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 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.