Safe (1995)

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Wikidata Q2731453, film, IMDb tt0114323, TMDB 32646: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Todd Haynes as director (Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons); 2 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

The Big Picture

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

May December: 2 lines unmapped ×1 theme ×1

  1. theme (voice by character): Safe → May December. Moore chose a detached voice for Carol White and a child-like lisp for Gracie, each reflecting the character's self-story.
    “with Carol White, that my decision was based on the fact that this is a woman who was not attached to her own body”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:53:15 · Julianne Moore (0.85 sure it was them)

Far from Heaven: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (original vs derived): Far from Heaven → Safe. Haynes says Safe and Far from Heaven were original stories but Far from Heaven derives much from other movies.
    “safe was an original story and far from heaven was the original story, but it derives so much from other movies as well.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:55:37 · Todd Haynes (0.90 sure it was them)

Lindsay Law: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (financing): Safe → Lindsay Law. The blurred audition tape was shown to American Playhouse's Lindsay Law while closing financing.
    “Uh, Lindsay Law from American Playhouse, I believe.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:50:07 · Todd Haynes (0.90 sure it was them)

Todd Haynes: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Safe → Todd Haynes. Safe would be one or two on a list if it were a debut, but Haynes's first was Superstar.
    “Because safe would be, you know, as one or 2 on my list”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:03:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Safe → Todd Haynes. Safe would be one or two on a list if it were a debut, but Haynes's first was Superstar.
    “Because safe would be, you know, as one or 2 on my list”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:03:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (financing): Safe → Lindsay Law. The blurred audition tape was shown to American Playhouse's Lindsay Law while closing financing.
    “Uh, Lindsay Law from American Playhouse, I believe.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:50:07 · Todd Haynes (0.90 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (original vs derived): Far from Heaven → Safe. Haynes says Safe and Far from Heaven were original stories but Far from Heaven derives much from other movies.
    “safe was an original story and far from heaven was the original story, but it derives so much from other movies as well.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:55:37 · Todd Haynes (0.90 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (voice by character): Safe → May December. Moore chose a detached voice for Carol White and a child-like lisp for Gracie, each reflecting the character's self-story.
    “with Carol White, that my decision was based on the fact that this is a woman who was not attached to her own body”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:53:15 · Julianne Moore (0.85 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (creative counterpart): May December → Safe. Haynes and Moore's collaboration traces to Moore's Safe audition; it is their fifth film together.
    “This is your 5th collaboration.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:48:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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