The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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Wikidata Q47482560, film, IMDb tt6587046, TMDB 508883: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.

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

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

Hayao Miyazaki: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (synthesis of oeuvre): The Boy and the Heron → Hayao Miyazaki. Watching a few earlier Miyazaki films first reveals the Heron as a synthesis.
    “if you watch like 2 or 3 beforehand and then watch it, you'll see that there's like a synthesis going on.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:13:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Spirited Away: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (more challenging than): The Boy and the Heron → Spirited Away. Spirited Away is a classic linear movie; Boy and the Heron is harder to follow for kids.
    “I don't think it made as much sense to them as spirited away, a classic linear movie.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:18:45 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (more challenging than): The Boy and the Heron → Spirited Away. Spirited Away is a classic linear movie; Boy and the Heron is harder to follow for kids.
    “I don't think it made as much sense to them as spirited away, a classic linear movie.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:18:45 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (synthesis of oeuvre): The Boy and the Heron → Hayao Miyazaki. Watching a few earlier Miyazaki films first reveals the Heron as a synthesis.
    “if you watch like 2 or 3 beforehand and then watch it, you'll see that there's like a synthesis going on.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:13:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

None.

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.