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Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q11284843: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person who goes by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as studio. The films the hosts said they were behind, which the two lists below run through too: The Big Sick (2017); Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019); The Lost City of Z; Time; Utopia (HBO, unmade).

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.

Alone (Garrett Bradley short): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Time, which they were behind as distributor: Alone (Garrett Bradley short) ⇒ Time (the maker said so: Bradley, the guest: 'making a sister film' to Alone). Time began as a sister film to Bradley's short Alone, continuing its conversation about incarceration.
    “making a sister film”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:50:37 · Garrett Bradley (0.85 sure it was them)

Billy Woodberry: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Time, which they were behind as distributor: Billy Woodberry ⇒ Time (the maker said so: Bradley, the guest, on her grad-school proximity to Woodberry). Bradley's grad-school proximity to Woodberry and the LA Rebellion shaped her confidence and approach.
    “incredible movement of the LA rebellion, which was so inherently about thinking about adapting neo-realism”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:48:32 · Garrett Bradley (0.85 sure it was them)

David Lean: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Lost City of Z, which they were behind as distributor: David Lean ⇒ The Lost City of Z (the maker said so: Gray, the director, speaking on the show). Gray wanted an old-fashioned English-language epic in the style of David Lean or Coppola.
    “a movie in the style almost of like David Lean or Francis Ford Coppola or something like that”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:24:31 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Mike Nichols: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019), which they were behind as distributor: Mike Nichols ⇒ Brittany Runs a Marathon (the maker said so: on the show, Colaizzo describing his own influences). Colaizzo studied theater-to-film directors Nichols, Kazan, May and Mamet.
    “Well, like Mike Nichols did that, Ellie? Kazan, um, Elaine May, you know, works as a director, as a writer, and, and, you know, I could feel that David Mammoth, same thing.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 1:01:08 · Paul Downs Colaizzo (0.90 sure it was them)

The Big Sick (2017): 1 line, within their own work

  1. industry (distribution model) · through Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019), which they were behind as distributor: The Big Sick ⇒ Brittany Runs a Marathon (the maker said so: Colaizzo on why he chose Amazon). Colaizzo picked Amazon because The Big Sick had both a theatrical life and home accessibility.
    “I wanted to be an Amazon. The reason I wanted to be at Amazon was because the big sick, because the way the big sick was handled.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 1:21:29 · Paul Downs Colaizzo (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019): 1 line, within their own work

  1. industry (distribution model) · through The Big Sick (2017), which they were behind as distributor: The Big Sick ⇒ Brittany Runs a Marathon (the maker said so: Colaizzo on why he chose Amazon). Colaizzo picked Amazon because The Big Sick had both a theatrical life and home accessibility.
    “I wanted to be an Amazon. The reason I wanted to be at Amazon was because the big sick, because the way the big sick was handled.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 1:21:29 · Paul Downs Colaizzo (0.90 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Studio (5) everyone in studio

What was said about them, by kind

industry (3)

  1. industry (industry): Brittany Runs a Marathon → Amazon. Amazon won the Sundance bidding by bringing 14 people to the meeting, one for each million.
    “They brought 14 people into the meeting and one for each million.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 1:22:14 · Paul Downs Colaizzo (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): The Lost City of Z → Amazon. Sean raises Amazon releasing the film as a sign of the changing industry.
    “I'm curious that you've partnered with Amazon to release the movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:26:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): The Lost City of Z → Amazon. Gray says the future is Amazon and Netflix, home viewing, and mourns the lost communal experience.
    “is a world which is Amazon and Netflix, where Essentially, you mostly watch these things at home on your 60 or 70 inch television.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:28:06 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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