Tuesday, March 24, 2026

The Seven Year Itch

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 media Instagram @thefilmographers Bluesky @thefilmographers.bsky.social Letterboxd @filmographers YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast Website https://filmographerspodcast.com/ Credits Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts Kevin Lau, producer Gompson, theme music Cosmo Graff, graphic design • 0:59 – Mike’s one-sentence summary • 1:45 – Origins • 9:02 – Another film, another cowriter • 15:25 – Cast & crew • 20:56 – Production • 27:02 – Marilyn troubles & censorship • 35:49 – Plot summary • 38:38 – Does “The Seven Year Itch” hold up? • 54:17 – Release, reception & legacy • 1:04:00 – Filmographers Five: Movies That Blur the Line Between Fantasy and Reality • 1:04:40 – #5: “The Fisher King,” dir. by Terry Gilliam (1991) • 1:05:10 – #4: “Donnie Darko,” dir. by Richard Kelly (2001) • 1:06:01 – #3: “American Psycho,” dir. by Mary Harron (2000) • 1:06:37 – #2: “Pan’s Labyrinth,” dir. by Guillermo del Toro (2006) • 1:07:16 –#1: “Fight Club,” dir. by David Fincher (1999)