Darius Wolski

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as cinematographer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they shot, which the two lists below run through too: News of the World (2020); Resident Evil (2026).

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.

Die Hard (1988): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through Resident Evil (2026), which they shot: Die Hard ⇒ Resident Evil (the host's read). The shoes-melting beat is called a Die Hard nod (walking on broken glass).
    “You have that wonderful diehard nod where his shoes are starting to melt and he has to take his shoes off.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:00:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Evil Dead II (1987): 1 line

  1. lineage (tonal influence) · through Resident Evil (2026), which they shot: Evil Dead II ⇒ Resident Evil (the maker said so: a conversation with Cregger on the show last year). Cregger said he wanted an Evil Dead 2 style rock-em sock-em movie and got crazy with the camera.
    “I'm doing it because I think this movie is going to be fucking awesome.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:21:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

John Carpenter: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Resident Evil (2026), which they shot: John Carpenter ⇒ Resident Evil (the host's read). Carpenter looms over the movie; it sits in a lineage with Romero, 28 Days Later, Alien, Cronenberg.
    “It's very obvious the way that Carpenter looms over a movie like this.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:43:16 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

The Thing (1982): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through Resident Evil (2026), which they shot: The Thing ⇒ Resident Evil (the host's read). The farmhouse sequence and the dog at the barn are homages to Carpenter's The Thing.
    “You can see the homage to Carpenters the Thing in all this part.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:40:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Weapons (2025): 1 line

  1. unmapped (respectability) · through Resident Evil (2026), which they shot: Weapons ⇒ Resident Evil (the host's read). Weapons made a witch-flesh-tearing movie respectable; Resident Evil may do the same for movies like it.
    “this is like gonna kind of make movies like this respectable.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:21:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50 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

Photography (3) everyone in photography

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Darius Wolski → Ridley Scott. Wolski is identified as best known recently for his work with Ridley Scott.
    “Darius Wolski, who is best known, I think, recently for his work with Ridley Scott”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:19:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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