Boxcar Bertha (1972)
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Wikidata Q1212396, film, IMDb tt0068309, TMDB 22784: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
The Last Temptation of Christ: 1 line the maker said so ×1
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unmapped (production method):
Boxcar Bertha ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the maker said so).
Scorsese's Corman-style Boxcar Bertha experience let him storyboard and time every shot to make Last Temptation cheaply.
“I never would have been able to make this movie if I didn't have my Corman background and experience a boxcar Bertha specifically”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:54:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
Connected to
David Carradine: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (origin of project):
Boxcar Bertha → David Carradine.
Carradine gave Scorsese the Kazantzakis novel on the set of Boxcar Bertha.
“David Carradine gave it to him on the set of Boxcar Bertha in 72.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:42:52 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
The Last Temptation of Christ: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (production method):
The Last Temptation of Christ → Boxcar Bertha.
Scorsese's Corman-style Boxcar Bertha experience let him storyboard and time every shot to make Last Temptation cheaply.
“I never would have been able to make this movie if I didn't have my Corman background and experience a boxcar Bertha specifically”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:54:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- anecdote in Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie, first at 0:08:21, 3 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey, first at 1:09:10, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free), first at 2:10:24, 3 times
What was said about it, by kind
lineage (1)
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lineage (origin of project):
Boxcar Bertha → David Carradine.
Carradine gave Scorsese the Kazantzakis novel on the set of Boxcar Bertha.
“David Carradine gave it to him on the set of Boxcar Bertha in 72.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:42:52 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
-
unmapped (production method):
The Last Temptation of Christ → Boxcar Bertha.
Scorsese's Corman-style Boxcar Bertha experience let him storyboard and time every shot to make Last Temptation cheaply.
“I never would have been able to make this movie if I didn't have my Corman background and experience a boxcar Bertha specifically”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:54:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Martin Scorsese: director (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free))
- David Carradine: gave Scorsese the novel (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie)
- Roger Corman: producer (background shaping Scorsese's planning) (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie)