A24

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as studio. The films the hosts said they were behind, which the two lists below run through too: What We Do in the Shadows (2014); How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017); The Lighthouse (2019); Minari (2020); The Green Knight (2021); Aftersun (2022); Past Lives (2023); The Iron Claw (2023); The Zone of Interest (2023); Babygirl (2024); Civil War (2024); On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024); The Invite (2026); Bo Is Afraid; Heretic; The Brutalist; The Inspection; We Live in Time.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, 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.

Basic Instinct (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Babygirl (2024), which they were behind as studio: Basic Instinct ⇒ Babygirl (the maker said so: Halina Reijn, interviewed on the episode). Reijn set out to converse with the 90s and early-2000s sexual thrillers she loved but found sexist.
    “I wanted to be in conversation with all the sexual thrillers that I so loved in the 90s and the early 2000s, but then I also thought were incredibly sexist and not human.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:16:04 · Halina Reijn (0.90 sure it was them)

Eyes Wide Shut (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Babygirl (2024), which they were behind as studio: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Babygirl (the host's read). The stoned late-night bedroom lecture after the rave echoes Eyes Wide Shut.
    “Nice callback to eyes wide shut and lecturing Tom Cruise in the bedroom while stoned out of their minds.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:24:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

George Michael: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Babygirl (2024), which they were behind as studio: George Michael ⇒ Babygirl (the maker said so: Halina Reijn, interviewed on the episode). Reijn chose Father Figure before writing: a younger man acting fatherly over an older woman with the power.
    “I thought, 0 my god, father figure has all these elements, and if you play that, under a scene where this younger man acts fatherly over this older woman that has all the power, that could be so interesting.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:33:19 · Halina Reijn (0.90 sure it was them)

Jemaine Clement: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through What We Do in the Shadows (2014), which they were behind as studio/distributor (as the speaker links it): Jemaine Clement ⇒ What We Do in the Shadows (the host's read). The film and TV show came out of Jemaine and Taika riffing for years on the banality of vampire roles.
    “that came out of, uh, uh, Jermaine and and Taika for years riffing on like the banality of vampire roles”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:48:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Studio (19) everyone in studio

What was said about them, by kind

industry (5)

  1. industry (distributor): On Becoming a Guinea Fowl → A24. A24 released it after a Cannes premiere.
    “A24 released it earlier this year.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:14:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): A24 → Civil War. A24's year: hit lots of doubles and a home run with Civil War, then Heretic, We Live in Time, Babygirl, The Brutalist.
    “They had a home run with Civil War, but, you know, you had, we live in time, we had heretic, now this movie, then the brutalist,”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:36:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. industry (release-timing theory): The Iron Claw → A24. A24 had too many good films; releasing The Iron Claw earlier would have helped Zac Efron.
    “I think if you had, if they had released Iron Claw in November, that's a movie that I think Zach Efron would be competing.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:31:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. industry (release-timing theory): Bo Is Afraid → A24. Bo Is Afraid could have been an October awards play for makeup/hair or costumes.
    “That could have been an awards movie if they dropped it in October in some certain respects”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:31:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  5. industry (studio silence): The Green Knight → A24. A24 has not moved the May 29 date or commented, while the rest of its slate is pushed.
    “A24 has not said a word about anything.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:33:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

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