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

Future podcasts in this series:

• “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)
• “The Piano” Jane Campion (1993)
• “Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)

Referenced media:

•  “Joker” (Todd Phillips, 2019)

Audio quotation:

• “Typewriter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsEbtUcDw40
• “Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
• Trump mocks Oscar win for Parasite: ‘What the hell was that about?’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suIT517IBmg