David Grann

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as writer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); The Lost City of Z.

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.

Goodfellas (1990): 3 lines

craft (opening style) · through Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), which they wrote: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). The opening tracking shot echoes the Copacabana shot before the film rejects that mode.
“It was a very long tracking shot through Leo's arrival, which is, you know, gesturing to Copacabana”
The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:14:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
contrast (inverts) · through Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), which they wrote: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). Same crimes by white men but with no romance or good life, a deliberate answer to Goodfellas' seductiveness.
“there's a romance to Goodfellas that does not exist here.”
The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:28:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (narration trick) · through Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), which they wrote: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). Molly's voiceover recalls Karen taking over narration in Goodfellas.
“Goodfellas does this. There's a moment when Karen takes over the narration.”
The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:08:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

David Lean: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Lost City of Z, which they wrote: David Lean ⇒ The Lost City of Z (the maker said so: Gray, the director, speaking on the show). Gray wanted an old-fashioned English-language epic in the style of David Lean or Coppola.
“a movie in the style almost of like David Lean or Francis Ford Coppola or something like that”
The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:24:31 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Titanic (1997): 1 line

lineage (callback) · through Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), which they wrote: Titanic ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). The car make-out scene is a funny Titanic callback.
“I thought there was a really funny callback to Titanic when they're making out in the car.”
The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:35:48 · Amanda Dobbins (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.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Writing (2) everyone in writing

author of source book, Killers of the Flower Moon (The Big Picture, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding)
author of the source book, The Lost City of Z (The Big Picture, ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9))

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

None.