Sexy Beast (2000)
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What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
The Big Picture
- Sean Fennessey: 4 lines in Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster
The Rewatchables
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
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
Ben Kingsley: 2 lines career ×1 people ×1
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people (people):
Sexy Beast → Ben Kingsley.
Glazer got one of the great 21st-century performances out of Ben Kingsley.
“gets one of the great performances of the 21st century out of Ben Kingsley”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:00:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
Allison Anders: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Sexy Beast → Allison Anders.
Sean links short CVs to Glazer and notes Anders got fewer shots and faded from memory.
“And then she didn't get as many shots.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:01:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
Bound: 1 line craft ×1
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craft (craft):
Bound → Sexy Beast.
Glazer ratchets tension in a gangster story much as Brian described the Wachowskis doing in Bound.
“ratchets tension, much like you were talking about with Bound”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:00:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
Ex Machina: 1 line craft ×1
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craft (craft):
Sexy Beast → Ex Machina.
Glazer, like Garland, applies the control and style of music-video days to a conventional genre story.
“very similar to Garland, in so far as the amount of control and style”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:00:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan, first at 0:18:01, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan, first at 0:25:58, 1 time
- subject in The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster, first at 1:00:12, 3 times
What was said about it, by kind
career (2)
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career (career):
Ben Kingsley → Sexy Beast.
Kingsley takes paychecks, then reminds everyone in Sexy Beast he is the best actor in the world.
“he would just be in Sexy Beast and you'd be like, oh, you're the best actor in the world.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:18:01 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Sexy Beast → Allison Anders.
Sean links short CVs to Glazer and notes Anders got fewer shots and faded from memory.
“And then she didn't get as many shots.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:01:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
craft (2)
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craft (craft):
Sexy Beast → Ex Machina.
Glazer, like Garland, applies the control and style of music-video days to a conventional genre story.
“very similar to Garland, in so far as the amount of control and style”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:00:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Bound → Sexy Beast.
Glazer ratchets tension in a gangster story much as Brian described the Wachowskis doing in Bound.
“ratchets tension, much like you were talking about with Bound”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:00:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
people (1)
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people (people):
Sexy Beast → Ben Kingsley.
Glazer got one of the great 21st-century performances out of Ben Kingsley.
“gets one of the great performances of the 21st century out of Ben Kingsley”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:00:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 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.
- Ben Kingsley: actor in Sexy Beast (The Big Picture, Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster)
- Ben Kingsley: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
- Jonathan Glazer: director of Sexy Beast (The Big Picture, Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster)
- Ray Winstone: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan)