Brian De Palma

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q189526: 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: The Truman Show (1998); Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010); Babylon (2022); Old Dogs (style comparison). Count them as director (16 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.

Singin' in the Rain (1952): 5 lines

  1. craft (scene mirror) · through Babylon (2022), which they were tied to as 'vibes' reference for Babylon's all-red sequence: Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). Babylon's walk-on bar scene mirrors the flashback that opens Singin' in the Rain, where Don Lockwood gets a walk-on.
    “Um, Don Lockwood gets a walk on part in a bar in that like in that flashback to start the movie.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:48:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (homage) · through Babylon (2022), which they were tied to as 'vibes' reference for Babylon's all-red sequence: Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). A speaker calls the sound-stage scene a direct Singin' in the Rain homage, 'on steroids times a 1000'.
    “Again, like a very, very direct homage.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:13:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. theme (echo) · through Babylon (2022), which they were tied to as 'vibes' reference for Babylon's all-red sequence: Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). The silent-to-sound struggle scene in Babylon echoes Singin' in the Rain, down to the actress who cannot find the microphone.
    “And that is a huge echo of singing in the rain.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:14:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. craft (scene mirror) · through Babylon (2022), which they were tied to as 'vibes' reference for Babylon's all-red sequence: Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). A Babylon moment is said to echo Don and Kathy Selden from Singin' in the Rain.
    “Also, echoes of Don and Kathy Selden.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:44:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (homage) · through Babylon (2022), which they were tied to as 'vibes' reference for Babylon's all-red sequence: Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). The speaker says Babylon is deliberately built around Singin' in the Rain, with specific scenes mirrored on purpose.
    “But it is so intentionally built around singing in the rain that I do think the mirroring of the specific scenes are intentional.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 2:51:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alfred Hitchcock: 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as first attached director (turned it down): Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage / homage) · them, directly: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Brian De Palma (the host's read). De Palma embraces Hitchcock lineage and makes homage a point; MI draws on the 50s-60s Hitchcock films, especially in Prague.
    “I think he knows that it's good to be in a lineage.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:06:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

1980s bully movies: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: 1980s bully movies ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Van loves the Lucas Lee fight because it recalls cheesy 80s bully fights and flips them, Scott winning through wiliness.
    “the fights that I love from, uh, bully fights are like from 80s, cheesy 80s movies.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:33:29 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them)

Drunken Master 2: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: Drunken Master 2 ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Jason says Matthew Patel's leg-gyrating move echoes a Ken Lo move in Drunken Master 2.
    “Matthew Patel even does some of the moves that Ken Lo, as Johnny does in Drunken Master 2”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:31:56 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

Five Deadly Venoms (1978): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: Five Deadly Venoms ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Edgar says that before shooting he watched Shaw Brothers mystical kung fu like Five Deadly Venoms to get in the mood.
    “Shaw Brothers type movies like, um, um, 5 deadly venoms”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:37 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Frank Capra: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as first attached director (turned it down): Frank Capra ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Nichol's idea is described as Capra plus Hitchcock combined.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jackie Chan: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: Jackie Chan ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Edgar says he was a huge Jackie Chan fan going in.
    “I was a huge Jackie Chan fan.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:20 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

John Gilbert: 1 line

  1. unmapped (real-life basis) · through Babylon (2022), which they were tied to as 'vibes' reference for Babylon's all-red sequence: John Gilbert ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). Brad Pitt's character in Babylon is obviously based on John Gilbert.
    “John Gilbert, who Brad Pitt's character in Babylon, is very obviously based on”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:09:22 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

King Boxer (1972): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: King Boxer ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Also on Edgar's pre-production kung fu watch list.
    “5 fingers of death”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:37 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

La La Land (2016): 1 line

  1. craft (score reuse) · through Babylon (2022), which they were tied to as 'vibes' reference for Babylon's all-red sequence: La La Land ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). The Babylon score is said to reappropriate music from La La Land's dream ballet.
    “This is like very much from the dream ballet of La Land, this music and the score.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:57:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Phantom of the Paradise (1974): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: Phantom of the Paradise ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Phantom of the Paradise is named as one ingredient of the film's rock-and-spectacle mix.
    “It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

The Dancing Cavalier (film-within-Singin' in the Rain; heard also as 'link cavalier'): 1 line

  1. craft (scene mirror) · through Babylon (2022), which they were tied to as 'vibes' reference for Babylon's all-red sequence: The Dancing Cavalier (film-within-Singin' in the Rain; heard also as 'link cavalier') ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). The audience in Babylon's screening laughs at the same dialogue ('I love you') as in Singin' in the Rain's screening of The Dancing Cavalier.
    “They're literally laughing at the exact same dialogue in the screening that they do of the link cavalier.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:56:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Matrix (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: The Matrix ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read). Sean breaks the staging down into influences: Bruce Lee, The Matrix, and Phantom of the Paradise.
    “It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

The One-Armed Boxer: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: The One-Armed Boxer ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the maker said so: Edgar, on the show). Part of the same Shaw Brothers viewing list Edgar did before the shoot.
    “one arm boxer”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:07:37 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021): 1 line

  1. lineage (series lineage) · through Babylon (2022), which they were tied to as 'vibes' reference for Babylon's all-red sequence: Zack Snyder's Justice League ⇒ Babylon (the maker said so: the hosts' own account of the show). The Snyder Cut watch-along, born of a lost bet, started the show's watch-along concept that led to this one.
    “The Snyder, the Snyder Cut thing was a bet that we lost, that Sean was like, if that, that's how the watch along concept started.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 3:06:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Baby Driver (2017): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Baby Driver (the host's read). Sean says Wright's music-synced action staging, perfected in Baby Driver, begins with Scott Pilgrim.
    “The perfectly synchronized music to action staging the Wright Perfected and Baby Driver starts with Scott Pilgrim.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:02:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Baby Driver (the host's read). Sean says Wright used this film to work out his rhythm, pacing and use of music, so Baby Driver does not exist without it.
    “there is no baby driver without this movie in terms of like the rhythm and the pacing and the way that he uses music.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:39:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Deadpool (2016): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Deadpool (the host's read). Same claim: Deadpool's fourth-wall breaking was made possible by this movie breaking it down.
    “Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read). Sean says Deadpool, the Lego movie and Spider-Verse could not happen without this film having broken the fourth wall first.
    “Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Survivor: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as first attached director (turned it down): The Truman Show ⇒ Survivor (the host's read). Truman Show weirdly kicked off reality TV, predating Survivor by a year or two.
    “This kind of weirdly kicked it off, like this predated by a year or two.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Lego Movie (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), which they were tied to as director whose split screen and cutting are the reference point: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ The Lego Movie (the host's read). Same claim: the Lego movie's self-aware tone follows Scott Pilgrim.
    “Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (22) everyone in directing

Other (4) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career context): Brian De Palma → The Bonfire of the Vanities. Paramount hired De Palma despite his having just burned a pile of money on Bonfire of the Vanities.
    “they hired him off of Bonfire of the Vanities.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:07:36 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (villain career): John Lithgow → Brian De Palma. Lithgow is in the middle of his De Palma villain career at the time of 2010.
    “Lithgow is really in the middle of his, like, Brian De Palma villain career right now, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:30:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → Brian De Palma. Jason says De Palma's split screen announces itself, while Scott Pilgrim's split screens feel like comic panels you are inside.
    “if you're watching like a Brian DePalma movie and he does split screen, he's trying to draw attention to the fact that this is a split screen.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:13:01 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): The Player → Brian De Palma. The through-the-window phone call scene is called an Altman dunk on De Palma.
    “It's it's like, it's a, it's a total dunk on diploma.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:33:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → Brian De Palma. Sean describes the film's editing as De Palma turned up to eleven.
    “it's edited and cut like a Brian de Palma movie on crack.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 0:02:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Old Dogs → Brian De Palma. Bernie Mac and Travolta watching a live feed of the child is called De Palma style.
    “It's just fucking de Palma shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:23:31 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage / homage): Brian De Palma → Alfred Hitchcock. De Palma embraces Hitchcock lineage and makes homage a point; MI draws on the 50s-60s Hitchcock films, especially in Prague.
    “I think he knows that it's good to be in a lineage.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:06:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

people (6)

  1. people (people): John Williams → Brian De Palma. John Williams scores led Bendis to other filmmakers like De Palma.
    “John Williams works with him, then he must be equal to Spielberg.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:37:59 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Carrie → Brian De Palma. First wave of King movies had big directors: De Palma does Carrie, Kubrick does The Shining.
    “the Palma does carry. Kubrick does The Shining.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:09:53 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. people (prior casting): Dennis Franz → Brian De Palma. Franz had been playing cops in De Palma movies in the 80s and this role riffs on that.
    “he had been playing cops into Palma movies in the 80s, and it's kind of a riff on that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. people (regular collaborator): Stephen Burum → Brian De Palma. Cinematographer Burum is named as a De Palma collaborator with hits such as Rumble Fish and The Outsiders.
    “What about Stephen Burham, who's the palm is... Stephen Burham hits.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:02:19 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. people (peripheral auteurs): Brian De Palma → Paul Schrader. Both are tortured by their relationship to Hollywood and brought in to studio jobs.
    “the guys who are like really tortured by their relationship to Hollywood, like Paul Schrader and De Palma”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:07:09 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. people (director): Mission: Impossible → Brian De Palma. Brian De Palma's entry begins the franchise; some say it is still the best in the series.
    “Some would say that's still the best one in the whole series.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:06:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (replaced Fincher): The Black Dahlia → Brian De Palma. After studios balked at a miniseries, De Palma took over the project.
    “Back then, studios balked at that kind of idea, and Brian de Palma takes over.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:39:11 · David Sims (0.70 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (apex pick): Brian De Palma → The Untouchables. Panel picks The Untouchables as De Palma's apex.
    “I'm going untouchables.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:02:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Snake Eyes → Brian De Palma. Snake Eyes is second-tier De Palma nobody discusses, so rewatching it is a time cost.
    “like Snake Eyes, the Brian de Palma movie, which is like, you know, 2nd tier de Palma”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:18:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Brian De Palma. De Palma was the first director attached, which would have meant sex-drenched paranoia.
    “The 1st director attached, this movie was Brian DePalma.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:05:34 · Chris Ryan (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Alfred Hitchcock → Brian De Palma. De Palma would make a good sister filmography episode to Hitchcock.
    “I think he's a good kind of like sister episode to Hitchcock”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:18:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Brian De Palma: Apex Mountain for De Palma goes to The Untouchables; for Ving Rhames it is not MI. Nobody gets MI as their apex; Czerny's is Clear and Present Danger.
    “So this is not a Apex Mountain for anybody.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:01:48 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)