Douglas Sirk

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q60858: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Imitation of Life (1959).

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.

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

Drawn on by

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

Far from Heaven (2002): 1 line

lineage (influence) · them, directly: Douglas Sirk ⇒ Far from Heaven (the maker said so: Haynes in the interview segment). Sean asks whether Moore studied Sirk films; Haynes says Far from Heaven derives from other movies and 1950s domestic melodramas.
“do you watch Douglas Cirque films when you're preparing”
The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:56:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (2) everyone in directing

director (a Tony Curtis picture, title not given) (Blank Check — Patreon, Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))
director, Imitation of Life (Blank Check — Patreon, Eclipse)

Other (1) everyone in other

director (reference for Haynes), Far from Heaven (The Big Picture, Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes!)

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Douglas Sirk → Imitation of Life. Described as Sirk's last movie and one of his best.
“Cirque's last movie, Imitation of Life, uh, which is one of his best movies ever.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:06:32 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

lineage (influence): Far from Heaven → Douglas Sirk. Sean asks whether Moore studied Sirk films; Haynes says Far from Heaven derives from other movies and 1950s domestic melodramas.
“do you watch Douglas Cirque films when you're preparing”
The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:56:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.