Love in the Afternoon
from The Filmographers Hosted by The Filmographers Podcast
Billy Wilder’s last film was a flop. But he would get two do-overs in 1957—and the first was his Ernst Lubitsch homage, “Love in the Afternoon.” He also met his second great writing partner: I. A. L. Diamond. 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
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Billy Wilder’s last film was a flop. But he would get two do-overs in 1957—and the first was his Ernst Lubitsch homage, “Love in the Afternoon.” He also met his second great writing partner: I. A. L. Diamond. 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
Chapters
- 4:08 I. A. L. Diamond & “Ariane”
- 9:39 Casting
- 19:52 Censorship
- 24:24 Audrey Hepburn’s “relentless innocence”
- 35:16 How WOULD Lubitsch do it?
- 42:06 Does the ending work?
- 44:45 Wilder’s most romantic movie?
- 50:25 Release & reception
- 1:00:18 Filmographers Five: Top 5 Movies about Masquerading
- 1:02:03 #5: “Red Rock West,” dir. by John Dahl (1993)
- 1:02:34 #4: “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” dir. by Anthony Minghella (1999)
- 1:03:43 #2: “Catch Me If You Can,” dir. by Steven Spielberg (2002)
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