City on Fire (1987)
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The Rewatchables' awards
Picked in other episodes
- Nerd Corner (pick) for Reservoir Dogs (1992): Says huge parts of City on Fire are Reservoir Dogs, which is the complicated thing about Tarantino. unknown · 0:49:12
Who talked about it
The Rewatchables
- Bill Simmons: 1 line in ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
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.
Quentin Tarantino: 1 line the host's read ×1
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industry (industry):
City on Fire ⇒ Quentin Tarantino (the host's read).
Tarantino was accused of ripping off many movies while he called it homage.
“He was saying he was doing homages and other people were saying, you just ripped off all of these 7 movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
Reservoir Dogs: 1 line the host's read ×1
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lineage (lineage):
City on Fire ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read).
City on Fire contains huge parts of Reservoir Dogs, which raises the homage-versus-theft question.
“This might make you mad to watch this movie because City on Fire is Reservoir Dogs.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:12 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
Connected to
Quentin Tarantino: 1 line industry ×1
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industry (industry):
Quentin Tarantino → City on Fire.
Tarantino was accused of ripping off many movies while he called it homage.
“He was saying he was doing homages and other people were saying, you just ripped off all of these 7 movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
Reservoir Dogs: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Reservoir Dogs → City on Fire.
City on Fire contains huge parts of Reservoir Dogs, which raises the homage-versus-theft question.
“This might make you mad to watch this movie because City on Fire is Reservoir Dogs.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:12 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:49:07, 3 times
What was said about it, by kind
industry (1)
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industry (industry):
Quentin Tarantino → City on Fire.
Tarantino was accused of ripping off many movies while he called it homage.
“He was saying he was doing homages and other people were saying, you just ripped off all of these 7 movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
lineage (1)
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lineage (lineage):
Reservoir Dogs → City on Fire.
City on Fire contains huge parts of Reservoir Dogs, which raises the homage-versus-theft question.
“This might make you mad to watch this movie because City on Fire is Reservoir Dogs.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:12 · unknown (0.35 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.
- Ringo Lam: director (The Rewatchables, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)