Arthur C. Clarke

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Rendezvous with Rama (unmade). Count them as writer (11 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.

Into Thin Air (book): 1 line

  1. unmapped (template) · through Rendezvous with Rama (unmade), which they were tied to as novel's author: Into Thin Air (book) ⇒ Rendezvous with Rama (unmade) (the maker said so: an interview from '07 or '08 the dossier pulls from). Fincher said he wanted to make Rama like Into Thin Air, with technical detail.
    “He said he wanted to do it like John Krakowers into thin air.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:37:19 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 1 line

  1. lineage (why the sequel got written) · them, directly: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Arthur C. Clarke (the host's read). The speaker thinks the post-Star Wars sci-fi rush is what kickstarted Clarke finally writing the follow-up.
    “I mean, I'm realizing the other thing that probably kickstarted Arthur C. Clark finally writing the follow-up novel is the mad post-Star Wars sci-fi brush of like, oh, now Star Trek, the motion picture is getting made.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:22:43 · unknown (0.40 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 (17) everyone in writing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (why the sequel got written): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Arthur C. Clarke. The speaker thinks the post-Star Wars sci-fi rush is what kickstarted Clarke finally writing the follow-up.
    “I mean, I'm realizing the other thing that probably kickstarted Arthur C. Clark finally writing the follow-up novel is the mad post-Star Wars sci-fi brush of like, oh, now Star Trek, the motion picture is getting made.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:22:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (collaboration): Stanley Kubrick → Arthur C. Clarke. Kubrick opened by letter asking Clarke about doing the proverbial really good science fiction movie together.
    “His letter is, I've wanted to discuss with you the possibility of doing the proverbial really good science fiction movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:50:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

programming (2)

  1. programming (recommendation): Artie Shaw → Arthur C. Clarke. Artie Shaw told Kubrick to read Clarke's books, after which Kubrick read Childhood's End.
    “Why don't you read Arthur C. Clark's books?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:50:05 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (recommendation): Roger Caras → Arthur C. Clarke. Roger Caras at Columbia told Kubrick to skip lesser novelists and work with the best, Clarke.
    “Just do the work with the best, Arthur C. Clark.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:50:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (co-writing): Arthur C. Clarke → Peter Hyams. Clarke helped Hyams write the screenplay over eight months.
    “But, you know, they did 8 months of work together.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:27:41 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (making-of book): Arthur C. Clarke → 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Clarke wrote The Odyssey File about making 2010, including email correspondence with director Peter Hyams.
    “wrote a really fun book called a 2010 Odyssey File, about the making of 2010”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:46:29 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Arthur C. Clarke: Clarke's first novel, The Sands of Mars, stars a Clarke proxy famous for a bestseller like 2001, written years before 2001 existed.
    “So Arthur C. Clark is writing ostensibly about himself.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:13:13 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Arthur C. Clarke: Clarke beamed into the Oscars near the end of his life from Sri Lanka and looked like Dr. Evil.
    “He just beamed into the Oscars late and very near his death.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:14:56 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Arthur C. Clarke: The 2010 Odyssey File opens with Clarke explaining email to readers, including pages of a forwarded chain letter.
    “1st I will explain to you, email.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:46:56 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Arthur C. Clarke: Clarke quote read from the dossier that Kubrick said hit him: both possibilities are terrifying.
    “Either we are alone in the universe or we are not.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:04:05 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)