What the corpus says about True Romance (1993)

What was said about it (13)

1. [The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 1:09:30 · unknown (0.00)] Pulp Fiction ↔ True Romance · lineage · Alabama, Keitel's partner in Reservoir Dogs, shows up a year later in True Romance. · "she shows up one year later in true romance"
2. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:57:16 · Samara Weaving (0.70)] Carolina Caroline ↔ True Romance · craft · Weaving responded to a tone like True Romance and Bonnie and Clyde that is rarely seen now. · "it just captured like a feeling, a tone of the movies that I really loved growing up that like true romance, Bonnie and Clyde"
3. [The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back · 0:12:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Mallrats ↔ True Romance · craft · Both have fancy Arrow box editions; owned and loved, but is it worth re-buying? · "do I need to spend $55 on a true romance 4K when I already have true romance in DVD and Blu-ray?"
4. [The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ · 1:05:33 · Bill Simmons (0.80)] Reservoir Dogs ↔ True Romance · what-if · Tony Scott wanted to direct Reservoir Dogs; Tarantino gave him True Romance instead. · "Tarantino said, you can have true romance."
5. [The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:38:23 · Bill Simmons (0.40)] Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ↔ True Romance · script anecdote · Sharon watching her own movie came from Tarantino sneaking into a theater showing True Romance; Pitt's acid-trip moment is likened to Floyd from True Romance. · "he's basically Floyd from True Romance for the 1st 2 minutes of that scene"
6. [The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 0:51:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Do the Right Thing ⇒ True Romance (the host's read) · borrowed speech · The Sicilians-and-Moors speech in True Romance echoes what Mookie says to Pino in Sal's. · "Well, Sicilians and and Africans and the Moors in that whole speech that appears in true romance, which is also something that Mookie essentially says to Pino"
7. [The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 1:04:16 · Bill Simmons (0.40)] Brad Pitt ↔ True Romance · lineage · Pitt's ad-libbed line was based on an actor who told him the same in the early 90s; they guess True Romance's Michael Rapaport/Saul Rubinek. · "You're Rick fucking Dalton, don't you forget it?"
8. [The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ · 0:04:19 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Michael Madsen ↔ True Romance · career · Madsen's ineffable cool runs through Dogs, True Romance and Species. · "You see it in true romance and you see it here."
9. [The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:24:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Brad Pitt ↔ True Romance · career · Pitt had earlier iconic small turns like Floyd in True Romance, covered on a previous Rewatchables. · "True romance, iconic performances, Floyd."
10. [The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary · 1:09:04 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Saul Rubinek ↔ True Romance · people · Bill defines the Dino Waiters award via overacting in True Romance's Rubinek-Pinchot scene. · "So in true romance, when Saul Rubineck turns to Bronson Pinchot"
11. [The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:16:00 · unknown (0.30)] Brad Pitt ↔ True Romance · people · The one character-actor exception to Pitt's perfect-Brad-Pitt roles is his Floyd cameo in True Romance. · "Like, with the exception of like cameos like Floyd and true Romance and stuff like that."
12. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 2:08:33 · Samara Weaving (0.50)] True Romance ↔ Patricia Arquette · reference watch · As a touch point, a cast member watched True Romance for Patricia Arquette and its no-weak-links cast. · "I love Patricia Arquette. Oh, yeah."
13. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 2:08:52 · Adam Rehmeier (0.50)] True Romance ↔ Dennis Hopper · ensemble benchmark · A supporting performer in Carolina Caroline is likened to Dennis Hopper's sequence with Christopher Walken in True Romance. · "There's no weak links, and I feel like almost like Kira's almost like the Dennis Hopper of that."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (25)

1. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 2:13:47 · Adam Rehmeier (0.50)] Carolina Caroline ↔ Heat · craft · The score's driving quality in the robberies is closer to Heat than the country needle drops. · "You've got something driving it too at times that's, you know, more akin to heat or something like that."
2. [The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 1:17:39 · Wesley Morris (0.50)] Inside Man ↔ Do the Right Thing · programming · Sometimes perfection happens, and Inside Man is cited as another. · "I mean, sometimes there's perfection like inside man is perfection."
3. [The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00)] Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read) · lineage · Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. · "And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
4. [The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 2:37:16 · unknown (0.00)] Pulp Fiction ↔ Black Sabbath · programming · Best double features: Black Sabbath (anthology), Saturday Night Fever, Inglourious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. · "So you get an anthology movie."
5. [The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 0:19:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Do the Right Thing ⇒ Red Hook Summer (the host's read) · lineage · Mookie reappears delivering for a Sal's that has relocated to Red Hook, though Spike insisted it was not a sequel. · "he made a movie called Red Hook Summer."
6. [The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Wanted: Dead or Alive ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read) · lineage · Bounty Law is based on Steve McQueen's Wanted Dead or Alive. · "Bounty Lostar, which was based on Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen"
7. [The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 2:37:26 · unknown (0.00)] Pulp Fiction ↔ Inglourious Basterds · programming · Inglourious Basterds paired for its short-story structure; Once Upon a Time for bookending Tarantino's career. · "I have bastards because I feel like structurally it's it's got some the short story aspect of his very, it locks in together."
8. [The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 0:45:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Do the Right Thing ⇒ 25th Hour (the host's read) · lineage · 25th Hour repeats the racial slur montage as Ed Norton's mirror monologue; Wesley says the repeats made the original less effective for him but 25th Hour has greatness. · "There's a 25th hour version of that too."
9. [The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read) · lineage · Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre. · "Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was."
10. [The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read) · programming · Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction. · "The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction."
11. [The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 0:50:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Do the Right Thing ⇒ Wes Anderson (the host's read) · lineage · Direct address to camera (Mr. Senor Love Daddy and the like) was taken up by the whole indie revolution, Wes Anderson most of all. · "Using direct address into the camera as a style, which has been now jacked by basically the whole indie revolution that came after him."
12. [The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:37:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Apocalypse Now ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read) · lineage · The dogs at Spahn Ranch play the role of the Duvall helicopters, constantly present and disorienting. · "He wanted the dogs to be the helicopters."
13. [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."
14. [The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 1:06:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Shopping for Death ⇒ Do the Right Thing (the host's read) · lineage · Spike got the idea after seeing the Hitchcock Presents episode where characters theorize hot weather increases violence. · "Spike Lee 1st got the idea for this film after watching the Alfred Hitchcock presents episode shopping for death"
15. [The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:44:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Lee Van Cleef ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so: he told me; I asked Quentin about it) · lineage · The painting of Rick in the driveway came from Tarantino finding a giant Lee Van Cleef painting in the actor's garage while scouting. · "that's why I put a painting of Rick in the driveway."
16. [The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ · 0:03:58 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Reservoir Dogs ↔ Pulp Fiction · programming · Reservoir Dogs found much of its audience after Pulp Fiction, via rentals. · "After Pulp Fiction and then circled back and rented Reservoir Dogs."
17. [The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 1:06:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Eleanor Bumpurs ⇒ Do the Right Thing (the host's read) · lineage · The film was inspired by Howard Beach and Eleanor Bumpers, plus a list of other deaths in 1980s New York. · "It was also inspired, as you mentioned, by the Howard Beach racial incident in Eleanor Bumpers."
18. [The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 1:09:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so) · lineage · Tarantino said Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice influenced the characters, looks, and scenery. · "Quinn said Bob and Carol and Ted Alice was a big influence on this movie"
19. [The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35)] Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read) · lineage · Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs. · "Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial."
20. [The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 1:15:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Do the Right Thing ⇒ Inside Man (the host's read) · lineage · In Inside Man the police provide Sal's Pizza to the hostages. · "In Lee's 2006 film Inside Man, the police provide Sal's Pizza to the hostages."
21. [The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 0:17:38 · unknown (0.00)] Pulp Fiction ↔ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood · theme · Motifs echo across Tarantino's movies. · "It's so awesome to see the motifs echo across his movies."
22. [The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40)] Pulp Fiction ⇒ Pulp Fiction imitators (the host's read) · lineage · The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years. · "Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years."
23. [The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 1:30:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Do the Right Thing ↔ She's Gotta Have It · lineage · Asked whether it could work as a 10-episode Netflix show, Wesley says no, noting Spike already made a TV show of She's Gotta Have It. · "As we know, he already made a TV show out of she's got to have it."
24. [The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:21:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ↔ Scent of a Woman · theme · Marvin's pitch resembles the Top Gun speech in Sleep With Me; the transcript garbles the title. · "That speech he gives is pure Tarantino. Like, that is not that much different than the actual speech"
25. [The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40)] Lee Majors ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read) · lineage · The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away. · "Because Lee Majors is going out of town."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (5)

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] Samara Weaving · latest sketch, The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · Loves 70s-style romance crime like True Romance and Bonnie and Clyde, and fell for the adventure of Pirates of the Caribbean as a kid. She values chemistry she believes can't be faked, and is a sucker for epics like Reds. · stances: Chemistry can't be faked or manufactured; Prefers saying yes only to absolute yeses
3. [speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
4. [speaker] Adam Rehmeier · latest sketch, The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · A former camera operator and DP who grew up on low-budget horror (Madman, The Grim Reaper) and classic studio movies. He loves sincere, heart-forward stories and early-80s studio variety, and is a sucker for Jackass in a packed theater. · stances: Movies used to have heart; Shoot chronologically so the actors can find the ending; Didn't write Carolina Caroline but wanted it to be a 70s-style romance
5. [speaker] Chris Ryan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · A franchise and genre scholar who likes Jason, the early sequels, and Manhattan; attention to trivia, tropes and critic reception. Treats slashers as a canon with tiers. · stances: Parts 1, 2, 4 and Manhattan are the good ones; The series finds its legs at 4

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

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished True Romance (1993) 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 True Romance (1993) 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 · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 1:09:30 · unknown (0.00)] Pulp Fiction ↔ True Romance · lineage · Alabama, Keitel's partner in Reservoir Dogs, shows up a year later in True Romance. · "she shows up one year later in true romance"
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:57:16 · Samara Weaving (0.70)] Carolina Caroline ↔ True Romance · craft · Weaving responded to a tone like True Romance and Bonnie and Clyde that is rarely seen now. · "it just captured like a feeling, a tone of the movies that I really loved growing up that like true romance, Bonnie and Clyde"
[The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back · 0:12:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Mallrats ↔ True Romance · craft · Both have fancy Arrow box editions; owned and loved, but is it worth re-buying? · "do I need to spend $55 on a true romance 4K when I already have true romance in DVD and Blu-ray?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ · 1:05:33 · Bill Simmons (0.80)] Reservoir Dogs ↔ True Romance · what-if · Tony Scott wanted to direct Reservoir Dogs; Tarantino gave him True Romance instead. · "Tarantino said, you can have true romance."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:38:23 · Bill Simmons (0.40)] Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ↔ True Romance · script anecdote · Sharon watching her own movie came from Tarantino sneaking into a theater showing True Romance; Pitt's acid-trip moment is likened to Floyd from True Romance. · "he's basically Floyd from True Romance for the 1st 2 minutes of that scene"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 0:51:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Do the Right Thing ⇒ True Romance (the host's read) · borrowed speech · The Sicilians-and-Moors speech in True Romance echoes what Mookie says to Pino in Sal's. · "Well, Sicilians and and Africans and the Moors in that whole speech that appears in true romance, which is also something that Mookie essentially says to Pino"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 1:04:16 · Bill Simmons (0.40)] Brad Pitt ↔ True Romance · lineage · Pitt's ad-libbed line was based on an actor who told him the same in the early 90s; they guess True Romance's Michael Rapaport/Saul Rubinek. · "You're Rick fucking Dalton, don't you forget it?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ · 0:04:19 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Michael Madsen ↔ True Romance · career · Madsen's ineffable cool runs through Dogs, True Romance and Species. · "You see it in true romance and you see it here."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:24:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Brad Pitt ↔ True Romance · career · Pitt had earlier iconic small turns like Floyd in True Romance, covered on a previous Rewatchables. · "True romance, iconic performances, Floyd."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary · 1:09:04 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Saul Rubinek ↔ True Romance · people · Bill defines the Dino Waiters award via overacting in True Romance's Rubinek-Pinchot scene. · "So in true romance, when Saul Rubineck turns to Bronson Pinchot"
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:16:00 · unknown (0.30)] Brad Pitt ↔ True Romance · people · The one character-actor exception to Pitt's perfect-Brad-Pitt roles is his Floyd cameo in True Romance. · "Like, with the exception of like cameos like Floyd and true Romance and stuff like that."
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 2:08:33 · Samara Weaving (0.50)] True Romance ↔ Patricia Arquette · reference watch · As a touch point, a cast member watched True Romance for Patricia Arquette and its no-weak-links cast. · "I love Patricia Arquette. Oh, yeah."
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 2:08:52 · Adam Rehmeier (0.50)] True Romance ↔ Dennis Hopper · ensemble benchmark · A supporting performer in Carolina Caroline is likened to Dennis Hopper's sequence with Christopher Walken in True Romance. · "There's no weak links, and I feel like almost like Kira's almost like the Dennis Hopper of that."
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 2:13:47 · Adam Rehmeier (0.50)] Carolina Caroline ↔ Heat · craft · The score's driving quality in the robberies is closer to Heat than the country needle drops. · "You've got something driving it too at times that's, you know, more akin to heat or something like that."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 1:17:39 · Wesley Morris (0.50)] Inside Man ↔ Do the Right Thing · programming · Sometimes perfection happens, and Inside Man is cited as another. · "I mean, sometimes there's perfection like inside man is perfection."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00)] Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read) · lineage · Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. · "And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 2:37:16 · unknown (0.00)] Pulp Fiction ↔ Black Sabbath · programming · Best double features: Black Sabbath (anthology), Saturday Night Fever, Inglourious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. · "So you get an anthology movie."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 0:19:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Do the Right Thing ⇒ Red Hook Summer (the host's read) · lineage · Mookie reappears delivering for a Sal's that has relocated to Red Hook, though Spike insisted it was not a sequel. · "he made a movie called Red Hook Summer."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Wanted: Dead or Alive ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read) · lineage · Bounty Law is based on Steve McQueen's Wanted Dead or Alive. · "Bounty Lostar, which was based on Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 2:37:26 · unknown (0.00)] Pulp Fiction ↔ Inglourious Basterds · programming · Inglourious Basterds paired for its short-story structure; Once Upon a Time for bookending Tarantino's career. · "I have bastards because I feel like structurally it's it's got some the short story aspect of his very, it locks in together."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 0:45:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Do the Right Thing ⇒ 25th Hour (the host's read) · lineage · 25th Hour repeats the racial slur montage as Ed Norton's mirror monologue; Wesley says the repeats made the original less effective for him but 25th Hour has greatness. · "There's a 25th hour version of that too."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read) · lineage · Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre. · "Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read) · programming · Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction. · "The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 0:50:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Do the Right Thing ⇒ Wes Anderson (the host's read) · lineage · Direct address to camera (Mr. Senor Love Daddy and the like) was taken up by the whole indie revolution, Wes Anderson most of all. · "Using direct address into the camera as a style, which has been now jacked by basically the whole indie revolution that came after him."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:37:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Apocalypse Now ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read) · lineage · The dogs at Spahn Ranch play the role of the Duvall helicopters, constantly present and disorienting. · "He wanted the dogs to be the helicopters."
[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."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 1:06:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Shopping for Death ⇒ Do the Right Thing (the host's read) · lineage · Spike got the idea after seeing the Hitchcock Presents episode where characters theorize hot weather increases violence. · "Spike Lee 1st got the idea for this film after watching the Alfred Hitchcock presents episode shopping for death"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:44:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Lee Van Cleef ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so: he told me; I asked Quentin about it) · lineage · The painting of Rick in the driveway came from Tarantino finding a giant Lee Van Cleef painting in the actor's garage while scouting. · "that's why I put a painting of Rick in the driveway."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ · 0:03:58 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Reservoir Dogs ↔ Pulp Fiction · programming · Reservoir Dogs found much of its audience after Pulp Fiction, via rentals. · "After Pulp Fiction and then circled back and rented Reservoir Dogs."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 1:06:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Eleanor Bumpurs ⇒ Do the Right Thing (the host's read) · lineage · The film was inspired by Howard Beach and Eleanor Bumpers, plus a list of other deaths in 1980s New York. · "It was also inspired, as you mentioned, by the Howard Beach racial incident in Eleanor Bumpers."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 1:09:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so) · lineage · Tarantino said Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice influenced the characters, looks, and scenery. · "Quinn said Bob and Carol and Ted Alice was a big influence on this movie"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35)] Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read) · lineage · Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs. · "Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 1:15:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Do the Right Thing ⇒ Inside Man (the host's read) · lineage · In Inside Man the police provide Sal's Pizza to the hostages. · "In Lee's 2006 film Inside Man, the police provide Sal's Pizza to the hostages."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 0:17:38 · unknown (0.00)] Pulp Fiction ↔ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood · theme · Motifs echo across Tarantino's movies. · "It's so awesome to see the motifs echo across his movies."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40)] Pulp Fiction ⇒ Pulp Fiction imitators (the host's read) · lineage · The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years. · "Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ · 1:30:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Do the Right Thing ↔ She's Gotta Have It · lineage · Asked whether it could work as a 10-episode Netflix show, Wesley says no, noting Spike already made a TV show of She's Gotta Have It. · "As we know, he already made a TV show out of she's got to have it."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance · 0:21:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ↔ Scent of a Woman · theme · Marvin's pitch resembles the Top Gun speech in Sleep With Me; the transcript garbles the title. · "That speech he gives is pure Tarantino. Like, that is not that much different than the actual speech"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40)] Lee Majors ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read) · lineage · The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away. · "Because Lee Majors is going out of town."
[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] Samara Weaving · latest sketch, The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · Loves 70s-style romance crime like True Romance and Bonnie and Clyde, and fell for the adventure of Pirates of the Caribbean as a kid. She values chemistry she believes can't be faked, and is a sucker for epics like Reds. · stances: Chemistry can't be faked or manufactured; Prefers saying yes only to absolute yeses
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Adam Rehmeier · latest sketch, The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · A former camera operator and DP who grew up on low-budget horror (Madman, The Grim Reaper) and classic studio movies. He loves sincere, heart-forward stories and early-80s studio variety, and is a sucker for Jackass in a packed theater. · stances: Movies used to have heart; Shoot chronologically so the actors can find the ending; Didn't write Carolina Caroline but wanted it to be a 70s-style romance
[speaker] Chris Ryan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · A franchise and genre scholar who likes Jason, the early sequels, and Manhattan; attention to trivia, tropes and critic reception. Treats slashers as a canon with tiers. · stances: Parts 1, 2, 4 and Manhattan are the good ones; The series finds its legs at 4
[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 True Romance (1993); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend True Romance (1993) 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.