West Side Story (2021)

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Wikidata Q63643994, film, IMDb tt3581652, TMDB 511809: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Steven Spielberg as director (The 2022 Movie Draft); 4 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

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Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Mamma Mia!: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. craft (craft): West Side Story ⇒ Mamma Mia! (the host's read). In Dancing Queen, Baranski and Streep's chiffon skirts allow one Jerome Robbins-style moment that echoes West Side Story.
    “they do like one Jerome Robbins, like, uh, sachet moment.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:17:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

Lolita: 2 lines craft ×1 industry ×1

  1. craft (on-set music): West Side Story → Lolita. West Side Story music was played on set to make Shelley Winters cry.
    “And so they would play like West Side Story music to make Shelley Winters cry.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:28:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mamma Mia!: 2 lines contrast ×1 craft ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): West Side Story → Mamma Mia!. Spielberg's West Side Story is a modern movie musical that works because it adapts an older musical, unlike the modern-musical style Sean dislikes.
    “West Side Story, Spielberg's film. I think that's one of the best movie musicals of the last 50 years.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:04:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

The Fabelmans: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Fabelmans → West Side Story. Adam says late Spielberg makes two movies at once; West Side Story had nothing inside the tour de force, while The Fabelmans has a petty, thorny movie inside.
    “I like the other movie that's inside the Fablemans, which is like petty and thorny.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:05:03 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

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What was said about it, by kind

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): West Side Story → Mamma Mia!. Spielberg's West Side Story is a modern movie musical that works because it adapts an older musical, unlike the modern-musical style Sean dislikes.
    “West Side Story, Spielberg's film. I think that's one of the best movie musicals of the last 50 years.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:04:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): The Fabelmans → West Side Story. Adam says late Spielberg makes two movies at once; West Side Story had nothing inside the tour de force, while The Fabelmans has a petty, thorny movie inside.
    “I like the other movie that's inside the Fablemans, which is like petty and thorny.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:05:03 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Mamma Mia! → West Side Story. In Dancing Queen, Baranski and Streep's chiffon skirts allow one Jerome Robbins-style moment that echoes West Side Story.
    “they do like one Jerome Robbins, like, uh, sachet moment.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:17:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (on-set music): West Side Story → Lolita. West Side Story music was played on set to make Shelley Winters cry.
    “And so they would play like West Side Story music to make Shelley Winters cry.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:28:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (box-office rivals): West Side Story → Lolita. West Side Story was still number three in its 37th week.
    “It's in its 37th week of complete box office domination.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:11:42 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

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