Silence (2016)

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Wikidata Q18811634, film, IMDb tt0490215, TMDB 68730: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Martin Scorsese as director (‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding); 7 more episodes agree.

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

In the store as #577, Silence (2016).

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

Andrew Garfield: 2 lines people ×1 contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Andrew Garfield → Silence. Speaker sometimes prefers restrained, tortured Garfield (Silence) to the all-in version.
    “sometimes you get Andrew Garfield on 11 and sometimes you get like restrained sort of tortured Andrew Garfield.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:26:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Killers of the Flower Moon: 2 lines verdict ×1 programming ×1

  1. verdict (scorsese tier): Killers of the Flower Moon → Silence. Grouped with the hard-to-make, resonant big epics.
    “It reminds me a lot of silence.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:03:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

The Wolf of Wall Street: 2 lines what-if ×1 theme ×1

  1. theme (durational Scorsese era): Silence → The Wolf of Wall Street. Shutter Island, Hugo, Wolf, Silence, The Irishman and Killers are all durational films about his obsessions.
    “Shutter Island, Hugo, the Wolf of Wall Street, silence the Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon, all of which are these kind of durational films.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:06:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Mr. Scorsese (Apple documentary, dir. Rebecca Miller): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (documentary coverage): Silence → Mr. Scorsese (Apple documentary, dir. Rebecca Miller). Silence gets significant time in the Apple documentary because it is so important to Scorsese.
    “silence gets some time in this Apple documentary.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:41:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Last Temptation of Christ: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (trilogy): The Last Temptation of Christ → Silence. Silence completes the faith trilogy with Kundun.
    “Because of course, because he makes Kundun in silence, he has this kind of loose trilogy about faith”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 2:01:54 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Under the Silver Lake: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Under the Silver Lake → Silence. Silence and Angels in America left Garfield with a martyrdom complex, so Silver Lake was a reaction in the opposite direction.
    “Angels in America was definitely the icing on top of the martyrdom cake”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:47:55 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Under the Silver Lake → Silence. Silence and Angels in America left Garfield with a martyrdom complex, so Silver Lake was a reaction in the opposite direction.
    “Angels in America was definitely the icing on top of the martyrdom cake”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:47:55 · Andrew Garfield (0.95 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Andrew Garfield → Silence. Speaker sometimes prefers restrained, tortured Garfield (Silence) to the all-in version.
    “sometimes you get Andrew Garfield on 11 and sometimes you get like restrained sort of tortured Andrew Garfield.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:26:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (performance cost): Silence → Andrew Garfield. Garfield went method as a monk for three years, which the speaker blames for his breakup with Emma Stone.
    “Andrew Garfield was like, yeah, I just went method as a monk for 3 years or whatever.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:05:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (viewing double feature): Killers of the Flower Moon → Silence. Amanda watched Silence the day before and went straight to Killers.
    “I watched silence yesterday and immediately went to sit down with you to watch Killers of the Flower Moon”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:18:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (durational Scorsese era): Silence → The Wolf of Wall Street. Shutter Island, Hugo, Wolf, Silence, The Irishman and Killers are all durational films about his obsessions.
    “Shutter Island, Hugo, the Wolf of Wall Street, silence the Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon, all of which are these kind of durational films.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:06:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (trilogy): The Last Temptation of Christ → Silence. Silence completes the faith trilogy with Kundun.
    “Because of course, because he makes Kundun in silence, he has this kind of loose trilogy about faith”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 2:01:54 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (documentary coverage): Silence → Mr. Scorsese (Apple documentary, dir. Rebecca Miller). Silence gets significant time in the Apple documentary because it is so important to Scorsese.
    “silence gets some time in this Apple documentary.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:41:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (scorsese tier): Killers of the Flower Moon → Silence. Grouped with the hard-to-make, resonant big epics.
    “It reminds me a lot of silence.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:03:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (alternate Scorsese pick): Silence → The Wolf of Wall Street. Silence was the rival pick as a culmination of Scorsese's interests.
    “There is a real heads case for silence. There's a real... as another as another culmination of what he is interested in.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:04:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Silence: A host credits Silence for breaking up Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone after Garfield stayed method as a monk for three years; the joke is the grim line 'no great art without great sacrifice.'
    “There's no great art without great sacrifice.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:05:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Silence: One host saw Silence alone in a theater around Christmas, calling it the movie event of the year; it opened December 23, 2016.
    “It was like the movie event of the year for me.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:40:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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