North by Northwest (1959)
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Wikidata Q223139, film, IMDb tt0053125, TMDB 213: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Rewatchables
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.
After Hours: 1 line the maker said so ×1
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lineage (influence):
North by Northwest ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's own account of his influences on the film).
The world-against-him framed-man structure of North by Northwest was an influence.
“That's sort of like the world is against him. He's been framed.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:28 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)
Connected to
After Hours: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (influence):
North by Northwest → After Hours.
The world-against-him framed-man structure of North by Northwest was an influence.
“That's sort of like the world is against him. He's been framed.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:28 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)
Panic Room: 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Panic Room → North by Northwest.
North by Northwest is the big cross-country picture; Fight Club plays that role for Fincher before Panic Room shrinks things down.
“It's very similar to Fight Club in that way.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz, first at 0:51:26, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey, first at 1:00:06, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey, first at 0:16:12, 2 times
- passing in The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster, first at 0:20:42, 1 time
- passing in The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag, first at 0:56:48, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Panic Room → North by Northwest.
North by Northwest is the big cross-country picture; Fight Club plays that role for Fincher before Panic Room shrinks things down.
“It's very similar to Fight Club in that way.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
lineage (1)
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lineage (influence):
North by Northwest → After Hours.
The world-against-him framed-man structure of North by Northwest was an influence.
“That's sort of like the world is against him. He's been framed.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:28 · unknown host (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.
- Alfred Hitchcock: director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, After Hours with Alison Sivitz)
- Cary Grant: star (The Big Picture, Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag)