All of Us Strangers (2023)

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Wikidata Q113516747, film, IMDb tt21192142, TMDB 994108: 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.

In the store as #553, All of Us Strangers (2023).

Who talked about it

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.

Strangers: 2 lines the maker said so ×1 the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (departure from source): Strangers ⇒ All of Us Strangers (the maker said so: Andrew Scott interview on the episode). Scott deliberately did not read the source, saying the film is similar in tone but departs a lot from the original story.
    “It's similar in tone, but it's very, very, um, it departs a lot from the original story.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:25:03 · Andrew Scott (0.95 sure it was them)

Andrew Haigh: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (autobiographical): Andrew Haigh ⇒ All of Us Strangers (the host's read). The film is filmed in Haigh's childhood home and blends his own romantic experiences with those of his partner's parents.
    “The movie is literally filmed in Andrew Hayes' childhood home.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:11:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

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

Strangers: 2 lines lineage ×2

  1. lineage (departure from source): All of Us Strangers → Strangers. Scott deliberately did not read the source, saying the film is similar in tone but departs a lot from the original story.
    “It's similar in tone, but it's very, very, um, it departs a lot from the original story.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:25:03 · Andrew Scott (0.95 sure it was them)

Weekend: 2 lines people ×2

  1. people (same director, intimacy): All of Us Strangers → Weekend. Haigh has always been direct about sex between two men, and Weekend shows an intimacy you will not find in a common 2024 love story.
    “if you just watch Weekend, you can see that there's a level of intimacy that is portrayed in that movie that you won't find in your common, uh, love story in in 2024.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:09:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Andrew Haigh: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (autobiographical): All of Us Strangers → Andrew Haigh. The film is filmed in Haigh's childhood home and blends his own romantic experiences with those of his partner's parents.
    “The movie is literally filmed in Andrew Hayes' childhood home.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:11:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Blur: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (needle drop): All of Us Strangers → Blur. Blur's Death of a Party scores the club sequence where the movie tilts toward the truth about Harry.
    “and blur, uh, death of a party is played. like an amazing needle drop”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:14:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Claire Foy: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (emotional core): All of Us Strangers → Claire Foy. Amanda watched this as a mother for the first time and Foy's mother, regretting her failures, devastated her.
    “This was the 1st movie I think I've ever watched where I was watching it as a mother.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:11:58 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Frankie Goes to Hollywood: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (needle drop): All of Us Strangers → Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The film closes on The Power of Love, one of Haigh's favorite songs, while the bed pulls away into the stars.
    “The film closes with uh, Frankie goes to Hollywood's uh, Power of Love.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:16:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Pet Shop Boys: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (soundtrack): All of Us Strangers → Pet Shop Boys. Scott was a huge Pet Shop Boys fan when he was young, so their heavy presence in the film delights him.
    “particularly when I was younger, a huge Pet Shop Boys fan.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:24:21 · Andrew Scott (0.95 sure it was them)

Ripley: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (actor range): All of Us Strangers → Ripley. Moving from the performative sociopath of Ripley to the recessed, often wordless Adam is one of the biggest leaps between character archetypes.
    “I'm not sure if there could be a bigger leap between character archetype than from Ripley to Adam.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:40:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Saltburn: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (viewing coincidence): All of Us Strangers → Saltburn. Asked what he last watched, Scott named Saltburn, praising Barry Keoghan and Rosamund Pike.
    “what was the last the last thing we watched actually was Barry Kitt in um, in Saltburn.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:52:47 · Andrew Scott (0.90 sure it was them)

The Ozu movie / Bresson movie (as comparison): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (stylistic kinship): All of Us Strangers → The Ozu movie / Bresson movie (as comparison). Unlike Scott's clever, elusive Moriarty and Hot Priest, All of Us Strangers is quiet and still like an Ozu or Bresson film.
    “This is like an Ozu movie or, um, like a Bresson movie.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:21:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (soundtrack): All of Us Strangers → Pet Shop Boys. Scott was a huge Pet Shop Boys fan when he was young, so their heavy presence in the film delights him.
    “particularly when I was younger, a huge Pet Shop Boys fan.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:24:21 · Andrew Scott (0.95 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (adaptation): All of Us Strangers → Strangers. The film adapts a Japanese story by Taichi Yamada, described as a ghost story queer romance.
    “He's adapted a Japanese story called Strangers by Taiichi Yamada.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:03:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (departure from source): All of Us Strangers → Strangers. Scott deliberately did not read the source, saying the film is similar in tone but departs a lot from the original story.
    “It's similar in tone, but it's very, very, um, it departs a lot from the original story.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:25:03 · Andrew Scott (0.95 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (director filmography): Weekend → All of Us Strangers. Sean lists Haigh's prior films (Weekend, 45 Years, Lean on Pete) and the HBO series Looking.
    “has directed a handful of films, created the looking TV series for HBO, darted weekend, uh, 45 years, lean on Pete.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:03:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (same director, intimacy): All of Us Strangers → Weekend. Haigh has always been direct about sex between two men, and Weekend shows an intimacy you will not find in a common 2024 love story.
    “if you just watch Weekend, you can see that there's a level of intimacy that is portrayed in that movie that you won't find in your common, uh, love story in in 2024.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:09:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. people (actor range): All of Us Strangers → Ripley. Moving from the performative sociopath of Ripley to the recessed, often wordless Adam is one of the biggest leaps between character archetypes.
    “I'm not sure if there could be a bigger leap between character archetype than from Ripley to Adam.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:40:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

unmapped (7)

  1. unmapped (autobiographical): All of Us Strangers → Andrew Haigh. The film is filmed in Haigh's childhood home and blends his own romantic experiences with those of his partner's parents.
    “The movie is literally filmed in Andrew Hayes' childhood home.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:11:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (emotional core): All of Us Strangers → Claire Foy. Amanda watched this as a mother for the first time and Foy's mother, regretting her failures, devastated her.
    “This was the 1st movie I think I've ever watched where I was watching it as a mother.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:11:58 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (needle drop): All of Us Strangers → Blur. Blur's Death of a Party scores the club sequence where the movie tilts toward the truth about Harry.
    “and blur, uh, death of a party is played. like an amazing needle drop”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:14:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (needle drop): All of Us Strangers → Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The film closes on The Power of Love, one of Haigh's favorite songs, while the bed pulls away into the stars.
    “The film closes with uh, Frankie goes to Hollywood's uh, Power of Love.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:16:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (stylistic kinship): All of Us Strangers → The Ozu movie / Bresson movie (as comparison). Unlike Scott's clever, elusive Moriarty and Hot Priest, All of Us Strangers is quiet and still like an Ozu or Bresson film.
    “This is like an Ozu movie or, um, like a Bresson movie.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:21:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (dream logic): All of Us Strangers → All of Us Strangers. Scott says viewers should treat the film like a dream rather than hunting for plot twists, since the feeling matters more than the mechanics.
    “You don't go, well, what's the plot twist in the dream? Because you don't rely on the dream in that same way.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:33:19 · Andrew Scott (0.95 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (viewing coincidence): All of Us Strangers → Saltburn. Asked what he last watched, Scott named Saltburn, praising Barry Keoghan and Rosamund Pike.
    “what was the last the last thing we watched actually was Barry Kitt in um, in Saltburn.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:52:47 · Andrew Scott (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about All of Us Strangers: The film closes with the Power of Love lyric Make Love Your Goal, which was also the last line of the script.
    “the very last line of the script was a lyric from the, from that beautiful song, which is make love your goal.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:23:54 · Andrew Scott (0.95 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about All of Us Strangers: Scott says shooting the childhood segment in Haigh's real childhood home added vulnerability.
    “Andrew, we shot them. The sort of childhood segment of the movie in Andrew Hague's childhood home, which added a real, um, I don't know, a real sort of vulnerability to it”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:25:57 · Andrew Scott (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about All of Us Strangers: Scott compares the logic of the film to a dream: you don't hunt for the plot twist after waking.
    “You don't go, well, what's the plot twist in the dream?”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:33:19 · Andrew Scott (0.95 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about All of Us Strangers: Scott credits the on-set intimacy coordinator with letting him and Mescal be more adventurous, because nothing uncomfortable can end up in the film.
    “there's an intimacy coordinator now on every movie set, which is really good, and that allows you to, in some ways, be a bit more free”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:35:38 · Andrew Scott (0.95 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about All of Us Strangers: The childhood-home scenes with Foy and Bell were shot first, then Scott had to say goodbye to them, making that stretch the darker one, while the Mescal scenes felt joyful.
    “I had to say goodbye to Jamie and Claire. So that was a very tough time”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:36:33 · Andrew Scott (0.90 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about All of Us Strangers: Scott's trick for playing drunk or high: people usually try to appear sober, so you play the attempt to stay sober.
    “when our people are drunk, they usually are trying not to be drunk.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 1:37:38 · Andrew Scott (0.95 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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