Lincoln (2012)

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Wikidata Q32433, film, IMDb tt0443272, TMDB 72976: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Steven Spielberg as director (Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri); 4 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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

Amistad: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme: people as property): Amistad → Lincoln. Bilge says Spielberg's serious films, from Empire to Schindler, Amistad, Lincoln and Ryan, all turn on people as items on a ledger.
    “they all they all become about sort of people as items on a ledger, even saving Private Ryan.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:45:35 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80 sure it was them)

Catch Me If You Can: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Catch Me If You Can → Lincoln. Both movies are built around one hugely charismatic person wriggling in and out of trouble.
    “The movie is built around this one deeply charismatic person and their ability to wriggle in and out of trouble.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:42:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Daniel Day-Lewis: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Lincoln → Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis is commanding alongside Kushner's dialogue and Spielberg's framing.
    “there is something so commanding and perfect about Kushner's dialogue, Spielberg's framing and DDL, just crushing the light.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:42:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → Lincoln. Given a choice, the speaker would watch Lincoln or Last Crusade over E.T.
    “I think if I had a choice of what to watch, I'd rather watch Lincoln.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:33:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Empire of the Sun: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Empire of the Sun → Lincoln. Compares Empire's dialogue with Kushner and Zaillian's Spielberg work.
    “Kushner, obviously, is another, he's worked with great people, Kushner or Steve Zalen, but I love the dialogue in Empire of the Sun.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:15:32 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)

Flesh and Blood: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Flesh and Blood → Lincoln. Flesh+Blood's opening is a swooping tracking shot, unlike Lincoln's quick-cut mud-fight opening.
    “you compare this to the opening of Lincoln, which is like, here are these men in the mud and you see them stomping each other”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:45:11 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Jaws: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (motif echo): Jaws → Lincoln. The slaps in Jaws and Lincoln show the shift from identifying with the slapped child to the anxious parent.
    “So it's very much like almost like the humiliation of a little boy who's been slapped.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:25:32 · Bilge Ebiri (0.90 sure it was them)

Oppenheimer: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (ensemble casting): Lincoln → Oppenheimer. Lincoln has the Oppenheimer vibe of every small part being someone important.
    “it definitely has that Oppenheimer vibe of like, what if every single person is someone deeply important as an actor?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:26:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Tár: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (comparison): Tár → Lincoln. Chris contrasts Blanchett's level of performance with a Lincoln-style historically resonant part, as a box-office draw for older audiences.
    “I guess it's not Lincoln where she's like doing this historically like sort of resonant part, but it's in that kind of level of performance”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:16:11 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Flesh and Blood → Lincoln. Flesh+Blood's opening is a swooping tracking shot, unlike Lincoln's quick-cut mud-fight opening.
    “you compare this to the opening of Lincoln, which is like, here are these men in the mud and you see them stomping each other”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:45:11 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (ensemble casting): Lincoln → Oppenheimer. Lincoln has the Oppenheimer vibe of every small part being someone important.
    “it definitely has that Oppenheimer vibe of like, what if every single person is someone deeply important as an actor?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:26:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Empire of the Sun → Lincoln. Compares Empire's dialogue with Kushner and Zaillian's Spielberg work.
    “Kushner, obviously, is another, he's worked with great people, Kushner or Steve Zalen, but I love the dialogue in Empire of the Sun.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:15:32 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Lincoln → Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis is commanding alongside Kushner's dialogue and Spielberg's framing.
    “there is something so commanding and perfect about Kushner's dialogue, Spielberg's framing and DDL, just crushing the light.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:42:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

theme (4)

  1. theme (motif echo): Jaws → Lincoln. The slaps in Jaws and Lincoln show the shift from identifying with the slapped child to the anxious parent.
    “So it's very much like almost like the humiliation of a little boy who's been slapped.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:25:32 · Bilge Ebiri (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme: people as property): Amistad → Lincoln. Bilge says Spielberg's serious films, from Empire to Schindler, Amistad, Lincoln and Ryan, all turn on people as items on a ledger.
    “they all they all become about sort of people as items on a ledger, even saving Private Ryan.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:45:35 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. theme (comparison): Tár → Lincoln. Chris contrasts Blanchett's level of performance with a Lincoln-style historically resonant part, as a box-office draw for older audiences.
    “I guess it's not Lincoln where she's like doing this historically like sort of resonant part, but it's in that kind of level of performance”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:16:11 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): Catch Me If You Can → Lincoln. Both movies are built around one hugely charismatic person wriggling in and out of trouble.
    “The movie is built around this one deeply charismatic person and their ability to wriggle in and out of trouble.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:42:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → Lincoln. Given a choice, the speaker would watch Lincoln or Last Crusade over E.T.
    “I think if I had a choice of what to watch, I'd rather watch Lincoln.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:33:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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