Madonna

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q1744: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Madonna: Truth or Dare, which An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens credits them on.

Counted as composer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they scored, which the two lists below run through too: Express Yourself (Madonna video) (1989); Bad Girl (Madonna video) (1992); Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999); Oh Father (Madonna video); Vogue (Madonna video). Count them as director (1 film), actor (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.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), which they scored: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery ⇒ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (the host's read). Mini-Me/Scott Evil fight calls back to the toilet sequence in the first movie.
    “Great callback to the toilet sequence in the in the 1st movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:25:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (franchise decline) · through Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), which they scored: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery ⇒ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (the host's read). The sequels try to top themselves and Austin stops being funny once he figures himself out at the end of the first film.
    “The 2nd and thirds are just trying to top themselves.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:32:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Bop Till You Drop (Rick Springfield video): 1 line

  1. unmapped (reused imagery) · through Express Yourself (Madonna video) (1989), which they scored: Bop Till You Drop (Rick Springfield video) ⇒ Express Yourself (Madonna video) (the host's read). A host says Express Yourself reuses the chain and industrial ideas from Bop Till You Drop at a higher level.
    “this feels like he's reusing some of the Springfield stuff from that bop till you drop video, but like elevated... to a much, uh, more sophisticated level.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:10:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Citizen Kane (1941): 1 line

  1. unmapped (tribute) · through Oh Father (Madonna video), which they scored: Citizen Kane ⇒ Oh Father (Madonna video) (the host's read). Oh Father is called Fincher's first Citizen Kane tribute.
    “This was his 1st Citizen Kane tribute.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:17:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Dr. No (1962): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), which they scored: Dr. No ⇒ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (the host's read). Bond is the blueprint for Austin Powers; Dr. Evil is Blofeld.
    “Dr. Evil being Blofeld and all that stuff, it's just kind of lost on the audience and it still works.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Greta Garbo: 1 line

  1. lineage (pose homage) · through Vogue (Madonna video), which they scored: Greta Garbo ⇒ Vogue (Madonna video) (the host's read). The Vogue poses come from golden-age stars such as Veronica Lake, Bette Davis and Greta Garbo.
    “Veronica Lake, Betty Davis, Greta Garbo, all these sort of poses of golden age stars”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:30:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Josef von Sternberg: 1 line

  1. lineage (visual homage) · them, directly: Josef von Sternberg ⇒ Madonna (the host's read). A host says the Madonna-Fincher videos tap into a golden-age Hollywood, Dietrich and von Sternberg vibe.
    “they're tapping into, like, a golden age of Hollywood slash Marlena Dietrich von Sternberg vibe.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:08:51 · Marie Bardi (0.40 sure it was them)

Metropolis (1927): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual homage) · through Express Yourself (Madonna video) (1989), which they scored: Metropolis ⇒ Express Yourself (Madonna video) (the host's read). A host says Express Yourself is obviously modeled on Metropolis.
    “This one is obviously modeled on Metropolis, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:09:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Michael Caine: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), which they scored: Michael Caine ⇒ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (the host's read). Clearly based in part on a bunch of Michael Caine movies.
    “There's a bunch of Michael Kane movies that it's clearly based on.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Our Man Flint: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), which they scored: Our Man Flint ⇒ Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (the host's read). Austin Powers draws on 60s spy movies like Our Man Flint and Michael Caine films.
    “a couple of other movies like Armand Flint, the James Coburn movie from the 60s”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Lady Gaga: 1 line

  1. lineage (ripped off) · through Express Yourself (Madonna video) (1989), which they scored: Express Yourself (Madonna video) ⇒ Lady Gaga (the host's read). A host says Lady Gaga ripped off Express Yourself.
    “Lady Gaga completely ripped it off, of course, from... She did, but that's okay.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:07:32 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (5) everyone in music

Acting (7) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

Directing (1) everyone in directing

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (visual homage): Josef von Sternberg → Madonna. A host says the Madonna-Fincher videos tap into a golden-age Hollywood, Dietrich and von Sternberg vibe.
    “they're tapping into, like, a golden age of Hollywood slash Marlena Dietrich von Sternberg vibe.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:08:51 · Marie Bardi (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Eddie Murphy → Madonna. Eddie's 1984 fame is placed alongside Madonna, Prince and Springsteen as a youth-culture phenomenon.
    “on the level of Madonna Prince Bruce Springsteen”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.