Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

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Wikidata Q63246568, film, IMDb tt8613070, TMDB 531428: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 2 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

Came from

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Adele Haenel: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Adele Haenel → Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Runner-up to Lupita, only edged out by a split vote with costar Merlant.
    “Adele Hennel, who is maybe a little bit cut by a split vote within the sections of my brain with a costar.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:00:49 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Celine Sciamma: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Celine Sciamma → Portrait of a Lady on Fire. One host's Best Director winner.
    “My winner is Celine.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:06:01 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Clemency: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Portrait of a Lady on Fire → Clemency. Neon punted Portrait to February; Clemency should have been released in October, not January.
    “I do think they should have released clemency in like October.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:04:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Les Misérables: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (awards snub / rule change): Portrait of a Lady on Fire → Les Misérables. France submitted Les Miserables over Portrait, spawning the new international-feature rule.
    “we will call the portrait of a lady on fire rule, which clearly indicated that there was some discontent with Les Miserables taking the space for France in that category”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:30:16 · Bobby Wagner (0.60 sure it was them)

Neon: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (release timing): Portrait of a Lady on Fire → Neon. Neon gave it a tiny LA release in December, so it counted for last year.
    “Neon released it in LA and December of last year.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 1:11:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Never Rarely Sometimes Always: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (best-of-year pick): Never Rarely Sometimes Always → Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Never Rarely Sometimes Always is the VOD best-picture pick, set against the hosts' mock 2021 winner Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
    “I'm going to go with never really, sometimes always.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:10:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

The Irishman: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (head-to-head): The Irishman → Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Best ending: Irishman's landing justifies everything before it; Portrait's ending moves Amanda; Parasite is also argued; they pick three different endings.
    “It not only sticks to the landing, but the landing justifies everything that came before.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:47:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

industry (3)

  1. industry (awards snub / rule change): Portrait of a Lady on Fire → Les Misérables. France submitted Les Miserables over Portrait, spawning the new international-feature rule.
    “we will call the portrait of a lady on fire rule, which clearly indicated that there was some discontent with Les Miserables taking the space for France in that category”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:30:16 · Bobby Wagner (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. industry (release timing): Portrait of a Lady on Fire → Neon. Neon gave it a tiny LA release in December, so it counted for last year.
    “Neon released it in LA and December of last year.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 1:11:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Portrait of a Lady on Fire → Clemency. Neon punted Portrait to February; Clemency should have been released in October, not January.
    “I do think they should have released clemency in like October.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:04:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (5)

  1. verdict (best-of-year pick): Never Rarely Sometimes Always → Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Never Rarely Sometimes Always is the VOD best-picture pick, set against the hosts' mock 2021 winner Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
    “I'm going to go with never really, sometimes always.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:10:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (head-to-head): The Irishman → Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Best ending: Irishman's landing justifies everything before it; Portrait's ending moves Amanda; Parasite is also argued; they pick three different endings.
    “It not only sticks to the landing, but the landing justifies everything that came before.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:47:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Adele Haenel → Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Runner-up to Lupita, only edged out by a split vote with costar Merlant.
    “Adele Hennel, who is maybe a little bit cut by a split vote within the sections of my brain with a costar.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:00:49 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): Celine Sciamma → Portrait of a Lady on Fire. One host's Best Director winner.
    “My winner is Celine.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:06:01 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): Portrait of a Lady on Fire → Portrait of a Lady on Fire. David's number one film of 2019, 'the movie for me all year'.
    “That has been the movie for me all year.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:09:50 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Portrait of a Lady on Fire → Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Ben's No Thank You: it needs more fire; just call it Fire.
    “Need more fire.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:34:14 · Ben Hosley (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Portrait of a Lady on Fire: The hosts mock-crowned it best picture of 2020 on a prior episode and tell upset listeners 'We make the rules'; many listeners said they loved it because of that episode.
    “We make the rules.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 1:12:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

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