The Brothers Bloom (2008)
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Wikidata Q990840, film, IMDb tt0844286, TMDB 21755: 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 — Patreon
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Big Picture
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.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Brick: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
The Brothers Bloom → Brick.
Rian Johnson's second film, flawed, still showed Brian a director with a gift for putting shots together.
“I remember seeing Ryan's 2nd film which is a more flawed film.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:32:21 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)
Mark Ruffalo: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Mark Ruffalo → The Brothers Bloom.
Even when it flopped, Brothers Bloom showed Ruffalo acting hard, not mailing it in.
“Ruffle is acting in this. He ain't mailing nothing in.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:24:26 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
Steven Soderbergh: 1 line people ×1
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people (people):
The Brothers Bloom → Steven Soderbergh.
Brian phoned Soderbergh after The Brothers Bloom to say you had to see how Rian puts shots together.
“I remember watching Ryan's 2nd movie and calling Soderberg”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:32:35 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)
genre pieces: 1 line craft ×1
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craft (craft):
The Brothers Bloom → genre pieces.
Brian prefers a twist on a genre, as in The Brothers Bloom, to straight genre like Sexy Beast.
“the brothers bloom, which is a twist on a genre, does”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:01:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster, first at 0:33:07, 2 times
- compared in The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show, first at 1:36:43, 1 time
- anecdote in Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers, first at 0:23:49, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
career (2)
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career (career):
The Brothers Bloom → Brick.
Rian Johnson's second film, flawed, still showed Brian a director with a gift for putting shots together.
“I remember seeing Ryan's 2nd film which is a more flawed film.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:32:21 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Mark Ruffalo → The Brothers Bloom.
Even when it flopped, Brothers Bloom showed Ruffalo acting hard, not mailing it in.
“Ruffle is acting in this. He ain't mailing nothing in.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:24:26 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (1)
-
craft (craft):
The Brothers Bloom → genre pieces.
Brian prefers a twist on a genre, as in The Brothers Bloom, to straight genre like Sexy Beast.
“the brothers bloom, which is a twist on a genre, does”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:01:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)
people (1)
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people (people):
The Brothers Bloom → Steven Soderbergh.
Brian phoned Soderbergh after The Brothers Bloom to say you had to see how Rian puts shots together.
“I remember watching Ryan's 2nd movie and calling Soderberg”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:32:35 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 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.
- Rian Johnson: director (The Big Picture, Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show)
- Steven Soderbergh: saw Brothers Bloom via Brian's phone call (The Big Picture, Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster)
- Mark Ruffalo: actor (Blank Check — Patreon, The Avengers)
- Adrien Brody: star of The Brothers Bloom (The Big Picture, Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster)