Jules Dassin

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q260969: 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: Rififi (1955); Topkapi (1964); Night and the City; The Naked City.

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.

Mission: Impossible (1996): 3 lines

  1. lineage (heist homage) · through Topkapi (1964), which they directed: Topkapi ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Langley heist is an homage to the Jules Dassin heist classics Topkapi and Rififi.
    “the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics of uh, top copy and uh, Rafifi.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (homage source) · them, directly: Jules Dassin ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Dassin's heist classics are the model for the Langley break-in.
    “the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (heist homage) · through Rififi (1955), which they directed: Rififi ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The silent Langley vault heist echoes the Rififi heist where an alarm is triggered by sound.
    “my favorite heist movies were Fifi, which has a heist uh, portion where they very similar, they drill through the roof and it's all in silence”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:24:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (remake (unmade)) · through Topkapi (1964), which they directed: Topkapi ⇒ The Thomas Crown Affair (the host's read). MGM tried to remake Topkapi as a sequel to the Brosnan Thomas Crown Affair, with Verhoeven.
    “Because wasn't Verhoven was going to remake Top Cappy as a sequel to Thomas Crown Affair.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:26:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Thief (1981): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Rififi (1955), which they directed: Rififi ⇒ Thief (the host's read). Thief draws on Bogart movies, Rififi, samurai movies, French New Wave.
    “in thief, you can feel Humphrey Bogart movies, you can feel, Rafifi, you can feel samurai movies, you can feel French new wave.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (5) everyone in directing

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Jules Dassin → Night and the City. Fennessey notes Dassin set the tone for a lot of film noir and crime tropes, which is why this is a cool vibe for a pro wrestling film.
    “set the tone for a lot of film noir and crime tropes over through his career”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:11:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (homage source): Jules Dassin → Mission: Impossible. Dassin's heist classics are the model for the Langley break-in.
    “the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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