Aftersun (2022)
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Wikidata Q111668106, film, IMDb tt19770238, TMDB 965150: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Paul Mescal as actor (The Top Five Movies of 2022).
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
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.
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
Moonlight: 1 line industry ×1
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industry (awards comparison):
Aftersun → Moonlight.
Sean says A24 could push Aftersun like Moonlight if they did not have Everything Everywhere All at Once.
“you could see them really pushing a kind of moonlight-esque campaign behind this film.”
The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:24:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
The Fabelmans: 1 line programming ×1
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programming (pairing):
Aftersun → The Fabelmans.
Sean calls Aftersun an interesting pairing with The Fabelmans, both memory movies about childhood; Aftersun is told while the memory is fresher.
“Interesting pairing with the fablemans, this movie.”
The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:23:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?, first at 0:27:31, 1 time
- recommended in The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022, first at 1:20:40, 3 times
What was said about it, by kind
industry (1)
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industry (awards comparison):
Aftersun → Moonlight.
Sean says A24 could push Aftersun like Moonlight if they did not have Everything Everywhere All at Once.
“you could see them really pushing a kind of moonlight-esque campaign behind this film.”
The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:24:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
programming (1)
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programming (pairing):
Aftersun → The Fabelmans.
Sean calls Aftersun an interesting pairing with The Fabelmans, both memory movies about childhood; Aftersun is told while the memory is fresher.
“Interesting pairing with the fablemans, this movie.”
The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:23:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
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fun, about
Aftersun:
Adam says it destroyed him, being about how kids look at unhappy parents, and that Paul Mescal might be a great actor based on it. Sean and Amanda were mixed; Amanda says she watches as a child of parents.
“The movie just absolutely killed me dead.”
The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:22:07 · Adam Nayman (0.90 sure it was them)
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- A24: studio/distributor (The Big Picture, The Top Five Movies of 2022)
- Paul Mescal: actor (The Big Picture, The Top Five Movies of 2022)
- Charlotte Wells: director (The Big Picture, The Top Five Movies of 2022)