Dennis Lehane

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Mystic River (2003).

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.

Gillian Flynn: 1 line

  1. lineage (inspired her approach) · through Mystic River (2003), which they wrote: Mystic River ⇒ Gillian Flynn (the maker said so). After failed attempts at novels, Flynn read Mystic River and took from it the idea of a crime that is a red herring for a character story.
    “She said she had many failed attempts and then read Dennis Lahain's Mystic River, which, in my opinion, is an incredible piece of writing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:31:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sharp Objects (TV): 1 line

  1. unmapped (template (crime as red herring)) · through Mystic River (2003), which they wrote: Mystic River ⇒ Sharp Objects (TV) (the host's read). Sharp Objects and Dark Places are described as Flynn's attempts at the Mystic River-style crime-as-red-herring structure.
    “And so sharp objects and dark places are both kind of like attempts at that, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:32:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (2) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Dennis Lehane → Mystic River. The film is called the worst adaptation of Lehane's work.
    “that's the worst adaptation of his work.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:53:14 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.