” (John Schlesinger, 1969)

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” (Lau Kar-leung, 1978)

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “Midnight Cowboy” and Censorship.

Future podcasts in this series:

• “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” (Lau Kar-leung, 1978)
• “The Castle of Cagliostro” (Hayao Miyazaki, 1979)
• “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (Wes Craven, 1984)
• “Pulgasari” (Shin Sang-ok, 1985)
• “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)
• “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)
• “Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)
• “Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
• “Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)

Past podcasts in this series:

• “Rome, Open City” (Robert Rossellini, 1945)
• “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
• “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
• “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953)
• “The Seventh Seal” (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
• “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “Midnight Cowboy” (John Schlesinger, 1969)

This is the sixth part of an eight-part series about difficult movies. 

Part 1 focused on S. Craig Zahler’s “Dragged Across Concrete”. Part 2 focused on Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris”. Part 3 focused on Don Edmonds’s “Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS”. Part 4 focused on Paul Verhoeven’s “Basic Instinct”. Part 5 focused on Terry Jones’s “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”. Part 7 will focus on Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled”. Part 8 will focus on Dinesh D’Souza’s “2000 Mules”.

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Referenced media:

• “The Color of Money” (Martin Scorsese, 1986)
• “Platoon” (Oliver Stone, 1986)
• “Clash of the Titans” (Desmond Davis, 1981)
• “Ben-Hur” (William Wyler, 1959)
• “The Passion of the Christ” (Mel Gibson, 2004)
• “Reservoir Dogs” (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
• “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” (Terry Jones, 1979)
• “The Twilight Zone” (Rod Serling, 1959-1964)
• “Big” (Penny Marshall, 1988)
• “Bull Durham” (Ron Shelton, 1988)
• “Red Heat” (Walter Hill, 1988)
• “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (Robert Zemeckis, 1988)
• “Coming to America” (John Landis, 1988)
• “The Dead Pool” (Buddy Van Horn, 1988)
• “Die Hard” (John McTiernan, 1988)
• “Moonlighting” (Glenn Gordon Caron, 1985-1989)
• “Cocktail” (Roger Donaldson, 1988)
• "Monkey Shines" (George A. Romero, 1988)
• “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1988)
• “Young Guns” (Christopher Cain, 1988)
• “Married to the Mob” (Jonathan Demme, 1988)
• “The Thin Blue Line” (Error Morris, 1988)
• “Eight Men Out” (John Sayles, 1988)
• “Running on Empty” (Sidney Lumet, 1988)
• “Track 29” (Nicolas Roeg, 1988)
• “Dead Ringers” (David Cronenberg, 1988)
• “Gorillas in the Mist” (Michael Apted, 1988)
• “Patty Hearst” (Paul Schrader, 1988)
• “Bird” (Clint Eastwood, 1988)
• “The Accused” (Jonathan Kaplan, 1988)
• “Taxi Driver” (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
• “Survivor” (Charlie Parsons, 2000-now)

Audio quotation:

• “The Last Temptation of Christ” (Martin Scorsese, 1988), including the songs “The Feeling Begins”, “Zaar”, and “It Is Accomplished” written by Peter Gabriel
• “Reservoir Dogs” (Quentin Tarantino, 1992), including the song “Little Green Bag” (featuring George Baker Selection) written by Jan Visser and Hans Bouwens (1969)
• “Whoosh Sound effects No copyright” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqEn9icjK0I
• “What If…?” (A.C. Bradley, 2021-now)
• “disgusting vomit sound effect” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDLk_eUcn8I