The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

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Wikidata Q144483, film, IMDb tt0104691, TMDB 9361: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Michael Mann as director (Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons); 2 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

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

Daniel Day-Lewis: 2 lines craft ×1 people ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Last of the Mohicans → Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis learned to make muskets for his method.
    “Daniel, Day Lewis was like, I'm going to go learn how to make, you know, muskets”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:49 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Michael Mann: 2 lines people ×1 career ×1

  1. people (people): The Last of the Mohicans → Michael Mann. Mohicans was a rare Western that felt like Michael Mann meets MTV.
    “That's why Last of the Mohicans was so interesting when it came out because it was like Michael Mann meets MTV.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

The Insider: 2 lines craft ×2

  1. craft (craft): The Insider → The Last of the Mohicans. The Insider is where Mann starts making wild formal decisions, after the romantic landscape painting of Mohicans and the urban Heat.
    “And then Insider marks where man starts making all these really wild formal decisions.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:27 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Avatar: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Avatar → The Last of the Mohicans. Avatar's body-swap makes Jake literally become the people, unlike a Mohicans-style interloper.
    “imagine if there was a movie about, like, if, like, the last of the Mohicans was about Daniel Day-Lewis entering the constructed body of a Native American.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:55:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Black Hat: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): The Last of the Mohicans → Black Hat. Mann's look ranges from the classical Mohicans to the pinhole cameras of Black Hat.
    “this sort of classical look of last the Mohicans all the way to the, you know, the sort of pinhole cameras of black hat.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:11:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Heat: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Last of the Mohicans → Heat. Heat is described as the urban version of Last of the Mohicans, a step in Mann's progression toward The Insider.
    “Then you've got heat, which in some ways is the urban version of Last of the Mohicans.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:22 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Lady in the Water: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (scene echo): Lady in the Water → The Last of the Mohicans. Relaying the myth through third-hand translation is compared to the Last of the Mohicans scene of language relay.
    “It's like the scene in the Last of the Mohicans where Daniel Day-Louis has to have the British guys speak French to the Native Americans who only speak French.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:16:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Miami Vice: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): The Last of the Mohicans → Miami Vice. Ranked below Miami Vice; defended against listeners who blamed guest Dana Stevens for a flat episode.
    “Not my kind of movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:10:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): The Last of the Mohicans → Black Hat. Mann's look ranges from the classical Mohicans to the pinhole cameras of Black Hat.
    “this sort of classical look of last the Mohicans all the way to the, you know, the sort of pinhole cameras of black hat.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:11:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): The Last of the Mohicans → Michael Mann. Mohicans becomes an outlier in Mann's filmography because of the direction he took afterward.
    “it winds up becoming more of an outlier because of the direction he went in afterwards.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 1:02:29 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Avatar → The Last of the Mohicans. Avatar's body-swap makes Jake literally become the people, unlike a Mohicans-style interloper.
    “imagine if there was a movie about, like, if, like, the last of the Mohicans was about Daniel Day-Lewis entering the constructed body of a Native American.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:55:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): The Insider → The Last of the Mohicans. The Insider is where Mann starts making wild formal decisions, after the romantic landscape painting of Mohicans and the urban Heat.
    “And then Insider marks where man starts making all these really wild formal decisions.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:27 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): The Insider → The Last of the Mohicans. The same cinematographer, Dante Spinotti, shot both Mann films.
    “Dante Spinati, who shot last night, he can shot. He also shoots the insider”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:38 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): The Last of the Mohicans → Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis learned to make muskets for his method.
    “Daniel, Day Lewis was like, I'm going to go learn how to make, you know, muskets”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:49 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): The Last of the Mohicans → Heat. Heat is described as the urban version of Last of the Mohicans, a step in Mann's progression toward The Insider.
    “Then you've got heat, which in some ways is the urban version of Last of the Mohicans.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:22 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): The Last of the Mohicans → Michael Mann. Mohicans was a rare Western that felt like Michael Mann meets MTV.
    “That's why Last of the Mohicans was so interesting when it came out because it was like Michael Mann meets MTV.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): The Last of the Mohicans → Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel Day-Lewis at his hottest is part of the pitch for Mohicans.
    “Danley Lewis at his hottest.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 1:02:53 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (scene echo): Lady in the Water → The Last of the Mohicans. Relaying the myth through third-hand translation is compared to the Last of the Mohicans scene of language relay.
    “It's like the scene in the Last of the Mohicans where Daniel Day-Louis has to have the British guys speak French to the Native Americans who only speak French.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:16:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): The Last of the Mohicans → Miami Vice. Ranked below Miami Vice; defended against listeners who blamed guest Dana Stevens for a flat episode.
    “Not my kind of movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:10:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Last of the Mohicans: Gift number five: Sean says see it in a rep theater; the score is gorgeous.
    “If you ever get a chance to see this in a rep theater, please go see it.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 1:02:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

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