The Big Short (2015)

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Wikidata Q19850715, film, IMDb tt1596363, TMDB 318846: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.

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Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

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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.

The Social Network: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (ripped off): The Social Network ⇒ The Big Short (the host's read). David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
    “I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

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

Margin Call: 6 lines contrast ×2 verdict ×2 industry ×1 craft ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Margin Call → The Big Short. Simmons's hottest take: he likes Margin Call more than The Big Short.
    “I just like this movie more than the big short.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:04:08 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

The Wolf of Wall Street: 3 lines unmapped ×2 theme ×1

  1. theme (scene parallel): The Wolf of Wall Street → The Big Short. Margot Robbie in the bathtub explaining finance to camera mirrors The Big Short's device.
    “Margot Robbie in a bathtub and direct to camera speaking about, um, financial things, but and like simplifying them.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:43:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Adam McKay: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (director's early work): The Big Short → Adam McKay. McKay's first few sociopolitical comedies are good despite the turn on him.
    “those couple of 1st few like, um, sociopolitical comedies that he made are really good.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:44:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

F1: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): F1 → The Big Short. Both movies must teach the audience the rules while telling the story.
    “the big short is the only other movie that I can compare to this film that has to do work in order for the narrative to be understood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:51:44 · Van Lathan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Social Network: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (ripped off): The Social Network → The Big Short. David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
    “I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): Margin Call → The Big Short. Koppelman says the Big Short film does not equal Margin Call in conveying the psychology of the people who unleashed the crisis.
    “the movie, The Big Short, to me, doesn't really equal this film in letting us understand the psychology of the people who really like loose this thing on the world”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:04:16 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Margin Call → The Big Short. Koppelman: unlike Big Short, these people are not criminals by law, making this a crime movie with no prosecutable crime.
    “this is a crime movie with no prosecutable crime in it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:26:32 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): F1 → The Big Short. Both movies must teach the audience the rules while telling the story.
    “the big short is the only other movie that I can compare to this film that has to do work in order for the narrative to be understood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:51:44 · Van Lathan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Margin Call → The Big Short. Russillo compares Margin Call's overnight city-drive beat to McKay's silent montage with iPhones, which he says sold it better.
    “I think the big short sold that so much more.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:00:20 · Ryen Russillo (0.80 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Margin Call → The Big Short. Simmons says Big Short hurt Margin Call by swallowing its oxygen, making it less rewatchable on cable.
    “Big Short kind of swallowed up a little bit of the oxygen around this story.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:40 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (ripped off): The Social Network → The Big Short. David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
    “I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (director's early work): The Big Short → Adam McKay. McKay's first few sociopolitical comedies are good despite the turn on him.
    “those couple of 1st few like, um, sociopolitical comedies that he made are really good.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:44:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (scene parallel): The Wolf of Wall Street → The Big Short. Margot Robbie in the bathtub explaining finance to camera mirrors The Big Short's device.
    “Margot Robbie in a bathtub and direct to camera speaking about, um, financial things, but and like simplifying them.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:43:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (twin film): The Big Short → The Wolf of Wall Street. Both respond to the financial crash era, and both use direct address and a bathtub explanation.
    “They're they're really twin in a lot of ways.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:43:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (accomplishes more): The Big Short → The Wolf of Wall Street. Wolf accomplishes much of what The Big Short is trying to say, though Big Short is more specific.
    “there is a lot that the Wolf of Wall Street accomplishes. that obviate some of the big short as well.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:44:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Margin Call → The Big Short. Simmons's hottest take: he likes Margin Call more than The Big Short.
    “I just like this movie more than the big short.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:04:08 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Margin Call → The Big Short. Simmons's second take: one of the 10 best movies of the last 15 years.
    “this is one of the 10 best movies of the last 15 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:04:33 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

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