What the corpus says about Mad Men (2007)

The 34 lines php artisan corpus:ask hands a model, in the order it gets them, and nothing else. The model writes a clerk's answer from these and only these.

What was said about it (5)

  1. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:16:54 · Bill Simmons (0.80)] The Ice Storm ↔ Mad Men · theme · Kevin Kline's out-of-step character parallels late-series Don Draper, uncool as the 70s change. · "that's basically the Kevin Klein character in this, right?"
  2. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:07:35 · Andy Greenwald (0.60)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Mad Men · theme · Both romanticize an era their audience didn't live through, with tactile detail. · "something like Mad Men, which we obviously didn't live through"
  3. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:50:22 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] The Ice Storm ↔ Mad Men · contrast · Simmons notes Mad Men never had a key party, just chronic adultery. · "Mad men never had the key party, right?"
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 1:33:59 · unknown (0.30)] Mad Men ↔ Gone Girl · contrast · The speaker argues Hamm's Don Draper unknowability would sit on the surface where Affleck's reads as real doubt. · "Ham would be affecting a thing that just exists on the surface of Affleck."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:17:39 · unknown (0.30)] John Slattery ↔ Mad Men · career · Casting a Mad Men guy as a 1960s mogul was a smart move; same swagger. · "You cast a guy out of Madman to play a guy from the 60s."

Films put beside it more than once (1)

  1. [pairs] Mad Men ↔ The Ice Storm · said 2 times in 1 episode

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (24)

  1. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:50:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] The Ice Storm ⇒ Swingtown (TV) (the host's read) · programming · Swingtown tried to tap the key party idea but belonged on Cinemax. · "That show has to be on Cinemax."
  2. [The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ · 1:37:30 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50)] The War of the Roses ↔ Gone Girl · lineage · Roses is described as a prequel to Gone Girl; it could have pivoted to Turner killing Douglas and going on the run. · "This movie's kind of a prequel to Gone Girl."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky · 1:45:35 · unknown (0.40)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Vanilla Sky · programming · Tenenbaums opened the same week as Vanilla Sky in 5 theaters and averaged $55,000. · "Tenenbaums comes out that very week on 5 theaters and it grosses $276,000"
  4. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 1:09:25 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Brokeback Mountain ↔ The Ice Storm · programming · Simmons eyes Brokeback Mountain as a contender for Fucked Up Family February 2023. · "Brokeback Mountain is definitely one of the contenders."
  5. [The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:17:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] The Killer ↔ Gone Girl · lineage · It is the closest Fincher has come to a pure thriller since Gone Girl, maybe Dragon Tattoo. · "he hasn't made a movie quite like this, I guess, since Gone Girl, but even, I mean, you could maybe even going back further to Dragon Tattoo is maybe a little closer to this kind of a pure thriller."
  6. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:07:20 · Andy Greenwald (0.60)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Pulp Fiction · lineage · Both are 'emptying the cupboard' of their makers' influences and obsessions, introducing a whole cinematic world through soundtrack, look and talk. · "it's like pulp fiction or Grand Royal magazine, where it's just like the emptying of the cupboard of influences and obsessions."
  7. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 1:26:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] The Ice Storm ↔ The Squid and the Whale · programming · Fennessey says Squid and the Whale was the biggest near-miss for Fucked Up Family February. · "I think was probably the biggest one that could have made it."
  8. [Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 0:20:39 · unknown (0.30)] Reese Witherspoon ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read) · lineage · Witherspoon took the book and had the idea of bringing Fincher on board. · "takes this book, has the smart idea, bring Fincher on board."
  9. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:31:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Franny and Zooey · lineage · The movie is a Salinger pastiche; Anderson would need a Salinger adaptation as IP cover today. · "he would have to make Franny and Zooey. Like he would have to make an adaptation of a Salinger novel"
  10. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 1:27:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] The Ice Storm ↔ Pulp Fiction · programming · Next episodes will cover two famous movies; Ryan and Simmons tease Pulp Fiction. · "I've been watching a lot of pulp fiction lately."
  11. [Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 0:34:23 · Esther Zuckerman (0.70)] Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel) ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read) · lineage · The film adapts Flynn's novel, and the first-person diary trickery was the open question about how it would work on screen. · "Because it is such like a little fun piece of 1st person narration trickery."
  12. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:53:10 · Andy Greenwald (0.50)] Jean-Luc Godard ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the maker said so: Matt Zoller Seitz's book on the movie) · lineage · The mosaic of book covers was inspired by a Godard movie doing something similar. · "he was inspired by, I think it was a Godard movie that did something similar, of course."
  13. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm · 1:07:49 · unknown (0.40)] Swingtown (TV) ↔ The Ice Storm · programming · CBS's Swingtown was a third of the way to interesting and watered the key-party era down. · "Wasn't that good, but it was sort of like a 3rd of the way to being interesting."
  14. [Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 0:36:35 · unknown (0.30)] A Simple Plan ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so) · lineage · Flynn used A Simple Plan as her model for adapting her own novel, then worried she could not match it. · "And she said, so I tried to use that as a model and then I freaked myself out because I was like, well, this is too good. I won't do this well."
  15. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 1:15:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Louis Malle ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · French New Wave directors listed among its influences. · "some of the influences on this movie include films by Louis Maule. Um, uh, Francois Truffaux, Sholu Qadar, the French New Wave."
  16. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:08:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Rick Moody's novel ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read) · lineage · Based on Rick Moody's 1994 book; the author cried at the end of a cut and said they got it. · "It's based on Rick Moody's 1994 book, who saw a cut of it and cried at the end and was like, my God, they got it."
  17. [Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 0:39:03 · unknown (0.30)] Steve Kloves → Gone Girl · lineage · Flynn asked Kloves how he handled the Harry Potter adaptations; the speaker does not say it shaped the script. · "She goes to Steve Cloves and is like, how did you adapt the Harry Potter books?"
  18. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 1:15:59 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Francois Truffaut ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · French New Wave influence. · "Francois Truffaux, Sholu Qadar, the French New Wave."
  19. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.90)] The Brady Bunch Movie ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read) · lineage · Simmons traces a mid-90s wave of 70s nostalgia (Brady Bunch movies, Reality Bites) that led to harder looks like Ice Storm. · "They make the Brady Bunch movie, which is a parody of the Brady Bunch."
  20. [Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 2:12:35 · unknown (0.30)] Glengarry Glen Ross ↔ Gone Girl · theme · Fincher reportedly said the book's Tanner Bolt reads like Baldwin in Glengarry and would have turned the audience against him. · "The way it reads on paper is you imagine him being more of a like Baldwin and Glengarry Glenn Bross."
  21. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 1:16:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] The Magnificent Ambersons ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · Named as a huge influence; rewatching Ambersons shows how much of it is in Tenenbaums. · "it's wild how much, uh, ten bombs or how much Amberson's is in ten bombs."
  22. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:13:48 · Bill Simmons (0.80)] The Ice Storm ↔ Nixon · lineage · Simmons says the nostalgia turned to re-examination in the mid-90s, citing Oliver Stone's Nixon. · "So mid 90s, it starts to be like, hmm."
  23. [Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30)] Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary) · theme · On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris. · "Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?"
  24. [The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:05:35 · unknown (0.40)] The Catcher in the Rye / Franny and Zooey ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · Salinger's Glass-family stories are the key literary influence. · "Zoe is like the key influence on this film"

Who said it, by their latest sketch (2)

  1. [speaker] Bill Simmons · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Loves the Friday series as a communal, rental-era memory and tells childhood stories about the ads and theaters. Likes casting what-ifs and sports analogies for everything. Skeptical of horror at Christmas and of anything that wastes the premise. · stances: Friday the 13th is not the best entry but the origin story had to be told; Friday 2 is a leap over the original
  2. [speaker] Andy Greenwald · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · Loves Anderson as a time capsule of his early-twenties New York longing, Salinger pastiche, indie rock and TV references. Believes the movie is a near-perfect masterpiece and exists for Chas's one line. Cannot stand twee excess, finding Darjeeling problematic. · stances: Movie is perfect, no remake; Chas's 'rough year' line is the emotional core; Gwyneth Paltrow's Margot is her last great performance; Luke Wilson was underrated and sad

The shows' running bits (2)

  1. [bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
  2. [bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

The whole prompt

As the model gets it, from app/Ai/Prompts/CorpusAsk.md 
You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Mad Men (2007) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about Mad Men (2007) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:16:54 · Bill Simmons (0.80)] The Ice Storm ↔ Mad Men · theme · Kevin Kline's out-of-step character parallels late-series Don Draper, uncool as the 70s change. · "that's basically the Kevin Klein character in this, right?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:07:35 · Andy Greenwald (0.60)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Mad Men · theme · Both romanticize an era their audience didn't live through, with tactile detail. · "something like Mad Men, which we obviously didn't live through"
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:50:22 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] The Ice Storm ↔ Mad Men · contrast · Simmons notes Mad Men never had a key party, just chronic adultery. · "Mad men never had the key party, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 1:33:59 · unknown (0.30)] Mad Men ↔ Gone Girl · contrast · The speaker argues Hamm's Don Draper unknowability would sit on the surface where Affleck's reads as real doubt. · "Ham would be affecting a thing that just exists on the surface of Affleck."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:17:39 · unknown (0.30)] John Slattery ↔ Mad Men · career · Casting a Mad Men guy as a 1960s mogul was a smart move; same swagger. · "You cast a guy out of Madman to play a guy from the 60s."
[pairs] Mad Men ↔ The Ice Storm · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:50:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] The Ice Storm ⇒ Swingtown (TV) (the host's read) · programming · Swingtown tried to tap the key party idea but belonged on Cinemax. · "That show has to be on Cinemax."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ · 1:37:30 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50)] The War of the Roses ↔ Gone Girl · lineage · Roses is described as a prequel to Gone Girl; it could have pivoted to Turner killing Douglas and going on the run. · "This movie's kind of a prequel to Gone Girl."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky · 1:45:35 · unknown (0.40)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Vanilla Sky · programming · Tenenbaums opened the same week as Vanilla Sky in 5 theaters and averaged $55,000. · "Tenenbaums comes out that very week on 5 theaters and it grosses $276,000"
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 1:09:25 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Brokeback Mountain ↔ The Ice Storm · programming · Simmons eyes Brokeback Mountain as a contender for Fucked Up Family February 2023. · "Brokeback Mountain is definitely one of the contenders."
[The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:17:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] The Killer ↔ Gone Girl · lineage · It is the closest Fincher has come to a pure thriller since Gone Girl, maybe Dragon Tattoo. · "he hasn't made a movie quite like this, I guess, since Gone Girl, but even, I mean, you could maybe even going back further to Dragon Tattoo is maybe a little closer to this kind of a pure thriller."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:07:20 · Andy Greenwald (0.60)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Pulp Fiction · lineage · Both are 'emptying the cupboard' of their makers' influences and obsessions, introducing a whole cinematic world through soundtrack, look and talk. · "it's like pulp fiction or Grand Royal magazine, where it's just like the emptying of the cupboard of influences and obsessions."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 1:26:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] The Ice Storm ↔ The Squid and the Whale · programming · Fennessey says Squid and the Whale was the biggest near-miss for Fucked Up Family February. · "I think was probably the biggest one that could have made it."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 0:20:39 · unknown (0.30)] Reese Witherspoon ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read) · lineage · Witherspoon took the book and had the idea of bringing Fincher on board. · "takes this book, has the smart idea, bring Fincher on board."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:31:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] The Royal Tenenbaums ↔ Franny and Zooey · lineage · The movie is a Salinger pastiche; Anderson would need a Salinger adaptation as IP cover today. · "he would have to make Franny and Zooey. Like he would have to make an adaptation of a Salinger novel"
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 1:27:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] The Ice Storm ↔ Pulp Fiction · programming · Next episodes will cover two famous movies; Ryan and Simmons tease Pulp Fiction. · "I've been watching a lot of pulp fiction lately."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 0:34:23 · Esther Zuckerman (0.70)] Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel) ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read) · lineage · The film adapts Flynn's novel, and the first-person diary trickery was the open question about how it would work on screen. · "Because it is such like a little fun piece of 1st person narration trickery."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:53:10 · Andy Greenwald (0.50)] Jean-Luc Godard ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the maker said so: Matt Zoller Seitz's book on the movie) · lineage · The mosaic of book covers was inspired by a Godard movie doing something similar. · "he was inspired by, I think it was a Godard movie that did something similar, of course."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm · 1:07:49 · unknown (0.40)] Swingtown (TV) ↔ The Ice Storm · programming · CBS's Swingtown was a third of the way to interesting and watered the key-party era down. · "Wasn't that good, but it was sort of like a 3rd of the way to being interesting."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 0:36:35 · unknown (0.30)] A Simple Plan ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so) · lineage · Flynn used A Simple Plan as her model for adapting her own novel, then worried she could not match it. · "And she said, so I tried to use that as a model and then I freaked myself out because I was like, well, this is too good. I won't do this well."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 1:15:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Louis Malle ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · French New Wave directors listed among its influences. · "some of the influences on this movie include films by Louis Maule. Um, uh, Francois Truffaux, Sholu Qadar, the French New Wave."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:08:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Rick Moody's novel ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read) · lineage · Based on Rick Moody's 1994 book; the author cried at the end of a cut and said they got it. · "It's based on Rick Moody's 1994 book, who saw a cut of it and cried at the end and was like, my God, they got it."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 0:39:03 · unknown (0.30)] Steve Kloves → Gone Girl · lineage · Flynn asked Kloves how he handled the Harry Potter adaptations; the speaker does not say it shaped the script. · "She goes to Steve Cloves and is like, how did you adapt the Harry Potter books?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 1:15:59 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Francois Truffaut ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · French New Wave influence. · "Francois Truffaux, Sholu Qadar, the French New Wave."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.90)] The Brady Bunch Movie ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read) · lineage · Simmons traces a mid-90s wave of 70s nostalgia (Brady Bunch movies, Reality Bites) that led to harder looks like Ice Storm. · "They make the Brady Bunch movie, which is a parody of the Brady Bunch."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 2:12:35 · unknown (0.30)] Glengarry Glen Ross ↔ Gone Girl · theme · Fincher reportedly said the book's Tanner Bolt reads like Baldwin in Glengarry and would have turned the audience against him. · "The way it reads on paper is you imagine him being more of a like Baldwin and Glengarry Glenn Bross."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 1:16:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] The Magnificent Ambersons ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · Named as a huge influence; rewatching Ambersons shows how much of it is in Tenenbaums. · "it's wild how much, uh, ten bombs or how much Amberson's is in ten bombs."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:13:48 · Bill Simmons (0.80)] The Ice Storm ↔ Nixon · lineage · Simmons says the nostalgia turned to re-examination in the mid-90s, citing Oliver Stone's Nixon. · "So mid 90s, it starts to be like, hmm."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30)] Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary) · theme · On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris. · "Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?"
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:05:35 · unknown (0.40)] The Catcher in the Rye / Franny and Zooey ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read) · lineage · Salinger's Glass-family stories are the key literary influence. · "Zoe is like the key influence on this film"
[speaker] Bill Simmons · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Loves the Friday series as a communal, rental-era memory and tells childhood stories about the ads and theaters. Likes casting what-ifs and sports analogies for everything. Skeptical of horror at Christmas and of anything that wastes the premise. · stances: Friday the 13th is not the best entry but the origin story had to be told; Friday 2 is a leap over the original
[speaker] Andy Greenwald · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ · Loves Anderson as a time capsule of his early-twenties New York longing, Salinger pastiche, indie rock and TV references. Believes the movie is a near-perfect masterpiece and exists for Chas's one line. Cannot stand twee excess, finding Darjeeling problematic. · stances: Movie is perfect, no remake; Chas's 'rough year' line is the emotional core; Gwyneth Paltrow's Margot is her last great performance; Luke Wilson was underrated and sad
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with Mad Men (2007); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Mad Men (2007) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.