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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Working Girl (1988); Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991); Reservoir Dogs (1992). Count them as director (1 film), actor (6 films), composer (5 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.

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they were tied to as considered for Tess: An Officer and a Gentleman ⇒ Working Girl (the host's read). The kiss-and-secretaries-cheer moment is an Officer and a Gentleman homage.
“And then I had the officer and a gentleman homage when they're kissing and one of the secretaries says, way to go.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:13:08 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

City on Fire (1987): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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

craft (craft) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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)

Josef von Sternberg: 1 line

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)

The Big Combo (1955): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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

industry (industry) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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.

Pretty Woman (1990): 2 lines

lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they were tied to as considered for Tess: Working Girl ⇒ Pretty Woman (the host's read). Pretty Woman borrows openly from Working Girl's Cinderella story.
“It openly steal shit from this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
programming (programming) · through Working Girl (1988), which they were tied to as considered for Tess: Working Girl ⇒ Pretty Woman (the host's read). Pairing Working Girl and Pretty Woman as a Cinderella double feature to see what Pretty Woman took.
“It double Cinderella and then you're watching Purdue Woman seeing all the things they took.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:05:09 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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 Devil Wears Prada (2006): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they were tied to as considered for Tess: Working Girl ⇒ The Devil Wears Prada (the host's read). Working Girl sprinkled its DNA over later beloved movies, Pretty Woman and Devil Wears Prada chief among them.
“And it's just sprinkling DNA over all these beloved movies over the next 40 years, but those were Pretty Woman and Devil wears Prada were the 2 that I was like, oh, yeah.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:13:35 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)

The Farewell (2019): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as subject of the opening-scene theory; refuted the interpretation: 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)

Working Girl (1990 NBC series): 1 line

programming (programming) · through Working Girl (1988), which they were tied to as considered for Tess: Working Girl ⇒ Working Girl (1990 NBC series) (the host's read). Working Girl became a 1990 NBC series, with Sandra Bullock as Tess.
“Working Girl became an NBC series in 1990”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:11:10 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (1) everyone in directing

made (director), W.E. (Blank Check — Patreon, David Fincher Music Videos)

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (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)

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.