Nightmare Alley (1947)

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Wikidata Q685234, film, IMDb tt0039661, TMDB 19169: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Edmund Goulding as director (‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt!).

The shows' “Nightmare Alley” is more than one work, told apart episode by episode: this one in 1 episode; Nightmare Alley (2021) in 4 episodes.

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.

Nightmare Alley: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (remake): Nightmare Alley ⇒ Nightmare Alley (the host's read). The 1947 film is a neutered version given 1940s moviemaking; the new one is bigger, bolder and better.
    “It's an interesting movie, a neutered version of the story, I would say, given the circumstances of movie making back in the 40s.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:03:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.95 sure it was them)

Connected to

Nightmare Alley: 3 lines lineage ×1 unmapped ×1 contrast ×1

  1. unmapped (ending): Nightmare Alley → Nightmare Alley. The new film keeps the novel's bleak ending, where the Tyrone Power version tacks on a happy Hollywood one.
    “there's the perfect ending, end it right here, and then you get that tacked on Hollywood ending where things are really, really happy.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:10:12 · Patton Oswalt (0.95 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (visual contrast): Nightmare Alley → Nightmare Alley. The 1947 film has great chiaroscuro photography but does not show how enticing a carnival is the way Del Toro does.
    “He's able to show you Del Toro is able to show you how enticing, um, a carnival is, no matter how evil”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:11:05 · Patton Oswalt (0.90 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (remake): Nightmare Alley → Nightmare Alley. The 1947 film is a neutered version given 1940s moviemaking; the new one is bigger, bolder and better.
    “It's an interesting movie, a neutered version of the story, I would say, given the circumstances of movie making back in the 40s.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:03:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.95 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (ending): Nightmare Alley → Nightmare Alley. The new film keeps the novel's bleak ending, where the Tyrone Power version tacks on a happy Hollywood one.
    “there's the perfect ending, end it right here, and then you get that tacked on Hollywood ending where things are really, really happy.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:10:12 · Patton Oswalt (0.95 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.