War Horse (2011)
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Wikidata Q218589, film, IMDb tt1568911, TMDB 57212: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Tom Hiddleston as actor (Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri); 2 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
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.
The Searchers: 1 line the host's read ×1
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craft (visual allusion):
The Searchers ⇒ War Horse (the host's read).
A red John Ford sunset is a harbinger of doom, as in The Searchers, so War Horse's ending is a what-comes-next finale.
“I mean, you see that sunset in the searchers right before everyone's massacred.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:47:33 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80 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
Empire of the Sun: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (theme: learning unjust rules):
War Horse → Empire of the Sun.
Spielberg returns to the idea of navigating the rules of a world you do not understand, as Jim does in the camp.
“the idea of sort of trying to learn to live by the rules of a world you don't quite understand.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:44:48 · Bilge Ebiri (0.75 sure it was them)
The Searchers: 1 line craft ×1
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craft (visual allusion):
War Horse → The Searchers.
A red John Ford sunset is a harbinger of doom, as in The Searchers, so War Horse's ending is a what-comes-next finale.
“I mean, you see that sunset in the searchers right before everyone's massacred.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:47:33 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri, first at 1:46:05, 5 times
- anecdote in The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:42:16, 1 time
- passing in The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57), first at 0:05:46, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free), first at 2:33:55, 2 times
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Thor, first at 0:27:40, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
craft (1)
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craft (visual allusion):
War Horse → The Searchers.
A red John Ford sunset is a harbinger of doom, as in The Searchers, so War Horse's ending is a what-comes-next finale.
“I mean, you see that sunset in the searchers right before everyone's massacred.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:47:33 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80 sure it was them)
theme (1)
-
theme (theme: learning unjust rules):
War Horse → Empire of the Sun.
Spielberg returns to the idea of navigating the rules of a world you do not understand, as Jim does in the camp.
“the idea of sort of trying to learn to live by the rules of a world you don't quite understand.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:44:48 · Bilge Ebiri (0.75 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Tom Hiddleston: actor (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri)
- Tom Hiddleston: actor (Blank Check — Patreon, Thor)