John Turturro

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q244234: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Romance & Cigarettes. Count them as actor (14 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.

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.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (1) everyone in directing

Acting (18) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career moment): John Turturro → Jungle Fever. At the time of Fearless he was mostly a Spike Lee and Woody Allen guy.
    “I think he's mostly at this point still a Spike Lee guy, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:20:14 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (unlikeable-actor trifecta): John Turturro → Quiz Show. Turturro in Miller's Crossing, Quiz Show and Color of Money makes the audience say something about him is off; Chris thinks the Quiz Show performance should have won.
    “Miller's crossing quiz show, that kind of trifecta. everyone just being like, there's something I don't like about you.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:45:58 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (type memory): John Turturro → Miller's Crossing. His Fearless role coasts on the suspicious-rat look from Miller's Crossing.
    “Is this guy a fucking rat?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:20:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (career apex): John Turturro → Jungle Fever. Turturro is also so good in Jungle Fever.
    “He so good in jungle fever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:18:54 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (career apex): John Turturro → Barton Fink. Discussing Turturro's apex: Jungle Fever, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Transformers, Gloria Bell.
    “I mean, but come on, Barton Fink.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:18:58 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about John Turturro: Griffin compares Turturro's coked-up Julian to Fear from Inside Out, a rat piece of shit, and notes the Jesus Rolls remake of Going Places.
    “He looks like fear from inside out.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:45:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about John Turturro: Turturro after watching dailies of his rant asked Spike to put him on the cover of Ebony with an arm around him, because he rides the subway.
    “get on the cover of Ebony Magazine with your arm around me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:46:45 · Wesley Morris (0.60 sure it was them)