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)