What the corpus says about The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The 60 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 (19)

[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:51:47 · Bill Simmons (0.65)] Misery ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · programming · Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter came back to back, two great thriller characters in 12 months. · "Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter, back to back ears."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:50:02 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] Manhunter ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · programming · Chris pairs Manhunter with Silence of the Lambs on his annual rewatch. · "I think I often pair it with Silence of the Lambs."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) · 0:53:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] The Silence of the Lambs ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read) · lineage · The switcheroo with the dad and Raoul is a little Silence of the Lambs homage. · "A little silence of lambs homage."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Manhunter ⇒ The Silence of the Lambs (the host's read) · lineage · Silence of the Lambs and the Hannibal Lecter universe come in the aftermath of Manhunter. · "Obviously, like Silence of the Lambs and the expanded Hannibal Lecter universe comes in the aftermath of this"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:18:58 · unknown (0.30)] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ 2010: The Year We Make Contact · lineage · Jokes that Clarke's sequel is a straightforward explainer while Thomas Harris went for the most hateful story imaginable. · "But of course, I would say Arthur C. Clark wrote a pretty sort of straightforward sci-fi sequel book that does try to explain what was going on in 2001, whereas Thomas Harris ripped his guts open"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:58:21 · Chris Ryan (0.45)] Seven ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · theme · Both keep the murders off screen and are not about exploiting violence. · "And silence of the lambs is pretty similar."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:50:30 · Chris Ryan (0.45)] Seven ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · craft · Both belong to the era of thrillers where the killer is found by cracking a word code or a weird clue. · "There's also that vibe of a lot of some other thrillers from this time period."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac · 1:51:16 · unknown (0.30)] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ Zodiac · craft · Belli looks straight into camera, called the Lambs cam. · "the lambs cam."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:05:33 · Jason Concepcion (0.70)] Cruella ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · contrast · Jason jokes Cruella is a Silence of the Lambs prequel about skin. · "It's kind of like, it's like a silence of the Lambs prequel as well, you know?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 0:10:34 · Jon Gabrus (0.60)] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ Full Metal Jacket · people · Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs is a similar case of a performance that explains a whole career. · "Hopkins and Silence of the Lambs is like a similar thing."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ · 0:52:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ Manhunter · fun villain · Hopkins makes Lecter delightful so Silence is rewatched more than the terrifying Manhunter, an argument Simmons uses to defend a fun Costello. · "I watch Signs of the Lambs, more than Manhunter, partially because Anthony Hopkins is like almost delightful to watch, whereas Brian Cox is just terrifying in Manhunter."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ · 0:19:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Ed Gein ⇒ The Silence of the Lambs (the host's read) · lineage · Ed Gein had a big Hollywood footprint; Silence of the Lambs and Manhunter touched on him. · "A lot of people, silence the lambs, touched on Ed Geen."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:55:16 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Penn Badgley ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · contrast · Compared to Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, Simmons can't unravel Badgley from You. · "It's like Anthony Hopkins and Silence and Lambs."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ · 0:13:25 · Bill Simmons (0.80)] Anthony Hopkins ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · career · Silence made Hopkins an A-lister and a strange mainstream path followed. · "Silence of the Lambs became an absolute cultural phenomenon."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) · 1:16:43 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Anthony Hopkins ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · career · Hopkins's Oscar came via Foster and Silence of the Lambs. · "She won him an Oscar."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:12:48 · David Sims (0.40)] Anthony Hopkins ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · career · The Hannibal series pivoted to a prequel to Silence of the Lambs with an actor decades older. · "Remake a prequel."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) · 0:29:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Jodie Foster ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · verdict · Sean still thinks Silence of the Lambs is the best thing she has been part of. · "I still think is probably the best thing she's ever been a part of"
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ · 0:10:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Gunnar Hansen ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · unintentional comedy · Leatherface's unintentional comedy scores 98 on a 100 scale, just behind Buffalo Bill at 100. · "If Buffalo Bill is a 100 at a 100, Leatherface is like a 98."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · 0:46:23 · unknown (0.30)] Steven Zaillian ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · passed on · Zaillian was first choice to adapt Silence of the Lambs and regretted passing. · "Steven Salian was the 1st choice to adapt the Silence of the Lambs, and his wife had told him, don't do it."

Films put beside it more than once (2)

[pairs] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ Manhunter · said 3 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ Seven · said 2 times in 1 episode

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (30)

[The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ · 0:19:23 · Chris Ryan (0.45)] Ed Gein ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read) · lineage · Manhunter and the Hannibal Lecter material also draw on Gein. · "I mean, Manhunter."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:17:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Seven ↔ The Shawshank Redemption · programming · Both are movies you get sucked into on cable by the last 40 minutes. · "The same thing with Shawshank."
[Blank Check · Dune · 2:54:20 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 was made because the novel sequel existed, a movie made just because they had to. · "Because Arthur C. Clark had come out with a 2010 novel."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ · 1:29:06 · Shea Serrano (0.60)] Emma Stone ↔ Cruella · programming · Stone's next move after the La La Land Oscar was Cruella, as in an evil Stone origin story from 101 Dalmatians. · "Hey, do you want to see a movie where Emma Stone is evil?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 0:56:40 · David Sims (0.60)] The Woman King ↔ Full Metal Jacket · programming · Both films are about how much you have to break your brain to survive training for war. · "But it's the thing that like Woman King goes into a lot as well of like, how much you have to break your brain to survive an environment like this, right?"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Thomas Harris ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read) · lineage · Manhunter is Mann's Thomas Harris adaptation. · "Um, the Thomas Harris adaptation."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:04:37 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Seven ↔ Heat · lineage · Grouped with Usual Suspects, Heat and Casino as the four defining 1995 movies, three of which were shut out at the Oscars. · "Our usual suspects, which we recently did, Heat Casino in seven."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:02:34 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 is the sequel to 2001; the speaker's reaction to the Kubrick film is the benchmark throughout. · "And I said, oh, you know, 2010, the sequel to 2001 and they were like, the what?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ · 1:28:52 · Shea Serrano (0.50)] 101 Dalmatians ⇒ Cruella (the host's read) · lineage · Cruella is the origin story of the evil lady from 101 Dalmatians who wants coats from dog fur. · "Cruella is the origin story of this lady."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:43 · Lorenz Tate (0.80)] Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Dead Presidents (the maker said so: Lorenz Tate recalling the Hughes brothers' videotapes) · lineage · Allen Hughes made a VHS of Vietnam scenes; Tate was assigned Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Platoon. · "So I watched Full Metal Jacket."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:51:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Manhunter ↔ Elmore Leonard · theme · The Florida Keys setting evokes a lot of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen territory. · "there's a lot of Elmore Leonard stuff down there, a lot of Carl Hyasen stuff down there."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Seven (the host's read) · lineage · Se7en is a Hitchcock movie in its pulling-your-chain structure of mystery, reveal and anxiety, and Hitchcock is Fincher's biggest influence. · "I think as much as this seems like a modern movie, it's also just completely a Hitchcock movie in so many ways."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:17:20 · unknown (0.40)] 2010: Odyssey Two (novel) ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · The film exists because Clarke published the sequel novel. · "Arthur C. Clark, of course, did publish a sequel to 2001 called 2010."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ · 1:29:46 · Juliet Litman (0.45)] Cruella ↔ Easy A · theme · If Easy A's unlikely premise worked, maybe a Cruella movie for kids can too. · "And they made it work."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 0:25:08 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Short-Timers (novel) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read) · lineage · Kubrick's film is based on Gustav Hasford's novel and keeps its three-part structure. · "Stanley Kubrick's film, 1987, based on the novel, The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 1:11:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Thief ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read) · craft · Thief's final shootout is a dry run for Manhunter's. · "That whole shootout is very reminiscent of the shootout at the end of Manhunter"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:15:19 · Chris Ryan (0.55)] Seven ⇒ True Detective (the host's read) · lineage · Se7en's influence shows in True Detective from the title sequence to the characters, though True Detective's first season flinches at the dark ending. · "you can see the influence of of 7 on things like True Detective from the title sequence to the characters."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:18:44 · unknown (0.35)] Hannibal ↔ 2010: The Year We Make Contact · lineage · The sequel arriving a decade-plus later after audiences demanded it, over the original team's refusal, is called a real Hannibal situation. · "It's like a real Hannibal situation."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 1:05:50 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] R. Lee Ermey ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read) · lineage · Per the dossier Hartman's insults came right from Ermey, whom Kubrick had write down what he screamed. · "No, obviously this guy is perfect and would write down everything he said because all the insults came right from him"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] William Friedkin ⇒ Seven (the maker said so) · lineage · Fincher drew from Friedkin and wanted it to feel like an episode of Cops. · "he's drawn from like Friedkin, but he's also, he's, he's referenced like how he wanted it to feel like an episode of cops."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey · 0:11:43 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · The film has a sequel, and Clarke wrote three sequel novels. · "Obviously, the sequel exists."
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] A Star Is Born ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Offered as a second answer to best half-movie: everything up to the first time she sings Shallow is dynamite. · "everything leading up to the 1st time she sings shallow on stage, which is like, I think an hour, maybe a little bit less."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:29:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Seven ↔ Lethal Weapon · lineage · Mills plays the reckless young cop with Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon energy. · "he's playing that like Mel Gibson and lethal weapon energy"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:06:48 · unknown (0.35)] 2010: The Year We Make Contact ↔ Interstellar · theme · The speaker finds 2010 closer in feel to Interstellar than to 2001. · "I found it interesting that in a lot of ways this movie feels less like dumb 2001 to me and more like dumb interstellar."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 0:18:12 · unknown (0.30)] Stripes ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Compared as boot-camp movies, though Stripes loses interest after basic. · "It's it's a little bit like stripes, except the differences."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:55:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Seven ⇒ Nine Inch Nails (the host's read) · lineage · Se7en caught industrial rock at its peak and led to Fincher-Reznor scores. · "Fincher and Rezner go on to make this incredible partnership"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:07:48 · unknown (0.35)] 2010: The Year We Make Contact ↔ Creed · theme · The Zarathustra cue at the end is likened to Gonna Fly Now at the end of Creed: a movie that earned the right to the cue. · "It almost feels like fucking gonna fly now playing at the end of Creed where you're like, the movie's worked this hard to earn the right."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 0:30:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Platoon ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · At release critics said Platoon's visceral combat made Kubrick's sound-stage Vietnam look less real. · "Kubrick doing this on sound stages isn't the same."
[Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:13:07 · unknown (0.30)] All That Jazz ⇒ Seven (the maker said so) · lineage · A host recalls a Fincher film the show covered where he cited All That Jazz as an inspiration for the look, maybe Seven. · "where he cited how much of an inspiration all that jazz was for him for the look of the movie?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:28:11 · unknown (0.40)] 2010: Odyssey Two (novel) ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the maker said so) · theme · Dr. Chandra is Indian in the book; the film made him American, per Balaban. · "Bob Balaban said they changed his nationalities from Indian to American because they thought it would be confusing to have another nationality who've got the Russians and the Americans up there."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (6)

[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] Chris Ryan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · A franchise and genre scholar who likes Jason, the early sequels, and Manhattan; attention to trivia, tropes and critic reception. Treats slashers as a canon with tiers. · stances: Parts 1, 2, 4 and Manhattan are the good ones; The series finds its legs at 4
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[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] Jason Concepcion · latest sketch, The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · Loves a musical, Donnie Yen action, and the 1998 Mulan with its Eddie Murphy humor. Finds the remake kind of boring and wants a grounded, historical version. Sucker for political and economic framing of film controversy. · stances: The remake is fine in a vacuum, a disappointment as a Mulan; Wants a more historical, less magical take; Sees the Mulan controversy as a symptom of the West-China economic experiment; Missing music means missing storytelling
[speaker] Jon Gabrus · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · Action-movie guy from Action Boys who loves war films, 80s actioners, Michael Mann and synth scores. Has rewatched the film at different ages and now prizes the journalism section; can't stand the Iraq war cash-ins. · stances: the first part is the best part and the second half is underrated; Hartman is the nexus of the movie drill sergeant; the Jarhead sequels are cynical

The shows' running bits (3)

[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] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)
[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 Silence of the Lambs (1991) 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 Silence of the Lambs (1991) 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.

[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:51:47 · Bill Simmons (0.65)] Misery ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · programming · Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter came back to back, two great thriller characters in 12 months. · "Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter, back to back ears."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:50:02 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] Manhunter ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · programming · Chris pairs Manhunter with Silence of the Lambs on his annual rewatch. · "I think I often pair it with Silence of the Lambs."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) · 0:53:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] The Silence of the Lambs ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read) · lineage · The switcheroo with the dad and Raoul is a little Silence of the Lambs homage. · "A little silence of lambs homage."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Manhunter ⇒ The Silence of the Lambs (the host's read) · lineage · Silence of the Lambs and the Hannibal Lecter universe come in the aftermath of Manhunter. · "Obviously, like Silence of the Lambs and the expanded Hannibal Lecter universe comes in the aftermath of this"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:18:58 · unknown (0.30)] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ 2010: The Year We Make Contact · lineage · Jokes that Clarke's sequel is a straightforward explainer while Thomas Harris went for the most hateful story imaginable. · "But of course, I would say Arthur C. Clark wrote a pretty sort of straightforward sci-fi sequel book that does try to explain what was going on in 2001, whereas Thomas Harris ripped his guts open"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:58:21 · Chris Ryan (0.45)] Seven ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · theme · Both keep the murders off screen and are not about exploiting violence. · "And silence of the lambs is pretty similar."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:50:30 · Chris Ryan (0.45)] Seven ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · craft · Both belong to the era of thrillers where the killer is found by cracking a word code or a weird clue. · "There's also that vibe of a lot of some other thrillers from this time period."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac · 1:51:16 · unknown (0.30)] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ Zodiac · craft · Belli looks straight into camera, called the Lambs cam. · "the lambs cam."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:05:33 · Jason Concepcion (0.70)] Cruella ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · contrast · Jason jokes Cruella is a Silence of the Lambs prequel about skin. · "It's kind of like, it's like a silence of the Lambs prequel as well, you know?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 0:10:34 · Jon Gabrus (0.60)] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ Full Metal Jacket · people · Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs is a similar case of a performance that explains a whole career. · "Hopkins and Silence of the Lambs is like a similar thing."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ · 0:52:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ Manhunter · fun villain · Hopkins makes Lecter delightful so Silence is rewatched more than the terrifying Manhunter, an argument Simmons uses to defend a fun Costello. · "I watch Signs of the Lambs, more than Manhunter, partially because Anthony Hopkins is like almost delightful to watch, whereas Brian Cox is just terrifying in Manhunter."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ · 0:19:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Ed Gein ⇒ The Silence of the Lambs (the host's read) · lineage · Ed Gein had a big Hollywood footprint; Silence of the Lambs and Manhunter touched on him. · "A lot of people, silence the lambs, touched on Ed Geen."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:55:16 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Penn Badgley ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · contrast · Compared to Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, Simmons can't unravel Badgley from You. · "It's like Anthony Hopkins and Silence and Lambs."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ · 0:13:25 · Bill Simmons (0.80)] Anthony Hopkins ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · career · Silence made Hopkins an A-lister and a strange mainstream path followed. · "Silence of the Lambs became an absolute cultural phenomenon."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) · 1:16:43 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Anthony Hopkins ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · career · Hopkins's Oscar came via Foster and Silence of the Lambs. · "She won him an Oscar."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:12:48 · David Sims (0.40)] Anthony Hopkins ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · career · The Hannibal series pivoted to a prequel to Silence of the Lambs with an actor decades older. · "Remake a prequel."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) · 0:29:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Jodie Foster ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · verdict · Sean still thinks Silence of the Lambs is the best thing she has been part of. · "I still think is probably the best thing she's ever been a part of"
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ · 0:10:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Gunnar Hansen ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · unintentional comedy · Leatherface's unintentional comedy scores 98 on a 100 scale, just behind Buffalo Bill at 100. · "If Buffalo Bill is a 100 at a 100, Leatherface is like a 98."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · 0:46:23 · unknown (0.30)] Steven Zaillian ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · passed on · Zaillian was first choice to adapt Silence of the Lambs and regretted passing. · "Steven Salian was the 1st choice to adapt the Silence of the Lambs, and his wife had told him, don't do it."
[pairs] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ Manhunter · said 3 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] The Silence of the Lambs ↔ Seven · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ · 0:19:23 · Chris Ryan (0.45)] Ed Gein ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read) · lineage · Manhunter and the Hannibal Lecter material also draw on Gein. · "I mean, Manhunter."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:17:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Seven ↔ The Shawshank Redemption · programming · Both are movies you get sucked into on cable by the last 40 minutes. · "The same thing with Shawshank."
[Blank Check · Dune · 2:54:20 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 was made because the novel sequel existed, a movie made just because they had to. · "Because Arthur C. Clark had come out with a 2010 novel."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ · 1:29:06 · Shea Serrano (0.60)] Emma Stone ↔ Cruella · programming · Stone's next move after the La La Land Oscar was Cruella, as in an evil Stone origin story from 101 Dalmatians. · "Hey, do you want to see a movie where Emma Stone is evil?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 0:56:40 · David Sims (0.60)] The Woman King ↔ Full Metal Jacket · programming · Both films are about how much you have to break your brain to survive training for war. · "But it's the thing that like Woman King goes into a lot as well of like, how much you have to break your brain to survive an environment like this, right?"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Thomas Harris ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read) · lineage · Manhunter is Mann's Thomas Harris adaptation. · "Um, the Thomas Harris adaptation."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:04:37 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Seven ↔ Heat · lineage · Grouped with Usual Suspects, Heat and Casino as the four defining 1995 movies, three of which were shut out at the Oscars. · "Our usual suspects, which we recently did, Heat Casino in seven."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:02:34 · unknown (0.40)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · 2010 is the sequel to 2001; the speaker's reaction to the Kubrick film is the benchmark throughout. · "And I said, oh, you know, 2010, the sequel to 2001 and they were like, the what?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ · 1:28:52 · Shea Serrano (0.50)] 101 Dalmatians ⇒ Cruella (the host's read) · lineage · Cruella is the origin story of the evil lady from 101 Dalmatians who wants coats from dog fur. · "Cruella is the origin story of this lady."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:43 · Lorenz Tate (0.80)] Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Dead Presidents (the maker said so: Lorenz Tate recalling the Hughes brothers' videotapes) · lineage · Allen Hughes made a VHS of Vietnam scenes; Tate was assigned Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Platoon. · "So I watched Full Metal Jacket."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:51:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Manhunter ↔ Elmore Leonard · theme · The Florida Keys setting evokes a lot of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen territory. · "there's a lot of Elmore Leonard stuff down there, a lot of Carl Hyasen stuff down there."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Seven (the host's read) · lineage · Se7en is a Hitchcock movie in its pulling-your-chain structure of mystery, reveal and anxiety, and Hitchcock is Fincher's biggest influence. · "I think as much as this seems like a modern movie, it's also just completely a Hitchcock movie in so many ways."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:17:20 · unknown (0.40)] 2010: Odyssey Two (novel) ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · The film exists because Clarke published the sequel novel. · "Arthur C. Clark, of course, did publish a sequel to 2001 called 2010."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ · 1:29:46 · Juliet Litman (0.45)] Cruella ↔ Easy A · theme · If Easy A's unlikely premise worked, maybe a Cruella movie for kids can too. · "And they made it work."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 0:25:08 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Short-Timers (novel) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read) · lineage · Kubrick's film is based on Gustav Hasford's novel and keeps its three-part structure. · "Stanley Kubrick's film, 1987, based on the novel, The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 1:11:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Thief ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read) · craft · Thief's final shootout is a dry run for Manhunter's. · "That whole shootout is very reminiscent of the shootout at the end of Manhunter"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:15:19 · Chris Ryan (0.55)] Seven ⇒ True Detective (the host's read) · lineage · Se7en's influence shows in True Detective from the title sequence to the characters, though True Detective's first season flinches at the dark ending. · "you can see the influence of of 7 on things like True Detective from the title sequence to the characters."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:18:44 · unknown (0.35)] Hannibal ↔ 2010: The Year We Make Contact · lineage · The sequel arriving a decade-plus later after audiences demanded it, over the original team's refusal, is called a real Hannibal situation. · "It's like a real Hannibal situation."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 1:05:50 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] R. Lee Ermey ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read) · lineage · Per the dossier Hartman's insults came right from Ermey, whom Kubrick had write down what he screamed. · "No, obviously this guy is perfect and would write down everything he said because all the insults came right from him"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] William Friedkin ⇒ Seven (the maker said so) · lineage · Fincher drew from Friedkin and wanted it to feel like an episode of Cops. · "he's drawn from like Friedkin, but he's also, he's, he's referenced like how he wanted it to feel like an episode of cops."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey · 0:11:43 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70)] 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read) · lineage · The film has a sequel, and Clarke wrote three sequel novels. · "Obviously, the sequel exists."
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] A Star Is Born ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Offered as a second answer to best half-movie: everything up to the first time she sings Shallow is dynamite. · "everything leading up to the 1st time she sings shallow on stage, which is like, I think an hour, maybe a little bit less."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:29:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Seven ↔ Lethal Weapon · lineage · Mills plays the reckless young cop with Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon energy. · "he's playing that like Mel Gibson and lethal weapon energy"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:06:48 · unknown (0.35)] 2010: The Year We Make Contact ↔ Interstellar · theme · The speaker finds 2010 closer in feel to Interstellar than to 2001. · "I found it interesting that in a lot of ways this movie feels less like dumb 2001 to me and more like dumb interstellar."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 0:18:12 · unknown (0.30)] Stripes ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Compared as boot-camp movies, though Stripes loses interest after basic. · "It's it's a little bit like stripes, except the differences."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:55:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Seven ⇒ Nine Inch Nails (the host's read) · lineage · Se7en caught industrial rock at its peak and led to Fincher-Reznor scores. · "Fincher and Rezner go on to make this incredible partnership"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:07:48 · unknown (0.35)] 2010: The Year We Make Contact ↔ Creed · theme · The Zarathustra cue at the end is likened to Gonna Fly Now at the end of Creed: a movie that earned the right to the cue. · "It almost feels like fucking gonna fly now playing at the end of Creed where you're like, the movie's worked this hard to earn the right."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · 0:30:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Platoon ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · At release critics said Platoon's visceral combat made Kubrick's sound-stage Vietnam look less real. · "Kubrick doing this on sound stages isn't the same."
[Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:13:07 · unknown (0.30)] All That Jazz ⇒ Seven (the maker said so) · lineage · A host recalls a Fincher film the show covered where he cited All That Jazz as an inspiration for the look, maybe Seven. · "where he cited how much of an inspiration all that jazz was for him for the look of the movie?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:28:11 · unknown (0.40)] 2010: Odyssey Two (novel) ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the maker said so) · theme · Dr. Chandra is Indian in the book; the film made him American, per Balaban. · "Bob Balaban said they changed his nationalities from Indian to American because they thought it would be confusing to have another nationality who've got the Russians and the Americans up there."
[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] Chris Ryan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · A franchise and genre scholar who likes Jason, the early sequels, and Manhattan; attention to trivia, tropes and critic reception. Treats slashers as a canon with tiers. · stances: Parts 1, 2, 4 and Manhattan are the good ones; The series finds its legs at 4
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[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] Jason Concepcion · latest sketch, The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · Loves a musical, Donnie Yen action, and the 1998 Mulan with its Eddie Murphy humor. Finds the remake kind of boring and wants a grounded, historical version. Sucker for political and economic framing of film controversy. · stances: The remake is fine in a vacuum, a disappointment as a Mulan; Wants a more historical, less magical take; Sees the Mulan controversy as a symptom of the West-China economic experiment; Missing music means missing storytelling
[speaker] Jon Gabrus · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket · Action-movie guy from Action Boys who loves war films, 80s actioners, Michael Mann and synth scores. Has rewatched the film at different ages and now prizes the journalism section; can't stand the Iraq war cash-ins. · stances: the first part is the best part and the second half is underrated; Hartman is the nexus of the movie drill sergeant; the Jarhead sequels are cynical
[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] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)
[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 Silence of the Lambs (1991); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 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.