Network (1976)

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Wikidata Q572165, film, IMDb tt0074958, TMDB 10774: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the best known by that title (48 Wikipedias; the next, 1); 2 more episodes agree.

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

Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

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

Rocky: 2 lines verdict ×2

  1. verdict (verdict): Rocky → Network. Rocky won over All the President's Men, Network and Taxi Driver in 1977, and is not better than any of them.
    “Rocky is not a better film than any of the 3 films I just named, in my opinion.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:42:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

A Few Good Men: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): A Few Good Men → Network. It is in the conversation for most rewatched movie of a lifetime, next to Network, Oz, Godfather, Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction.
    “and a few good men is right there with it.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:19:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

All the President's Men: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): All the President's Men → Network. Both are comfort rewatches though not comforting: the pros get the job done and do not fail.
    “there's something about, you know, they're going to get the job done that is comforting to me.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:18:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Dr. Strangelove: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (tonal comparison): Dr. Strangelove → Network. Network is called another movie that gets an impossible tone right, with dramatic actors rather than comedians.
    “But that's another movie that's similarly like this gets sort of an impossible tone right.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:31:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Stanley Kubrick: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Stanley Kubrick → Network. Kubrick was approached to direct Network, which would have been an interesting what-if.
    “To direct network, which is an interesting what if?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:00:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Taxi Driver: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Network → Taxi Driver. Network is the extravagant experiment of collaborators at their peak; Taxi Driver is daring too, but less so.
    “Taxi Driver is pretty pretty daring, but network is an extravagant experiment and a collision of people at the absolute height of their powers all working together.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:42:56 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

The Killing: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (narration): The Killing → Network. The narrator's too-slick, removed vibe recalls the narrator in Network.
    “I forget who does the narration in network, but he has that same sort of vibe”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:47:13 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Player: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Player → Network. In the meta-Hollywood movies discussion, Network, Argo, Tropic Thunder and Bamboozled are floated as the nearest cousins, none as acidic.
    “But you have never seen a movie this acidic about, you know, the, and also involving the, the level of fit.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:27:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Network → Taxi Driver. Network is the extravagant experiment of collaborators at their peak; Taxi Driver is daring too, but less so.
    “Taxi Driver is pretty pretty daring, but network is an extravagant experiment and a collision of people at the absolute height of their powers all working together.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:42:56 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): The Player → Network. In the meta-Hollywood movies discussion, Network, Argo, Tropic Thunder and Bamboozled are floated as the nearest cousins, none as acidic.
    “But you have never seen a movie this acidic about, you know, the, and also involving the, the level of fit.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:27:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): A Few Good Men → Network. It is in the conversation for most rewatched movie of a lifetime, next to Network, Oz, Godfather, Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction.
    “and a few good men is right there with it.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:19:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): All the President's Men → Network. Both are comfort rewatches though not comforting: the pros get the job done and do not fail.
    “there's something about, you know, they're going to get the job done that is comforting to me.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:18:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. theme (tonal comparison): Dr. Strangelove → Network. Network is called another movie that gets an impossible tone right, with dramatic actors rather than comedians.
    “But that's another movie that's similarly like this gets sort of an impossible tone right.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:31:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (narration): The Killing → Network. The narrator's too-slick, removed vibe recalls the narrator in Network.
    “I forget who does the narration in network, but he has that same sort of vibe”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:47:13 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Rocky → Network. Network is also called really great in the 1976 best-picture relitigation; one host thinks Holden is better than Finch in it.
    “Well, network's really great though.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:33:05 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Rocky → Network. Rocky won over All the President's Men, Network and Taxi Driver in 1977, and is not better than any of them.
    “Rocky is not a better film than any of the 3 films I just named, in my opinion.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:42:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Stanley Kubrick → Network. Kubrick was approached to direct Network, which would have been an interesting what-if.
    “To direct network, which is an interesting what if?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 1:00:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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