What the corpus says about The Big Short (2015)

The 53 lines php artisan corpus:ask hands a model, in the order it gets them, and nothing else. The model writes a clerk's answer from these and only these.

What was said about it (12)

[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60)] The Social Network ⇒ The Big Short (the host's read) · lineage · 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."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:43:45 · unknown (0.40)] The Wolf of Wall Street ↔ The Big Short · theme · 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 Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:51:44 · Van Lathan (0.50)] F1 ↔ The Big Short · craft · 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 · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:00:20 · Ryen Russillo (0.80)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · craft · 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’ · 0:04:16 · Brian Koppelman (0.80)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · contrast · 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’ · 0:26:32 · Brian Koppelman (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · contrast · 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’ · 1:04:08 · Bill Simmons (0.90)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · verdict · 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’ · 1:04:33 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · verdict · 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’ · 0:59:40 · Bill Simmons (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · industry · 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 Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:43:56 · unknown (0.40)] The Big Short ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · twin film · 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’ · 0:44:13 · unknown (0.40)] The Big Short ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · accomplishes more · 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’ · 0:44:02 · unknown (0.40)] The Big Short ↔ Adam McKay · people · 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."

Films put beside it more than once (2)

[pairs] The Big Short ↔ Margin Call · said 6 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Big Short ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · said 3 times in 1 episode

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (32)

[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:23:57 · Brian Koppelman (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · programming · Koppelman's double-feature picks are Wolf of Wall Street or Sweet Smell of Success. · "Either wolf of Wall Street or sweet smell of success."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:23:57 · Brian Koppelman (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · programming · Koppelman's double-feature picks are Wolf of Wall Street or Sweet Smell of Success. · "Either wolf of Wall Street or sweet smell of success."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 1:01:08 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] F1 ↔ Drive to Survive (series) · programming · Drive to Survive is the 2020s reference point for F1's popularity. · "I'll give you a drive to survive reference."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) · 0:40:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Panic Room ↔ The Social Network · programming · Fincher movies are rewatchable and date-movie friendly, with the exception of Se7en; Social Network is the perfect date movie. · "Like social network, perfect date movie."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:24:02 · Ryen Russillo (0.80)] Margin Call ↔ Bright Lights, Big City · programming · Russillo's double-feature pick. · "Bright lights, big city."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:25:01 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Boiler Room ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read) · lineage · Koppelman says Boiler Room informed Wolf, being the fictional version of Jordan Belfort's story. · "Boiler Room really informed Wolf of Wall Street because Boiler Room was the fictional version of Jordan's story"
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:05:18 · Van Lathan (0.40)] F1 ↔ Gleaming the Cube · lineage · F1 revives the 80s star-plus-cultural-phenomenon movie like Gleaming the Cube and Over the Top. · "we used to do these movies, gleaming the cube, skateboarding over the top, arm wrestling"
[The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:56:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] The Social Network ⇒ Steve Jobs (the host's read) · lineage · Steve Jobs is called a worthy sequel to The Social Network on big tech and innovation. · "I think this is in many ways a worthy sequel to the social network"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:24:10 · Bill Simmons (0.75)] Margin Call ↔ Wall Street · programming · Simmons chooses Wall Street as the best double feature, a fun mix that complements. · "I would go Wall Street."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:54 · unknown (0.40)] The Wolf of Wall Street ⇒ One Battle After Another (the host's read) · lineage · Scorsese influenced PTA, and the uncomfortable-laughter humor of Wolf is very PTA. · "Scorsese is a huge influence on all filmmakers, including PTA, and there is a, like, a really screwed up level to the humor in this movie that is that is very PTA as well"
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:10:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] F1 ↔ Days of Thunder · lineage · Same kind of 1990 star-driven racing picture, but F1's camera work leaves it behind. · "This movie in 1990 was Days of Thunder, which was a very cool movie that I like a lot that we've done on the rewatchables, but it's night and day"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:11:24 · David Sims (0.50)] The Social Network ↔ Blackberry · lineage · Blackberry is named as the only movie to come close to The Social Network in the 13 years since. · "I think Blackberry is the only thing that has come close and then now 13 years since this movie came out."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show) · lineage · Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer. · "this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer"
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:27:43 · unknown (0.40)] The Wolf of Wall Street ↔ Gangs of New York · lineage · Leo arrived in Scorsese's world at Gangs of New York, which led to The Departed, Shutter Island and better Leo roles. · "if he doesn't make it, then you don't get the departed, you know, and you don't get Shutter Island and you don't get all these much more interesting Leo performances."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:14:21 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] F1 ↔ Top Gun: Maverick · lineage · Same director and a broadly similar story of an aging star in the cockpit. · "this movie gets compared to Top Gun Maverick a lot, same director"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:15:37 · David Sims (0.50)] The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) ↔ The Social Network · lineage · The film is technically an adapted screenplay but the speakers say Sorkin was working from the same research and the book proposal, not using the book as a template. · "But it's basically like this movie is using the same research that the book has called rather than Aaron Sorkin reading this book and using it as a template if that makes sense."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · Margin Call is in the finance-movie family that Wolf is the mothership of. · "This is, you know, the mothership."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Industry ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · The TV show Industry belongs to the same lineage of finance stories. · "Boiler room, margin call and industry."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 1:41:07 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] F1 ↔ Grand Prix · lineage · Frankenheimer's 1966 racing picture is the double-feature pick. · "I'm going Grand Prix, the John Frankenheimer movie from 66."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:26:04 · unknown (0.35)] The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) ↔ The Social Network · lineage · Sorkin had no finished book and worked from notes and a general structure, with little to do with the book that exists. · "but he doesn't really have much to do with the actual book that exists."
[The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:09:43 · Brian Koppelman (0.65)] Oliver Stone ⇒ Margin Call (the maker said so: Brian speaking about his own writing) · lineage · Oliver Stone is as big an influence on Brian's dialogue as anybody but Mamet. · "Oliver Stone's big an influence on the way that I write dialogue as anybody but Mammoth."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Boiler Room ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · Boiler Room, Margin Call and Industry are finance-bro stories that Wolf tops as the mothership. · "if you like these movies about how all the finance bros aren't living the good life, but also maybe not, you know, then this is the ultimate."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:07:16 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] F1 ↔ Chef · theme · Racing movies and Chef's cooking scene both beat watching the real thing. · "I love racing movies because they're basically awesomely edited."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:27:56 · unknown (0.35)] Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the maker said so) · lineage · Sorkin says a larger share of the movie than people expect is lifted directly from depositions and emails; the speaker reports he has pointed this out. · "But that's always a big thing he's pointed out is like a larger percentage of the movie that people, than people would expect is me just using direct transcripts verbatim."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:02:53 · Ryen Russillo (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ Liar's Poker · theme · Russillo links the movie's no-one-knows-what's-going-on feeling to Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker. · "I always think of that liar's poker effect from Michael Lewis"
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · Margin Call is in the finance-movie family that Wolf is the mothership of. · "This is, you know, the mothership."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:07:37 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] F1 ↔ Chef · theme · Cooking is cinematic in Chef the way racing is in F1: movies render the activity better than the real thing. · "I would say cooking movies or another one like that."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:48:25 · unknown (0.35)] Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the host's read) · lineage · The Facebook-creation blog post is almost entirely verbatim in the movie. · "It's almost entirely verbatim in the movie."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:20:50 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · theme · Koppelman names Wolf as the other movie he has watched most, for the psychology of its people. · "Wolf of Wall Street's the other movie I've probably watched the most"
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Wall Street ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · Oliver Stone's Wall Street is part of the lineage but feels small beside Wolf. · "That movie feels very small compared to Wolf of Wall Street."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:08:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] F1 ↔ The Color of Money · theme · Color of Money shows billiards as the most exciting cinematic thing; so racing movies work better than racing. · "if you watch Color of Money, you're like, Billiards is the most exciting cinematic thing"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:11:03 · David Sims (0.60)] The Social Network ↔ Dumb Money · theme · Dumb Money has no pretension of being the next Social Network but its attitude is that of the earlier film; the speakers say the film became a genre. · "there's nothing about that movie's attitude that's like, this is the next social network, but the attitude of that movie is like social network."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (5)

[speaker] Bill Simmons · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Loves the Friday series as a communal, rental-era memory and tells childhood stories about the ads and theaters. Likes casting what-ifs and sports analogies for everything. Skeptical of horror at Christmas and of anything that wastes the premise. · stances: Friday the 13th is not the best entry but the origin story had to be told; Friday 2 is a leap over the original
[speaker] Brian Koppelman · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · Loves craft: Chandor's economy, not speaking down, and actors like Tucci and Hoffman. Sucker for heightened workplace dialogue and one-night structures. · stances: Margin Call is among the 10 best of 15 years; Hanks does not play sleaze; Conflict structure over a night is the point
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Ryen Russillo · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · Deep-dives on 2008, finance, scene mechanics and detail; loves Irons's powerful-as-normal act and the sales-floor scene. Can't stand bad athletic casting. · stances: Irons is his favorite performance; Seth is next-generation; 2008 aged best for storytelling; Hot take: Demi Moore as scapegoat today
[speaker] Van Lathan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Enjoys the series for its sleaze, hang value and cheesy lines. Roots for Black-cast-free sendups and loves a flex category. Gravitates to Freddy and likes Kevin Bacon. · stances: Friday the 13th is a movie that did not need Black people; Rewards bad-hang awards and flex lists

The shows' running bits (2)

[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

The whole prompt

As the model gets it, from app/Ai/Prompts/CorpusAsk.md

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished The Big Short (2015) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about The Big Short (2015) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60)] The Social Network ⇒ The Big Short (the host's read) · lineage · 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."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:43:45 · unknown (0.40)] The Wolf of Wall Street ↔ The Big Short · theme · 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 Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:51:44 · Van Lathan (0.50)] F1 ↔ The Big Short · craft · 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 · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:00:20 · Ryen Russillo (0.80)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · craft · 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’ · 0:04:16 · Brian Koppelman (0.80)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · contrast · 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’ · 0:26:32 · Brian Koppelman (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · contrast · 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’ · 1:04:08 · Bill Simmons (0.90)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · verdict · 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’ · 1:04:33 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · verdict · 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’ · 0:59:40 · Bill Simmons (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ The Big Short · industry · 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 Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:43:56 · unknown (0.40)] The Big Short ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · twin film · 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’ · 0:44:13 · unknown (0.40)] The Big Short ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · accomplishes more · 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’ · 0:44:02 · unknown (0.40)] The Big Short ↔ Adam McKay · people · 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."
[pairs] The Big Short ↔ Margin Call · said 6 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Big Short ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · said 3 times in 1 episode
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:23:57 · Brian Koppelman (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · programming · Koppelman's double-feature picks are Wolf of Wall Street or Sweet Smell of Success. · "Either wolf of Wall Street or sweet smell of success."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:23:57 · Brian Koppelman (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · programming · Koppelman's double-feature picks are Wolf of Wall Street or Sweet Smell of Success. · "Either wolf of Wall Street or sweet smell of success."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 1:01:08 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] F1 ↔ Drive to Survive (series) · programming · Drive to Survive is the 2020s reference point for F1's popularity. · "I'll give you a drive to survive reference."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) · 0:40:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Panic Room ↔ The Social Network · programming · Fincher movies are rewatchable and date-movie friendly, with the exception of Se7en; Social Network is the perfect date movie. · "Like social network, perfect date movie."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:24:02 · Ryen Russillo (0.80)] Margin Call ↔ Bright Lights, Big City · programming · Russillo's double-feature pick. · "Bright lights, big city."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:25:01 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Boiler Room ⇒ The Wolf of Wall Street (the host's read) · lineage · Koppelman says Boiler Room informed Wolf, being the fictional version of Jordan Belfort's story. · "Boiler Room really informed Wolf of Wall Street because Boiler Room was the fictional version of Jordan's story"
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:05:18 · Van Lathan (0.40)] F1 ↔ Gleaming the Cube · lineage · F1 revives the 80s star-plus-cultural-phenomenon movie like Gleaming the Cube and Over the Top. · "we used to do these movies, gleaming the cube, skateboarding over the top, arm wrestling"
[The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:56:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] The Social Network ⇒ Steve Jobs (the host's read) · lineage · Steve Jobs is called a worthy sequel to The Social Network on big tech and innovation. · "I think this is in many ways a worthy sequel to the social network"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:24:10 · Bill Simmons (0.75)] Margin Call ↔ Wall Street · programming · Simmons chooses Wall Street as the best double feature, a fun mix that complements. · "I would go Wall Street."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:16:54 · unknown (0.40)] The Wolf of Wall Street ⇒ One Battle After Another (the host's read) · lineage · Scorsese influenced PTA, and the uncomfortable-laughter humor of Wolf is very PTA. · "Scorsese is a huge influence on all filmmakers, including PTA, and there is a, like, a really screwed up level to the humor in this movie that is that is very PTA as well"
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:10:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] F1 ↔ Days of Thunder · lineage · Same kind of 1990 star-driven racing picture, but F1's camera work leaves it behind. · "This movie in 1990 was Days of Thunder, which was a very cool movie that I like a lot that we've done on the rewatchables, but it's night and day"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:11:24 · David Sims (0.50)] The Social Network ↔ Blackberry · lineage · Blackberry is named as the only movie to come close to The Social Network in the 13 years since. · "I think Blackberry is the only thing that has come close and then now 13 years since this movie came out."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show) · lineage · Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer. · "this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer"
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:27:43 · unknown (0.40)] The Wolf of Wall Street ↔ Gangs of New York · lineage · Leo arrived in Scorsese's world at Gangs of New York, which led to The Departed, Shutter Island and better Leo roles. · "if he doesn't make it, then you don't get the departed, you know, and you don't get Shutter Island and you don't get all these much more interesting Leo performances."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:14:21 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] F1 ↔ Top Gun: Maverick · lineage · Same director and a broadly similar story of an aging star in the cockpit. · "this movie gets compared to Top Gun Maverick a lot, same director"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:15:37 · David Sims (0.50)] The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) ↔ The Social Network · lineage · The film is technically an adapted screenplay but the speakers say Sorkin was working from the same research and the book proposal, not using the book as a template. · "But it's basically like this movie is using the same research that the book has called rather than Aaron Sorkin reading this book and using it as a template if that makes sense."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · Margin Call is in the finance-movie family that Wolf is the mothership of. · "This is, you know, the mothership."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Industry ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · The TV show Industry belongs to the same lineage of finance stories. · "Boiler room, margin call and industry."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 1:41:07 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] F1 ↔ Grand Prix · lineage · Frankenheimer's 1966 racing picture is the double-feature pick. · "I'm going Grand Prix, the John Frankenheimer movie from 66."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:26:04 · unknown (0.35)] The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) ↔ The Social Network · lineage · Sorkin had no finished book and worked from notes and a general structure, with little to do with the book that exists. · "but he doesn't really have much to do with the actual book that exists."
[The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:09:43 · Brian Koppelman (0.65)] Oliver Stone ⇒ Margin Call (the maker said so: Brian speaking about his own writing) · lineage · Oliver Stone is as big an influence on Brian's dialogue as anybody but Mamet. · "Oliver Stone's big an influence on the way that I write dialogue as anybody but Mammoth."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Boiler Room ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · Boiler Room, Margin Call and Industry are finance-bro stories that Wolf tops as the mothership. · "if you like these movies about how all the finance bros aren't living the good life, but also maybe not, you know, then this is the ultimate."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:07:16 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] F1 ↔ Chef · theme · Racing movies and Chef's cooking scene both beat watching the real thing. · "I love racing movies because they're basically awesomely edited."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:27:56 · unknown (0.35)] Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the maker said so) · lineage · Sorkin says a larger share of the movie than people expect is lifted directly from depositions and emails; the speaker reports he has pointed this out. · "But that's always a big thing he's pointed out is like a larger percentage of the movie that people, than people would expect is me just using direct transcripts verbatim."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:02:53 · Ryen Russillo (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ Liar's Poker · theme · Russillo links the movie's no-one-knows-what's-going-on feeling to Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker. · "I always think of that liar's poker effect from Michael Lewis"
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · Margin Call is in the finance-movie family that Wolf is the mothership of. · "This is, you know, the mothership."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:07:37 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] F1 ↔ Chef · theme · Cooking is cinematic in Chef the way racing is in F1: movies render the activity better than the real thing. · "I would say cooking movies or another one like that."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:48:25 · unknown (0.35)] Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the host's read) · lineage · The Facebook-creation blog post is almost entirely verbatim in the movie. · "It's almost entirely verbatim in the movie."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:20:50 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · theme · Koppelman names Wolf as the other movie he has watched most, for the psychology of its people. · "Wolf of Wall Street's the other movie I've probably watched the most"
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Wall Street ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · Oliver Stone's Wall Street is part of the lineage but feels small beside Wolf. · "That movie feels very small compared to Wolf of Wall Street."
[The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ · 0:08:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] F1 ↔ The Color of Money · theme · Color of Money shows billiards as the most exciting cinematic thing; so racing movies work better than racing. · "if you watch Color of Money, you're like, Billiards is the most exciting cinematic thing"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network · 0:11:03 · David Sims (0.60)] The Social Network ↔ Dumb Money · theme · Dumb Money has no pretension of being the next Social Network but its attitude is that of the earlier film; the speakers say the film became a genre. · "there's nothing about that movie's attitude that's like, this is the next social network, but the attitude of that movie is like social network."
[speaker] Bill Simmons · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Loves the Friday series as a communal, rental-era memory and tells childhood stories about the ads and theaters. Likes casting what-ifs and sports analogies for everything. Skeptical of horror at Christmas and of anything that wastes the premise. · stances: Friday the 13th is not the best entry but the origin story had to be told; Friday 2 is a leap over the original
[speaker] Brian Koppelman · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · Loves craft: Chandor's economy, not speaking down, and actors like Tucci and Hoffman. Sucker for heightened workplace dialogue and one-night structures. · stances: Margin Call is among the 10 best of 15 years; Hanks does not play sleaze; Conflict structure over a night is the point
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Ryen Russillo · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · Deep-dives on 2008, finance, scene mechanics and detail; loves Irons's powerful-as-normal act and the sales-floor scene. Can't stand bad athletic casting. · stances: Irons is his favorite performance; Seth is next-generation; 2008 aged best for storytelling; Hot take: Demi Moore as scapegoat today
[speaker] Van Lathan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Enjoys the series for its sleaze, hang value and cheesy lines. Roots for Black-cast-free sendups and loves a flex category. Gravitates to Freddy and likes Kevin Bacon. · stances: Friday the 13th is a movie that did not need Black people; Rewards bad-hang awards and flex lists
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with The Big Short (2015); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend The Big Short (2015) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.