Ernst Lubitsch

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q51562: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

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: Ninotchka; The Smiling Lieutenant; Three Women (Lubitsch).

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.

After Hours (1985): 1 line

unmapped (comic technique) · them, directly: Ernst Lubitsch ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). The film's elegant timing and characterization is Scorsese flexing Lubitsch, his filmmaking hero.
“this is the movie where Marty gets to flex a little Lubich stuff, who was obviously a big filmmaking hero of his”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:39:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

You've Got Mail (1998): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Ninotchka, which they directed: Ninotchka ⇒ You've Got Mail (the host's read). Ephron borrowed the idea of rivals who are two sides of one coin from a Lubitsch picture.
“I mean she's pulling from like a different Lubich movie, which is here are 2 people who are opposite sides of the coin, don't realize they get along that way.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:38:59 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (4) everyone in directing

director, Three Women (Lubitsch) (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak)
director, The Smiling Lieutenant (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak)
director (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’)
director, Ninotchka (Blank Check — Patreon, You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free))

Other (1) everyone in other

director whose timing Scorsese channels here (heard as 'Lubich'), After Hours (Blank Check with Griffin & David, After Hours with Alison Sivitz)

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (1)

unmapped (comic technique): Ernst Lubitsch → After Hours. The film's elegant timing and characterization is Scorsese flexing Lubitsch, his filmmaking hero.
“this is the movie where Marty gets to flex a little Lubich stuff, who was obviously a big filmmaking hero of his”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:39:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.