Steve Buscemi

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q104061: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Miller's Crossing (1990); Barton Fink (1991); Billy Bathgate (1991); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Pulp Fiction (1994); Billy Madison (1995); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); Fargo (1996); Trees Lounge (1996); The Sopranos (1999); Domestic Disturbance (2001); Ghost World (2001); Monsters, Inc. (2001); In the Soup; Wild Horse 9. Count them as director (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.

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 2 lines, within their own work

lineage (lineage) · through Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), which they acted in: 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)
lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: 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)

A Bronx Tale (1993): 1 line

lineage (influence) · through The Sopranos (1999), which they acted in: A Bronx Tale ⇒ The Sopranos (the host's read). Ryan argues A Bronx Tale influenced The Sopranos more than any other movie, with Sonny and Tony Soprano close in how they hold the neighborhood.
“I think Bronx Tale... influenced the Sopranos more than any other movie, but I don't think people think that.”
The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:23:20 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

City on Fire (1987): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they acted in: 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)

Dashiell Hammett: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Miller's Crossing (1990), which they acted in: Dashiell Hammett ⇒ Miller's Crossing (the host's read). The film is a take on 1930s-40s fast-talking noir rooted in Hammett.
“unique take on, you know, 1930s and 40s fast talking noir movies, very much rooted in national Hammett”
The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:19 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Deliverance (1972): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Deliverance ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The pawn shop sequence is inspired by Deliverance and transplants a Tennessee 1974 pawn shop to Hollywood.
“It's not just that he's inspired by deliverance.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:44 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Django (1966): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they acted in: 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)

Fatal Attraction (1987): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Domestic Disturbance (2001), which they acted in: Fatal Attraction ⇒ Domestic Disturbance (the host's read). Domestic Disturbance is the late, bad entry in the 'from hell' thriller cycle that began with Fatal Attraction.
“We had this really good run that starts with fatal fatal attraction into the 80s.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Hard Boiled (1992): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they acted in: 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)

Joe Dante: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Joe Dante ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
“Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:06:41 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

John Woo: 1 line

craft (craft) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they acted in: 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)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Kiss Me Deadly ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The briefcase is an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase, a metaphor for danger.
“It's interesting because it is such an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:23:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Lee Majors: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Lee Majors ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away.
“Because Lee Majors is going out of town.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Ransom (1996): 1 line

craft (craft) · through Domestic Disturbance (2001), which they acted in: Ransom ⇒ Domestic Disturbance (the host's read). Travolta tries to get mean like Mel Gibson in Ransom but lacks that gear.
“he's trying to do like Mel Gibson and Ransom, but he just does not have that gear at all.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:54:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Shaft (1971): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Shaft ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Bad motherfucker wallet reference to the Shaft theme.
“It was a reference to the theme song of Shaft.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Big Combo (1955): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they acted in: 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 acted in: 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 Stepfather: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Domestic Disturbance (2001), which they acted in: The Stepfather ⇒ Domestic Disturbance (the host's read). Domestic Disturbance is a stepfather-from-hell movie, a premise already done by The Stepfather.
“Which, by the way, we'd already done with the stepfather with Terry Quinn.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they acted in: 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 acted in: 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.

Captain Marvel (2019): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
“a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco): 1 line

lineage (adaptation) · through Fargo (1996), which they acted in: Fargo ⇒ Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco) (the host's read). An NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco as Marge aired years later; the Coens were not involved.
“There was like an NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco playing Marge Gunderson.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:10:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014): 1 line

unmapped (false true story) · through Fargo (1996), which they acted in: Fargo ⇒ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (the host's read). Kumiko is a movie about someone who believed Fargo's 'based on a true story' card and went looking for the money.
“is a movie based on an Irvin legend about someone believing that Fargo was true and looking for the bag of money.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:46:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Misery (1990): 1 line

programming (programming) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
“The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
“And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

unmapped (model for the villains) · through Fargo (1996), which they acted in: Fargo ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host feels Panic Room's funny villain and scary villain pair uses the Buscemi and Stormare model from Fargo.
“But I'm realizing how much wisely it does feel like they're sort of using the model of Bushemi and Stoneman.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line, within their own work

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they acted in: 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)

Pulp Fiction imitators: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Pulp Fiction imitators (the host's read). The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years.
“Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Samuel L. Jackson: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Samuel L. Jackson (the host's read). Nick Fury's diner scene is described as a try at a Tarantino diner, with Jules-style rhythm.
“I'm trying to do some like fucking Tarantino diner scene.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:05:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Station Eleven (2021): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they acted in: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Station Eleven (the host's read). Time-shifting storytelling that Pulp put front and center is still used in current TV.
“Yeah, it's like still showing up in like station 11.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:39 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Swingers (1996): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they acted in: 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

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they acted in: 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, within their own work

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they acted in: 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 acted in: 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

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

career (career): Steve Buscemi → Fargo. Buscemi in Domestic Disturbance is basically his Fargo character.
“He's basically doing his Fargo character.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:45:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Steve Buscemi → The Sopranos. Buscemi took years off movies after the stabbing, then went on to The Sopranos.
“Well, he goes on to the Sopranos.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Steve Buscemi → Miller's Crossing. Buscemi was known from Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and Billy Bathgate before blossoming here.
“he was that guy who was in Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink and Billy Bathgate.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

people (6)

people (cast as motor mouth): Steve Buscemi → Miller's Crossing. Buscemi was hired in Miller's Crossing as someone who can read dialogue fast, and the Coens wrote Fargo's Carl for him.
“Miller's Crossing is literally hired because they need a motor mouth.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:56:31 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
people (casting against ugly): Steve Buscemi → Trees Lounge. Buscemi is cast as ugly but is striking in person; examples are Trees Lounge and In the Soup, where he is cute.
“Like, he's so cute in that movie.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:06:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
people (dream casting): Steve Buscemi → Taken. Both hosts independently put Buscemi as the manager of the sex trafficking auction.
“I think Steve could have been the guy on charge of the in charge of the auction.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:57:06 · Shea Serrano (0.50 sure it was them)
people (frequent director): Mark Boone Junior → Steve Buscemi. Boone was in several Buscemi-directed films.
“he did Lonesome Gym with Casey Affleck.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 1:40:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
people (directed): Steve Buscemi → 30 Rock (TV). Buscemi directed the Leap Day William episode and fake movie.
“had to direct the episode and direct the fake movie”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 1:42:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
people (director): Steve Buscemi → Trees Lounge. Trees Lounge is so good it seemed Buscemi might be a huge directing talent.
“But I feel like Trees Lounge is so good and so like deeply felt”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 1:42:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

theme (echoed line): Steve Buscemi → Monsters, Inc.. Buscemi's threat to feed someone into a wood chipper recurs in Monsters, Inc.
“Because Shemi's character says I'll feed you into a wood chipper to somebody.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:25:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

what-if (what-if): Steve Buscemi → Pulp Fiction. They should have staged Travolta and Buscemi in a diner as a Pulp Fiction echo, since Buscemi was the waiter there.
“Do you think they should have made more of Travolta and Bushemi in a diner as an echo of Pulp Fiction when Bushemi's Travolta's waiter?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:57:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Steve Buscemi → Reservoir Dogs. Buscemi first auditioned for Mr. White.
“Bushemi originally auditioned for Mr. White.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:14 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Steve Buscemi: The best entrance award: when Buscemi shows up, the movie takes off.
“The moment Bushemi shows up, this movie takes off.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Steve Buscemi: He directed the 30 Rock Leap Day William episode and the fake Jim Carrey movie inside it.
“had to direct the episode and direct the fake movie”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 1:42:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)