Film History 1945 to Now- 4. "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953)

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”    • TypeWriting Sound Effect 4 hours of Typewr...   • “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (Howard Hawks, 1953) • “Crying baby / Annoying Sounds with Peter Baeten”    • Crying baby | Annoying Sounds with Peter B...