Rick Baker

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q495321: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Planet of the Apes, which Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Reservoir Dogs (1992); Variety. Count them as actor (1 film), craft (6 films) 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.

City on Fire (1987): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: City on Fire ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). City on Fire contains huge parts of Reservoir Dogs, which raises the homage-versus-theft question.
    “This might make you mad to watch this movie because City on Fire is Reservoir Dogs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:12 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Django (1966): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: Django ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). Corbucci's 1966 Django is credited as an inspiration for the torture scene.
    “Sergio Corbucci's 1966 spaghetti western Django inspired the scene”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:43 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Hard Boiled (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: Hard Boiled ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The speaker had not yet seen Hard Boiled, but the standoff read as John Woo.
    “I don't know if I'd seen hardboiled or whatever, any of those movies yet”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

John Woo: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: John Woo ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The Mexican standoff was the first visual reference the speaker caught: like a John Woo Hong Kong action movie.
    “It was very like John Wu Hong Kong action movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Big Combo (1955): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: The Big Combo ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). Per the host's notes, The Big Combo and Corbucci's Django inspired the scene of a cop torturing a chair (sic).
    “Joseph H. Lewis's filmed the big combo and Sergio Corbucci's 1966 spaghetti western Django inspired the scene”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:43 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

The Killing (1956): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: The Killing ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the maker said so: a Tarantino quote the host reads). Tarantino said Reservoir Dogs was his version of Kubrick's heist film, without meaning it as a ripoff.
    “but I did think of it as my killing, my take on that kind of heist movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The color-name aliases were first seen in Pelham; called a great homage.
    “It's just a great homage, great Walter Mathow in taking Pelham one, 2, 3.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:00 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Video Archives: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: Video Archives ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). Tarantino distilled the video-store aesthetic into the film; he programmed shelves like a film festival.
    “he talks about how he used to program shelves at the video story worked at as if it was like a film festival.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:17 · 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.

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs.
    “Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)

Swingers (1996): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Swingers (the host's read). Swingers openly ripped off the opening credit strut and joked about everyone copying Tarantino.
    “The opening credit sequence is really fun to watch after swingers blatantly ripped it off”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Farewell (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ The Farewell (the host's read). The slow-motion group walk in The Farewell echoes the Reservoir Dogs shot, which remains influential.
    “And that shot is still really influential.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (the host's read). Called a bad-but-fun movie that would not exist without Tarantino, part of the ripoff era.
    “kind of bad and would not exist without Tarantino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Very Bad Things (1998): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as makeup artist, walked out of a screening: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Very Bad Things (the host's read). Part of the era of Tarantino ripoffs about groups of friends.
    “Well, that was the era of the Tarantino Ripoff era.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Craft (6) everyone in craft

Other (2) everyone in other

Acting (1) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career endpoint): Rick Baker → Men in Black 3. Baker's last major film before retiring, after practical suits barely appeared on screen.
    “I think Men in Black 3 is like his last major movie and he was just like, no one wants to do makeup anymore.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:09:29 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Rick Baker → Tim Roth. Baker has said in interviews that he approached casting by face: Roth's big nose would make him a nightmare to make up.
    “Rick Baker does all these interviews where he talked about like getting the cast and he's like, Tim Roth is going to be a nightmare because his nose is so big.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:08:19 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Rick Baker → Mickey Rourke. The speaker jokes that makeup artist Rick Baker was handed an Academy Award for Rourke's look, when Rourke simply showed up on set that way.
    “Rick Baker, an Academy Award for Mickey Rourke in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 2:09:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Stan Winston → Rick Baker. Winston, Baker and Dick Smith, the three effects names in the Starman credits, are called the three wise men of 80s visual effects.
    “it's like the 3 like wise men of visual effects of the 80s.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:21:06 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (technical): Rick Baker → An American Werewolf in London. Baker's makeup makes Dunn's scenes iconic.
    “it's Griffin Dunn wearing Rick Baker at the top of his game.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:42:43 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (makeup quality vs film): Rick Baker → The Wolfman. The movie was crappy but the makeup was the only good thing; Baker won his last Oscar for it.
    “He won for the wolf in, though.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:10:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Rick Baker: Baker thought about each actor's face; Roth's big nose made him a nightmare, and Giamatti would be great.
    “Rick Baker does all these interviews where he talked about like getting the cast”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:08:19 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)