The Seven Year Itch

About this episode

The episode discusses Billy Wilder's film The Seven Year Itch, exploring its themes and production.

Billy Wilder’s last film was a classy, black-and-white romance that paid homage to his mentor, Ernst Lubitsch. In The Seven Year Itch, Wilder goes widescreen and Technicolor to squeeze out plenty of boob jokes. Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social mediaInstagram @thefilmographersBluesky @thefilmographers.bsky.socialLetterboxd @filmographersYouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast Websitehttps://filmographerspodcast.com/ CreditsKeir Graff & Michael Moreci, hostsKevin Lau, producerGompson, theme musicCosmo Graff, graphic design

People in this episode

Hosts: Keir Graff, Michael Moreci

Topics covered

• Billy Wilder
• romance
• film history
• Technicolor
• comedy

Keywords

• The Seven Year Itch
• Billy Wilder
• Ernst Lubitsch
• black-and-white
• romance
• Technicolor
• film analysis

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Organizations: Patreon, The Filmographers Podcast, Instagram, Bluesky, Letterboxd, YouTube, Gompson, Cosmo Graff

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