Infernal Affairs (2002)

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Wikidata Q714057, film, IMDb tt0338564, TMDB 10775: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.

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

Who talked about it

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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.

The Departed: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (remake source): Infernal Affairs ⇒ The Departed (the host's read). The Departed is a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, which is tighter.
    “It was called Infernal Affairs, the Hark Kong one?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:59:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

Martin Scorsese: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (remake analogy): Martin Scorsese → Infernal Affairs. Griffin compares Oplev's situation to Scorsese taking a crack at Infernal Affairs.
    “That's a bit of a like Scorsese Infernal Affairs thing where you're just like, look, if that guy wants to take a crack at it, who am I to stand in the way?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:54:35 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Departed: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (remake source): The Departed → Infernal Affairs. The Departed is a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, which is tighter.
    “It was called Infernal Affairs, the Hark Kong one?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:59:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (remake source): The Departed → Infernal Affairs. The Departed is a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, which is tighter.
    “It was called Infernal Affairs, the Hark Kong one?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:59:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (remake analogy): Martin Scorsese → Infernal Affairs. Griffin compares Oplev's situation to Scorsese taking a crack at Infernal Affairs.
    “That's a bit of a like Scorsese Infernal Affairs thing where you're just like, look, if that guy wants to take a crack at it, who am I to stand in the way?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:54:35 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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