Allen Daviau

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q720068: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as cinematographer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they shot, which the two lists below run through too: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982); The Color Purple (1985); Fearless (1993).

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.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), which they shot: Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⇒ E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (the host's read). Close Encounters sets a template for science fiction and for stories about families and divorce.
    “It sets a different kind of template for science fiction storytelling, for stories about families, for stories about obsession, for stories about divorce”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:19:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Rafael Yglesias: 1 line

  1. lineage (source) · through Fearless (1993), which they shot: Rafael Yglesias ⇒ Fearless (the host's read). Weir loved the unpublished-novel first-draft script, adapted by its own author.
    “He adapts his own unpublished book.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:11:17 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Starman (1984): 1 line

  1. industry (studio rivalry / shadow) · through E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), which they shot: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Columbia chose Starman over Night Skies, which Universal turned into E.T., so Starman carried the stigma of the one that got away and then looked like a ripoff.
    “Uh, so they let go of night skies and let Universal acquire and turnaround.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:24:25 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Stranger Things: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), which they shot: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⇒ Stranger Things (the host's read). E.T. has been so imitated, in films and TV like Stranger Things, that the original feels less rewarding.
    “so many people have like basically based entire film franchises or television shows Stranger Things off of that”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:33:46 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Tron: Legacy (2010): 1 line

  1. craft (visual reference) · through Fearless (1993), which they shot: Fearless ⇒ Tron: Legacy (the host's read). The 1993 Bridges look was the reference for the de-aged CGI Bridges in Tron: Legacy.
    “I believe that this was the main visual reference for creepy CGI Jeff Bridges and Tron Legacy.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:52:17 · Tim Simons (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Photography (3) everyone in photography

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Fearless → Allen Daviau. The speaker praises how Fearless looks, a film about absorbing textures and the feeling in the air, tied to Daviau shooting it.
    “this film looks incredible and this is a movie that needs to just look good because it's so much about like absorbing textures of things and and the space and the feeling in the air”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:32:45 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (cinematography): Fearless → Allen Daviau. Daviau, fresh off Spielberg films, shot Fearless; the first American DP Blank Check covered with Weir.
    “Alan Davio shot this film, who, of course, the 1st American cinematographer that we had worked with.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:32:18 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (cinematography): Allen Daviau → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Daviau came to Fearless off E.T. and other Spielberg work.
    “Uh, but coming off the fucking ET”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:32:29 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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