Blockbusters and Birdwalks

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “North by Northwest” and Excitement.

Future podcasts in this series:

• “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)
• “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)

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “North by Northwest” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)

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

Future podcasts in this series:

• “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)
• “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)

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “The Seventh Seal” (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxuBGl97W9Y

This is the fifth 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 6 will focus on Martin Scorsese’s “Last Temptation of Christ”. 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:

• “Tron” (Steven Lisberger, 1982)
• “Friday the 13th” (Sean Cunningham, 1980)
• “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, 1969-1974)
• “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” (Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975)
• “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
• “A Fish Called Wanda” (Charles Crichton, 1988)
• “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
• “Saturday Night Life” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)
• “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (Stephen Herek, 1989)
• “Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS” (Don Edmonds, 1975)
• “The Brood” (David Cronenberg, 1979)”
• Rocky II” (Sylvester Stallone, 1979)
• “Escape from Alcatraz” (Don Siegel, 1979)
• “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” (Lau Kar-leung, 1979)
• “Meatballs” (Ivan Reitnman, 1979)
• “Moonraker” (Lewis Gilbert, 1979)
• “The Frisco Kid” (Robert Aldrich, 1979)
• “The Villain” (Hal Needham, 1979)
• “North Dallas Forty” (Ted Kotcheff, 1979)
• “More American Graffiti” (Bill L. Norton, 1979)
• “Americathon” (Neal Israel, 1979)
• “Hot Stuff” (Dom DeLuise, 1979)
• “Apocalypse Now” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
• “Caligula” (Tinto Brass, 1979)
• “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School” (Allan Arkush, 1979)
• “Wise Blood” (John Huston, 1979)
• “Skatetown, U.S.A.” (William A. Levey, 1979)
• “10” (Blake Edwards, 1979)
• “Nosferatu the Vampyre” (Werner Herzog, 1979)
• “The Black Stallion” (Carroll Ballard, 1979)
• “Jesus” (Peter Sykes and John Krish, 1979)

Audio quotation:

• “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” (Terry Jones, 1979)
• “Heaven Sound Effects All Sounds” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HwZo9Oqql4&t=152s
• “Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS” (Don Edmonds, 1975)

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and Fantasy.

Future podcasts in this series:

• “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)
• “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)

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953)
• “Crying baby / Annoying Sounds with Peter Baeten” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL2B-AAnsHo

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

Future podcasts in this series:

• “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)
• “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)

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) 

This is the fourth 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 5 will focus on Terry Jones’s “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”. Part 6 will focus on Martin Scorsese’s “Last Temptation of Christ”. 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:

• “Total Recall” (Paul Verhoeven, 1990)
• “Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941)
• “The X-Files” (Chris Carter, 1993-2002, 2016-2018)
• “The Streets of San Francisco” (Edward Hume, 1972-1977)
• “The Deer Hunter” (Michael Cimino, 1978)
• “Double Indemnity” (Billy Wilder, 1944)
• “Sin City” (Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, 2005)
• “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
• “Shortbus” (James Cameron Mitchell, 2006)
• “In the Realm of the Senses” (Nagisa Oshima, 1976)
• “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” (Curtis Hanson, 1992)
• “Love Crimes” (Lizzie Borden, 1992)
• “Final Analysis” (Wesley Strick, 1992)
• “One False Move” (Carl Franklin, 1992),
• “The Silence of the Lambs” (Jonathan Demme, 1991)

Audio quotation:

• “Basic Instinct” (Paul Verhoeven, 1992)
• “Total Recall” (Paul Verhoeven, 1990)
• “Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941)
• “Contagious Laughter Compilation” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQVZ-0EMeVQ

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

Future podcasts in this series:

• “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)
• “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)

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
• “The most terrifying sounds of World War II” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izcl4YKpQSk
• “Celebrations Sound Effect / New Year / Birthday Party / Firework Show / Royalty Free Sample”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX093qB19Ls

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we begin with “Rome, Open City” and the birth of the Atomic Age.

 Future podcasts in this series:

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

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “Rome, Open City” (Roberto Rossellini, 1945)

This is the third 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 4 will focus on Paul Verhoeven’s “Basic Instinct”. Part 5 will focus on Terry Jones’s “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”. Part 6 will focus on Martin Scorsese’s “Last Temptation of Christ”. 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:

• “Drum” (Steve Carter, 1976)
• “Mandingo” (Richard Fleischer, 1975)
• “M*A*S*H” (Larry Gelbart, 1972-1983)
• “Hogan’s Heroes” (Bernard Fein and Albert S. Ruddy, 1965-1971)
• “Scorpio Rising” (Kenneth Anger, 1963)
• “Marathon Man” (John Schlesinger, 1976)
• “Men Behind the Sun” (T.F. Mou, 1988)
• “Emmanuelle” (Just Jaeckin, 1974)
• “Black Christmas” (Bob Clark, 1974)
• “The Godfather Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
• “Teenage Seductress” (Chris Warfield, 1975)
• “Sheba, Baby” (William Girdler, 1975)
• “Supervixens” (Russ Meyer, 1975)
• “Dolemite” (D’Urville Martin, 1975)
• “Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail” (Terry Gilliam/Terry Jones, 1975)
• “Switchblade Sisters” (Jack Hill, 1975)
• “The Happy Hooker” (Nicholas Sgarro, 1975)

Audio quotation:

• “Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS” (Don Edmonds, 1975)
• “God Bless America” performed by the West Point Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ug2t7u_H8
• “Team America: World Police” (Trey Parker, 2004)
• “Wipe Out” performed by The Surfaris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13yZAjhU0M
• “Horst Wessel Lied”:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8oH3hnCXaQ

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

Part 1 focused on S. Craig Zahler’s “Dragged Across Concrete”. Part 3 will focus on Don Edmonds’s “Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS”. Part 4 will focus on Paul Verhoeven’s “Basic Instinct”. Part 5 will focus on Terry Jones’s “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”. Part 6 will focus on Martin Scorsese’s “Last Temptation of Christ”. 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:

• “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
• “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (Bob Rafelson, 1981)
• “The 400 Blows” (François Truffaut, 1959)
• “Apocalypse Now” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
• “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
• “Deep Throat” (Gerard Damiano, 1972)
• “Behind the Green Door” (Artie Mitchell and Jim Mitchell, 1972)
• “And God Created Woman” (Roger Vadim, 1956)
• “The Getaway” (Sam Peckinpah, 1972)
• “Across 110th Street” (Barry Shear, 1972)
• “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid” (Sam Peckinpah, 1973)
• “The Harder They Come” (Perry Henzell, 1973)
• “Day for Night” (Francois Truffaut, 1973)
• “Soylent Green” (Richard Fleischer, 1973)
• “The Long Goodbye” (Robert Altman, 1973)
• “Schlock” (John Landis, 1973)

Audio quotation:

• “Last Tango in Paris” (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972)