Daniel Day-Lewis

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q166389: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Sid and Nancy (1986); Born on the Fourth of July (1989); Reservoir Dogs (1992); The Last of the Mohicans (1992); Pulp Fiction (1994); The Ice Storm (1997); Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011); Vice (2018). Count them as actor (9 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.

City on Fire (1987): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: City on Fire ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). City on Fire contains huge parts of Reservoir Dogs, which raises the homage-versus-theft question.
    “This might make you mad to watch this movie because City on Fire is Reservoir Dogs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:12 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Deliverance (1972): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Deliverance ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The pawn shop sequence is inspired by Deliverance and transplants a Tennessee 1974 pawn shop to Hollywood.
    “It's not just that he's inspired by deliverance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:44 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Django (1966): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: Django ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). Corbucci's 1966 Django is credited as an inspiration for the torture scene.
    “Sergio Corbucci's 1966 spaghetti western Django inspired the scene”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:43 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Hard Boiled (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: Hard Boiled ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The speaker had not yet seen Hard Boiled, but the standoff read as John Woo.
    “I don't know if I'd seen hardboiled or whatever, any of those movies yet”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Joe Dante: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Joe Dante ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
    “Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:06:41 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

John Woo: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: John Woo ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The Mexican standoff was the first visual reference the speaker caught: like a John Woo Hong Kong action movie.
    “It was very like John Wu Hong Kong action movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Kiss Me Deadly ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The briefcase is an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase, a metaphor for danger.
    “It's interesting because it is such an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:23:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Lee Majors: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Lee Majors ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away.
    “Because Lee Majors is going out of town.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs.
    “Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)

Rick Moody's novel: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they were tied to as actor, joked as premature-ejaculator casting: Rick Moody's novel ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read). Based on Rick Moody's 1994 book; the author cried at the end of a cut and said they got it.
    “It's based on Rick Moody's 1994 book, who saw a cut of it and cried at the end and was like, my God, they got it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Shaft (1971): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Shaft ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Bad motherfucker wallet reference to the Shaft theme.
    “It was a reference to the theme song of Shaft.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Big Combo (1955): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: The Big Combo ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). Per the host's notes, The Big Combo and Corbucci's Django inspired the scene of a cop torturing a chair (sic).
    “Joseph H. Lewis's filmed the big combo and Sergio Corbucci's 1966 spaghetti western Django inspired the scene”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:43 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

The Brady Bunch Movie (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they were tied to as actor, joked as premature-ejaculator casting: The Brady Bunch Movie ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read). Simmons traces a mid-90s wave of 70s nostalgia (Brady Bunch movies, Reality Bites) that led to harder looks like Ice Storm.
    “They make the Brady Bunch movie, which is a parody of the Brady Bunch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

The Killing (1956): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: The Killing ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the maker said so: a Tarantino quote the host reads). Tarantino said Reservoir Dogs was his version of Kubrick's heist film, without meaning it as a ripoff.
    “but I did think of it as my killing, my take on that kind of heist movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The color-name aliases were first seen in Pelham; called a great homage.
    “It's just a great homage, great Walter Mathow in taking Pelham one, 2, 3.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:00 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Video Archives: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: Video Archives ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). Tarantino distilled the video-store aesthetic into the film; he programmed shelves like a film festival.
    “he talks about how he used to program shelves at the video story worked at as if it was like a film festival.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:17 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Vietnam-vet cliche films (The Exterminator, The Park Is Mine): 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through Born on the Fourth of July (1989), which they were tied to as comparison for acting commitment: Vietnam-vet cliche films (The Exterminator, The Park Is Mine) ⇒ Born on the Fourth of July (the host's read). Born was meant as a rebuttal to the ticking-time-bomb vet movies of the 80s.
    “The film would almost be a rebuttal to all those Vietnam vet cliches.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:20:05 · Brian Raftery (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.

Captain Marvel (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
    “a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Lieutenant Dan (Forrest Gump): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Born on the Fourth of July (1989), which they were tied to as comparison for acting commitment: Born on the Fourth of July ⇒ Lieutenant Dan (Forrest Gump) (the host's read). Dan's angry wheelchair stretch evokes Kovic.
    “Behavior that no doubt reminded many of COVID and born in the 4th of July.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:46:36 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Misery (1990): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
    “The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs.
    “Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction imitators: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Pulp Fiction imitators (the host's read). The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years.
    “Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Samuel L. Jackson: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Samuel L. Jackson (the host's read). Nick Fury's diner scene is described as a try at a Tarantino diner, with Jules-style rhythm.
    “I'm trying to do some like fucking Tarantino diner scene.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:05:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Station Eleven (2021): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Station Eleven (the host's read). Time-shifting storytelling that Pulp put front and center is still used in current TV.
    “Yeah, it's like still showing up in like station 11.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:39 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Swingers (1996): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Swingers (the host's read). Swingers openly ripped off the opening credit strut and joked about everyone copying Tarantino.
    “The opening credit sequence is really fun to watch after swingers blatantly ripped it off”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Swingtown (TV): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they were tied to as actor, joked as premature-ejaculator casting: The Ice Storm ⇒ Swingtown (TV) (the host's read). Swingtown tried to tap the key party idea but belonged on Cinemax.
    “That show has to be on Cinemax.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The Farewell (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ The Farewell (the host's read). The slow-motion group walk in The Farewell echoes the Reservoir Dogs shot, which remains influential.
    “And that shot is still really influential.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (the host's read). Called a bad-but-fun movie that would not exist without Tarantino, part of the ripoff era.
    “kind of bad and would not exist without Tarantino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Very Bad Things (1998): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as recast as Joe Cabot: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Very Bad Things (the host's read). Part of the era of Tarantino ripoffs about groups of friends.
    “Well, that was the era of the Tarantino Ripoff era.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (13) everyone in acting

Other (10) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Daniel Day-Lewis. Tarantino is fine disappearing for years then coming back, like Day-Lewis.
    “almost like a Daniel DeLouis.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:42:25 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Chow Yun-fat → Daniel Day-Lewis. Li Mu Bai is in a Daniel Day-Lewis retirement mode: the best at something that no longer satisfies him.
    “I think he's in like Daniel De-Louis retirement mode.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:38:01 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): The Last of the Mohicans → Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis learned to make muskets for his method.
    “Daniel, Day Lewis was like, I'm going to go learn how to make, you know, muskets”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:49 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

people (5)

  1. people (people): The Last of the Mohicans → Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel Day-Lewis at his hottest is part of the pitch for Mohicans.
    “Danley Lewis at his hottest.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 1:02:53 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (performance comparison): Tár → Daniel Day-Lewis. Chris says watching Blanchett is like watching a Daniel Day-Lewis movie, something you need front row seats for.
    “This is like when you're watching a Daniel Day-Lewis movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:00:13 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. people (performance): Born on the Fourth of July → Daniel Day-Lewis. In Born on the Fourth of July Cruise shows he can be Daniel Day-Lewis; Chris calls it his best performance.
    “This is him being like, I can be Daniel Day-Lewis.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:58:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Lincoln → Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis is commanding alongside Kushner's dialogue and Spielberg's framing.
    “there is something so commanding and perfect about Kushner's dialogue, Spielberg's framing and DDL, just crushing the light.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:42:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  5. people (method vs auteur): Daniel Day-Lewis → Stanley Kubrick. Patton sets nice Day-Lewis against Kubrick as the two examples people over-imitate.
    “Kubrick and Daniel De Lewis loom too large as those 2 examples.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:27:02 · Patton Oswalt (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

  1. what-if (what-if): Pulp Fiction → Daniel Day-Lewis. Weinstein pushed Daniel Day-Lewis for Vincent; the speakers would not trade Travolta but would love one DDL hitman movie.
    “Having him play like just one normal hitman having a weird day would be awesome.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:39:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Daniel Day-Lewis → Reservoir Dogs. A joke recast as Joe Cabot, gaining 70 pounds and shaving his head.
    “What about Daniel Day-Lewis as Joe Cabot?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (almost-cast): Sid and Nancy → Daniel Day-Lewis. The Sid Vicious part almost went to Daniel Day-Lewis rather than Gary Oldman.
    “this is almost Daniel Day Lewis, it almost wasn't Gary Oldman, which would have also been a fascinating wrinkle.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:10:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Christian Bale → Daniel Day-Lewis. With Day-Lewis out of the frame, Bale becomes the consensus best actor and a second Oscar would make that official.
    “Daniel DeLouis is out of the frame and now everybody's like, this is our best actor”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:36:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

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