8mm (1999)

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Wikidata Q274973, film, IMDb tt0134273, TMDB 8224: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Joaquin Phoenix as actor (As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard); 1 more episode agrees.

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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.

Hardcore: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (rip-off): Hardcore ⇒ 8mm (the host's read). Says 8mm directly rips off Hardcore, in the style of Se7en.
    “It's ripping off hardcore in the style of seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:42:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Seven: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (rip-off): Seven ⇒ 8mm (the host's read). Calls 8mm Schumacher ripping off Se7en.
    “8 millimeter is Schumacher ripping off seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:41:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

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

Unfriended: Dark Web: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): 8mm ⇒ Unfriended: Dark Web (the host's read). Dark Web, about buying snuff on the dark web, is an unofficial sequel to 8MM.
    “It's sort of an unofficial sequel to 8 millimeter.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:48:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

Andrew Kevin Walker: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Andrew Kevin Walker → 8mm. Walker followed Se7en with 8mm; the speakers call it his Casino, a 98-out-of-100 version.
    “I feel like 8 millimeter is Andrew Kevin Walker's casino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:26 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)

Eyes Wide Shut: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Eyes Wide Shut → 8mm. Eyes Wide Shut's costume shop and 8MM's Joaquin Phoenix working at an adult store are jobs that know the dark world.
    “Actually, now that we're talking about this, the Joaquin Phoenix, an 8 millimeter.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:56:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Hardcore: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (rip-off): 8mm → Hardcore. Says 8mm directly rips off Hardcore, in the style of Se7en.
    “It's ripping off hardcore in the style of seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:42:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Joaquin Phoenix: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Joaquin Phoenix → 8mm. Phoenix gives a really good performance in a bad movie.
    “Oh, Joaquin Phoenix an 8 millimeter, by the way.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:06:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Joel Schumacher: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Joel Schumacher → 8mm. Roberts named Flatliners and Gandolfini named 8mm as their regrets; both are Schumacher films.
    “And then Julie Roberts said, oh, we both said Joel Schumacher movies.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:07:33 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)

Seven: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (rip-off): 8mm → Seven. Calls 8mm Schumacher ripping off Se7en.
    “8 millimeter is Schumacher ripping off seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:41:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Unfriended: Dark Web: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Unfriended: Dark Web → 8mm. Dark Web, about buying snuff on the dark web, is an unofficial sequel to 8MM.
    “It's sort of an unofficial sequel to 8 millimeter.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:48:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Andrew Kevin Walker → 8mm. Walker followed Se7en with 8mm; the speakers call it his Casino, a 98-out-of-100 version.
    “I feel like 8 millimeter is Andrew Kevin Walker's casino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:26 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Joaquin Phoenix → 8mm. Phoenix gives a really good performance in a bad movie.
    “Oh, Joaquin Phoenix an 8 millimeter, by the way.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:06:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (3)

  1. lineage (lineage): Unfriended: Dark Web → 8mm. Dark Web, about buying snuff on the dark web, is an unofficial sequel to 8MM.
    “It's sort of an unofficial sequel to 8 millimeter.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:48:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (rip-off): 8mm → Seven. Calls 8mm Schumacher ripping off Se7en.
    “8 millimeter is Schumacher ripping off seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:41:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (rip-off): 8mm → Hardcore. Says 8mm directly rips off Hardcore, in the style of Se7en.
    “It's ripping off hardcore in the style of seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:42:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Joel Schumacher → 8mm. Roberts named Flatliners and Gandolfini named 8mm as their regrets; both are Schumacher films.
    “And then Julie Roberts said, oh, we both said Joel Schumacher movies.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:07:33 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Eyes Wide Shut → 8mm. Eyes Wide Shut's costume shop and 8MM's Joaquin Phoenix working at an adult store are jobs that know the dark world.
    “Actually, now that we're talking about this, the Joaquin Phoenix, an 8 millimeter.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:56:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about 8mm: Chris describes the needle-reset-on-a-record scare as a terrifying moment.
    “and there's a vinyl record playing, and it runs out, and then you hear the needle get reset from another room”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:06:49 · Chris Gethard (0.70 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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