Night and the City

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Who talked about it

The Big Picture

Came from

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Connected to

Jules Dassin: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Jules Dassin → Night and the City. Fennessey notes Dassin set the tone for a lot of film noir and crime tropes, which is why this is a cool vibe for a pro wrestling film.
    “set the tone for a lot of film noir and crime tropes over through his career”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:11:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

Richard Widmark: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Night and the City → Richard Widmark. Shoemaker says it is really a crime movie with great performances from Widmark and Gene Tierney, though wrestling is vital to the plot.
    “It's just, it's just a crime movie in a lot of ways, but it's got great performances, Richard Woodmark and Gene Tierney.”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:12:16 · David Shoemaker (0.80 sure it was them)

Rififi: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Night and the City → Rififi. Same sentence: Dassin made Night and the City between The Naked City and Rififi, the films that made him known as a crime-caper noir director.
    “made between the naked city and Rafifi”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:11:58 · David Shoemaker (0.80 sure it was them)

Stanislaus Zbyszko: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Night and the City → Stanislaus Zbyszko. Shoemaker says the film has one of the best prolonged wrestling scenes, with Zbyszko of all people.
    “one of the best, like, prolonged wrestling scenes in any movie, um, with Stanislaw's Obisco”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:11:23 · David Shoemaker (0.85 sure it was them)

The Naked City: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Night and the City → The Naked City. Shoemaker places Night and the City in Jules Dassin's career between The Naked City and Rififi.
    “made between the naked city and Rafifi”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:11:58 · David Shoemaker (0.80 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Night and the City → The Naked City. Shoemaker places Night and the City in Jules Dassin's career between The Naked City and Rififi.
    “made between the naked city and Rafifi”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:11:58 · David Shoemaker (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Night and the City → Rififi. Same sentence: Dassin made Night and the City between The Naked City and Rififi, the films that made him known as a crime-caper noir director.
    “made between the naked city and Rafifi”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:11:58 · David Shoemaker (0.80 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Jules Dassin → Night and the City. Fennessey notes Dassin set the tone for a lot of film noir and crime tropes, which is why this is a cool vibe for a pro wrestling film.
    “set the tone for a lot of film noir and crime tropes over through his career”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:11:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Night and the City → Stanislaus Zbyszko. Shoemaker says the film has one of the best prolonged wrestling scenes, with Zbyszko of all people.
    “one of the best, like, prolonged wrestling scenes in any movie, um, with Stanislaw's Obisco”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:11:23 · David Shoemaker (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Night and the City → Richard Widmark. Shoemaker says it is really a crime movie with great performances from Widmark and Gene Tierney, though wrestling is vital to the plot.
    “It's just, it's just a crime movie in a lot of ways, but it's got great performances, Richard Woodmark and Gene Tierney.”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:12:16 · David Shoemaker (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Night and the City: In 1940s-50s seedy New York noirs wrestling was an easy backdrop, but here it is more central than in most.
    “it's more central night in the city than most of those movies”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:12:43 · David Shoemaker (0.80 sure it was them)

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