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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Far from Heaven (2002). Count them as director (1 film) 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.

Douglas Sirk: 1 line, within their own work

lineage (influence) · through Far from Heaven (2002), which they were tied to as director (reference for Haynes): 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)

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, within their own work

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.