On the Waterfront (1954)

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Wikidata Q211372, film, IMDb tt0047296, TMDB 654: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Marlon Brando as actor (Raging Bull with David Krumholtz).

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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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.

Raging Bull: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (meta ending): On the Waterfront ⇒ Raging Bull (the host's read). LaMotta recites the Waterfront monologue flat; the film swapped it in for Shakespeare, which Michael Powell vetoed.
    “So they they instead go for the on the waterfront because that's kind of like that's his iconography.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 0:55:17 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

Marlon Brando: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Marlon Brando → On the Waterfront. Ruffalo cites Brando picking up the glove in On the Waterfront as improvised spontaneity.
    “When Brando reaches down and picks up the glove and puts it on his hand, which is an improvised moment on the waterfront.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:21:36 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Raging Bull: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (meta ending): Raging Bull → On the Waterfront. LaMotta recites the Waterfront monologue flat; the film swapped it in for Shakespeare, which Michael Powell vetoed.
    “So they they instead go for the on the waterfront because that's kind of like that's his iconography.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 0:55:17 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Sylvester Stallone: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Sylvester Stallone → On the Waterfront. Stallone may have wished to make more movies like On the Waterfront than the franchises that became golden handcuffs.
    “I would have liked to have made more movies that are like on the waterfront or whatever”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:22:27 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Sylvester Stallone → On the Waterfront. Stallone may have wished to make more movies like On the Waterfront than the franchises that became golden handcuffs.
    “I would have liked to have made more movies that are like on the waterfront or whatever”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:22:27 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Marlon Brando → On the Waterfront. Ruffalo cites Brando picking up the glove in On the Waterfront as improvised spontaneity.
    “When Brando reaches down and picks up the glove and puts it on his hand, which is an improvised moment on the waterfront.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:21:36 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (meta ending): Raging Bull → On the Waterfront. LaMotta recites the Waterfront monologue flat; the film swapped it in for Shakespeare, which Michael Powell vetoed.
    “So they they instead go for the on the waterfront because that's kind of like that's his iconography.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 0:55:17 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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