Erich von Stroheim
Made films the shows talk about.
Wikidata Q78508: 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: Greed (1924). Count them as actor (3 films) 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.
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.
No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.
What the speakers said they did
Directing (1) everyone in directing
- director, Greed (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
Acting (3) everyone in acting
- actor, Grand Illusion (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
- actor, Sunset Boulevard (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
- actor (disputed in conversation), The Rules of the Game (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
Other (1) everyone in other
- filmmaker Babylon's Spike Jonze character is modeled on (implied), Babylon (The Big Picture, The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along)
What was said about them, by kind
unmapped (1)
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unmapped (signature work):
Erich von Stroheim → Greed.
A speaker sets out von Stroheim as actor in Grand Illusion and Sunset Boulevard, and director of the silent Greed.
“And he's also in Sunset Boulevard, and he directed Greed.”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:39:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
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fun, about
Erich von Stroheim:
A comedy of errors over von Stroheim's filmography: someone offers Shanghai Express and is corrected, then the group lands on Grand Illusion, Sunset Boulevard and Greed.
“He didn't direct that.”
The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:38:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)