David Lowery

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Wikidata Q16935094: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Green Knight, which The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Dune (1984); The Truth About Charlie; Torso (unmade). Count them as director (6 films) instead.

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.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 2 lines

  1. programming (programming) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as future guest; loved Dune as a child: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic.
    “Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (tentpole hope) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as future guest; loved Dune as a child: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was meant to be the new Star Wars franchise, Lynch writing the sequel, coloring books on shelves.
    “I thought it was going to be the Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:18:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Dune (1984): 1 line, within their own work

  1. people (people) · them, directly: Dune ⇒ David Lowery (the maker said so: David Lowery's episode later in the series). A later series guest, David Lowery, called Dune a very big film for him as a child.
    “we have an episode coming later in the series with David Lowry, who talked about Dune being a very big film for him”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:33:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as future guest; loved Dune as a child: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars.
    “And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as future guest; loved Dune as a child: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Dune's Fremen/revolution material is the denser source that Star Wars abstracts; the Force is Dune without the drugs.
    “the Force in Star Wars is like doom without the drugs.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:17:01 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

David Lowery: 1 line, within their own work

  1. people (people) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as future guest; loved Dune as a child: Dune ⇒ David Lowery (the maker said so: David Lowery's episode later in the series). A later series guest, David Lowery, called Dune a very big film for him as a child.
    “we have an episode coming later in the series with David Lowry, who talked about Dune being a very big film for him”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:33:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (9) everyone in directing

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): David Lowery → Pete's Dragon. Sean notes Lowery has already made a live action Disney remake, Pete's Dragon, before Peter Pan and Wendy.
    “Peter Pan and Wendy from David Lowry, who has previously made a live action remake, Pete's Dragon”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:11:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): David Lowery → Ain't Them Bodies Saints. Lowery doesn't stage the movie-hero death; he deliberately puncture the character's mythology.
    “So, like, Nathan Body Saints was all about Casey Affleck's character of thinking.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 2:06:52 · David Lowery (0.90 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): David Lowery → Dune. A later series guest, David Lowery, called Dune a very big film for him as a child.
    “we have an episode coming later in the series with David Lowry, who talked about Dune being a very big film for him”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:33:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): David Lowery → The Truth About Charlie. Next week's episode is The Truth About Charlie with David Lowery.
    “Next week, I believe, is the truth about Charlie with David Lowry.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:40:33 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): David Lowery → The Green Knight. Lowery says all his movies puncture legend, and sees this film as one of the first seeds of that interest.
    “every movie I've made has sort of been to date has been sort of about peeling back some level of legend to try to like expose the fallacies within.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:27:39 · David Lowery (0.95 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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