Niki Caro

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q449163: 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: Whale Rider (2002); North Country (2005); Mulan (2020).

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.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Mulan (2020), which they directed: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ⇒ Mulan (the host's read). The remake's wuxia/mystical style follows the wave of Chinese films that grew popular after Crouching Tiger and the Zhang Yimou films.
    “they've gotten very big, kind of post, crouching tiger hidden dragon, and the Jang Yi-Mu films”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:28:58 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

Harry Potter (films/books): 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through Mulan (2020), which they directed: Harry Potter (films/books) ⇒ Mulan (the host's read). The remake's fox, witch, and magic lore feel borrowed from Harry Potter and Game of Thrones without gelling.
    “There is these kind of, um, Game of Thrones and uh, Harry Potter kind of lore.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:33:28 · Jason Concepcion (0.75 sure it was them)

Hero (2002): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Mulan (2020), which they directed: Hero ⇒ Mulan (the host's read). The remake borrows wuxia conventions in an attempt to appeal to international audiences, reading as a try at remaking Hero or House of Flying Daggers.
    “it really just feels like an attempt to remake hero or house of flying daggers, which obviously makes sense to Amanda's point about appealing to international audiences”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:29:22 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

Mulan (1998): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Mulan (2020), which they directed: Mulan ⇒ Mulan (the host's read). Sean says the remake is what happens when filmmakers do not know what is good about the original.
    “I think Mulan is kind of what happens when you don't really know what's good about your movie.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:26:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

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What the speakers said they did

Directing (3) everyone in directing

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Niki Caro → Whale Rider. Whale Rider put Caro on the map.
    “Whale rider kind of put her on the map.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:55:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Niki Caro → North Country. Caro also made North Country with Charlize Theron in the 2000s.
    “she made a film with Charlize Theron um, in the 2000s called North Country.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:55:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Niki Caro → Mulan. Sean says Caro's earnest, humorless films centering women make her a logical pick but tonally wrong for Mulan.
    “all of her films have one thing in common, which is they're kind of humorless. They're very earnest, dramatic stories that center women in the middle of the frame.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:55:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

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