George Michael

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as composer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they scored, which the two lists below run through too: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987); Babygirl (2024); Faith (George Michael video); Freedom 90 (George Michael video).

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.

Basic Instinct (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Babygirl (2024), which they scored: Basic Instinct ⇒ Babygirl (the maker said so: Halina Reijn, interviewed on the episode). Reijn set out to converse with the 90s and early-2000s sexual thrillers she loved but found sexist.
    “I wanted to be in conversation with all the sexual thrillers that I so loved in the 90s and the early 2000s, but then I also thought were incredibly sexist and not human.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:16:04 · Halina Reijn (0.90 sure it was them)

Eyes Wide Shut (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Babygirl (2024), which they scored: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Babygirl (the host's read). The stoned late-night bedroom lecture after the rave echoes Eyes Wide Shut.
    “Nice callback to eyes wide shut and lecturing Tom Cruise in the bedroom while stoned out of their minds.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:24:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Freedom 90 (George Michael video): 1 line, within their own work

  1. unmapped (iconography reused) · through Faith (George Michael video), which they scored: Freedom 90 (George Michael video) ⇒ Faith (George Michael video) (the host's read). Freedom 90 reuses Faith's iconography, such as the leather jacket and the exploding guitar.
    “George Michael, iconography is in the video. Like, from the faith music video. You have the leather jacket.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:56:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

George Michael: 1 line, within their own work

  1. craft (craft) · through Babygirl (2024), which they scored: George Michael ⇒ Babygirl (the maker said so: Halina Reijn, interviewed on the episode). Reijn chose Father Figure before writing: a younger man acting fatherly over an older woman with the power.
    “I thought, 0 my god, father figure has all these elements, and if you play that, under a scene where this younger man acts fatherly over this older woman that has all the power, that could be so interesting.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:33:19 · Halina Reijn (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Babygirl (2024): 1 line, within their own work

  1. craft (craft) · them, directly: George Michael ⇒ Babygirl (the maker said so: Halina Reijn, interviewed on the episode). Reijn chose Father Figure before writing: a younger man acting fatherly over an older woman with the power.
    “I thought, 0 my god, father figure has all these elements, and if you play that, under a scene where this younger man acts fatherly over this older woman that has all the power, that could be so interesting.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:33:19 · Halina Reijn (0.90 sure it was them)

Faith (George Michael video): 1 line, within their own work

  1. unmapped (iconography reused) · through Freedom 90 (George Michael video), which they scored: Freedom 90 (George Michael video) ⇒ Faith (George Michael video) (the host's read). Freedom 90 reuses Faith's iconography, such as the leather jacket and the exploding guitar.
    “George Michael, iconography is in the video. Like, from the faith music video. You have the leather jacket.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:56:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Rock (1996): 1 line

  1. theme (scrapped premise) · through Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), which they scored: Beverly Hills Cop II ⇒ The Rock (the host's read). The abandoned England/Scotland Yard concept with Sean Connery became the backbone of The Rock a decade later.
    “initially written Beverly Hills Cop 2 to be Eddie Murphy in England, solving crimes with Sean Connery, actually, which basically, I think, winds up being like essentially the backbone for what the rock is 10 years later or whatever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:00:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (4) everyone in music

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Halina Reijn → George Michael. Reijn calls 'Father Figure' her lifelong anthem, tied to losing her father at 10, before it became the film's song.
    “father figure has become my anthem of my life, I lost my father when I was very young.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:32:44 · Halina Reijn (0.95 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): George Michael → Beverly Hills Cop II. George Michael's 'I Want Your Sex' is called an amazing 80s song used perfectly in the film.
    “It's used perfectly in this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:40:56 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Babygirl → George Michael. Reijn chose Father Figure before writing: a younger man acting fatherly over an older woman with the power.
    “I thought, 0 my god, father figure has all these elements, and if you play that, under a scene where this younger man acts fatherly over this older woman that has all the power, that could be so interesting.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:33:19 · Halina Reijn (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.