Ben Barenholtz

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as studio. The films the hosts said they were behind, which the two lists below run through too: Eraserhead (1977); Pink Flamingos.

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.

Alien (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were behind as distributor (Libra Films): Eraserhead ⇒ Alien (the host's read). The gooey animatronic creature work in Alien and later films may trace back to Eraserhead.
    “I mean, the thought that comes to mind is, um, alien.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Devo: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were behind as distributor (Libra Films): Eraserhead ⇒ Devo (the host's read). Devo covered the Eraserhead song and played it live for a while.
    “Devo covered that song?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 0:02:39 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)

H.R. Giger: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were behind as distributor (Libra Films): Eraserhead ⇒ H.R. Giger (the maker said so: Giger says it was one of his big eye-opening moments). Giger called Eraserhead one of his big eye-opening moments, and Lynch later accused him of stealing his ideas.
    “H.R. Gigger, loves this movie, says it's one of his, like, you know, big eye-opening moments in his life”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:28 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Modest Mouse: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were behind as distributor (Libra Films): Eraserhead ⇒ Modest Mouse (the host's read). Modest Mouse is named among the bands who covered the Eraserhead song.
    “Modest mouse. Modest mouse.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 0:02:45 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

The Meteors: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were behind as distributor (Libra Films): Eraserhead ⇒ The Meteors (the host's read). The Meteors are named among the bands who covered the Eraserhead song.
    “The meteors would do it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 0:02:47 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

The Pixies: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were behind as distributor (Libra Films): Eraserhead ⇒ The Pixies (the host's read). The Pixies covered the Eraserhead song, on one of the John Peel records.
    “Yeah, the pixies, it's on one of the John Peel records, I think.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 0:02:53 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

The Thing (1982): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were behind as distributor (Libra Films): Eraserhead ⇒ The Thing (the host's read). Alien, Carpenter's The Thing and Cronenberg's work belong to a 70s-80s peak of gooey rubber and robotics that Eraserhead may have first synthesized.
    “We don't exactly know, but I feel like things like alien and the carpenter film, certainly the thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Studio (2) everyone in studio

What was said about them, by kind

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Ben Barenholtz → Pink Flamingos. Barenholtz of Libra Films, a midnight-movie distributor, had already handled Pink Flamingos before he bought Eraserhead.
    “He had distributed like pink flamingos, the John Waters movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:44:28 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Ben Barenholtz → Eraserhead. Barenholtz phoned to buy the film halfway through a screening and it played 15 to 20 cities by word of mouth.
    “Halfway through the screening, he gets on the phone and is like, by this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:44:31 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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