Mike Figgis

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Internal Affairs (1990); Leaving Las Vegas (1995); Cold Creek Manor. Count them as composer (1 film) 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.

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.

Deep Cover: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Internal Affairs (1990), which they directed: Internal Affairs ⇒ Deep Cover (the host's read). Deep Cover was conceived as a sequel to Internal Affairs; Michael Tolkin and Henry Bean got involved in writing it.
    “Deep cover was conceived as a sequel to this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:29:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (3) everyone in directing

Music (1) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Mike Figgis → Neil Jordan. Figgis is described as a provocative director working genre movies inside the system, like maybe Neil Jordan.
    “There's not a lot of guys like him, like maybe Neil Jordan or somebody like that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:22:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Mike Figgis → Leaving Las Vegas. Figgis directed both; the two films share DNA of desperate, almost violent sex in a place full of promise and sin.
    “If you watch this movie and you put it next to, uh, leaving Las Vegas, you could tell that they have the same DNA.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:23:28 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Mike Figgis → Internal Affairs. Figgis scored the film himself and cameos as the man dining with Nancy Travis.
    “So Mike Figgis was like, I got this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:01 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Mike Figgis → Henry Bean. The film was written by Henry Bean and directed by Mike Figgis.
    “This movie was written by Henry Bean and directed by Mike Figgis.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:22:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Mike Figgis: Directors who do their own music: Figgis scored the film and cameos as the man dining with Nancy Travis.
    “when directors do their own music.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:45:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)