Wes Anderson

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q223687: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Royal Tenenbaums, which ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); no film named. Count them as director (14 films), writer (1 film), actor (2 films), composer (1 film) 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.

Buster Keaton: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · them, directly: Buster Keaton ⇒ Wes Anderson (the host's read). A line of rigorous frame control runs from Keaton to the Coen brothers and Wes Anderson.
    “the Coen brothers, Wes Anderson.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 0:50:38 · James Urbaniak (0.40 sure it was them)

Do the Right Thing (1989): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · them, directly: Do the Right Thing ⇒ Wes Anderson (the host's read). Direct address to camera (Mr. Senor Love Daddy and the like) was taken up by the whole indie revolution, Wes Anderson most of all.
    “Using direct address into the camera as a style, which has been now jacked by basically the whole indie revolution that came after him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:50:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Francois Truffaut: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Francois Truffaut ⇒ Wes Anderson (the host's read). Speaker lists Truffaut among the director's (transcribed Western's) biggest influences while joking about Moonrise Kingdom.
    “Francois Truffaut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:04:11 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

The Sentinel (short story): 1 line

  1. lineage (source story) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): The Sentinel (short story) ⇒ 2001: A Space Odyssey (the host's read). The film and companion novel drafted off Clarke's short story The Sentinel, which had the germ of the monolith idea.
    “So it's going off drafting off of the Sentinel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:52:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984): 5 lines

  1. lineage (sequel) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). The film has a sequel, and Clarke wrote three sequel novels.
    “Obviously, the sequel exists.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:11:43 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). 2010 tries to answer Kubrick's questions and is more loyal to Arthur C. Clarke's ideas.
    “it's much more... As I remember loyal to Arthur C. Clark's science fiction ideas”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:26:18 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). 2010 was made because the novel sequel existed, a movie made just because they had to.
    “Because Arthur C. Clark had come out with a 2010 novel.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:54:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (sequel) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). 2010 is the sequel to 2001; the speaker's reaction to the Kubrick film is the benchmark throughout.
    “And I said, oh, you know, 2010, the sequel to 2001 and they were like, the what?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:02:34 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. craft (borrowed music) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). The only thing 2010 borrows from 2001, apart from plotting, is the music, including the Zarathustra drop at the end.
    “Yeah, is the music.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:07:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jack Kirby: 2 lines

  1. unmapped (led to Fourth World) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Jack Kirby (the host's read). Kirby's Fourth World is said to come out of his 2001 work.
    “Yeah, and I think like 4th world essentially comes out of it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:12:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (comic adaptation) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Jack Kirby (the host's read). Kirby's Marvel series began by adapting the movie in its first three issues, then went its own way.
    “Like, the 1st 3 issues are the movie... and he went bananas with it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:12:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Silent Running (1972): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Silent Running (the host's read). 2001 spawned heady, serious, clean sci-fi like Silent Running.
    “2001 leads to a spat of things like silent running, you know, these movies that are like very heady.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (wave of imitators) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Silent Running (the host's read). After 2001 came a wave of slower sci-fi imitators, naming Silent Running and Capricorn One.
    “But it is funny, like after this, there's a wave of imitators, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

2010 (1984): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010 (the host's read). Peter Hyams made a film sequel to 2001, following the books.
    “But, like, he rolled up his sleeves and he was like, 2001?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:48:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

2069: A Sex Odyssey: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2069: A Sex Odyssey (the host's read). The porn parody is said to be very influenced by 2001.
    “actually is actually very influenced by this film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:56 · Jordan Hoffman (0.30 sure it was them)

A Clockwork Orange (1971): 1 line

  1. unmapped (self-reference) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). The record store scene shows the 2001 soundtrack, which the speakers read as Kubrick nodding at his own movie.
    “but he's kind of like being like, guys, I made that movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:54 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

Ad Astra (2019): 1 line

  1. unmapped (cribbing) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Ad Astra (the host's read). Ad Astra is called the one other film that feels realistic about space travel, and it cribs from 2001.
    “is cribbing from it so much where like the way at Astra depicts space travel”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:41:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Being There (1979): 1 line

  1. theme (theme reused) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Being There (the host's read). Being There used a funky version of 2001's Zarathustra theme for its big moment.
    “they were going to play the also Sprack Zarathustra, but they did the funky version instead”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:37:23 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)

David Fincher: 1 line

  1. unmapped (early commercial reference) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ David Fincher (the host's read). At 24 Fincher used a baby smoking, a 2001 reference, in an American Cancer Society ad.
    “a baby smoking a cigarette as a, as a, as a reference to 2001 is incredibly powerful iconography”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:17:15 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

Elvis Presley: 1 line

  1. craft (music borrowed) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Elvis Presley (the host's read). Elvis took the Zarathustra overture from the film almost immediately and opened his concerts with it.
    “Almost immediately after the movie took this took the music.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:38:21 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)

History of the World, Part I (1981): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ History of the World, Part I (the host's read). Monty Python and History of the World Part I did 2001 parodies.
    “they did 2001 of Space Odyssey parodies. History of the World Part one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:28:00 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60 sure it was them)

Luke Wilson: 1 line

  1. career (career debt) · them, directly: Wes Anderson ⇒ Luke Wilson (the host's read). Bill argues Wilson owes his good roles to his brother Owen and Wes Anderson.
    “I think he is the beneficiary of having a very creative brother, and forging a partnership with Owen and Wes Anderson”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:48:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Shining (1980): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to Kubrick mythology) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as director (comparison for lavish dinners): 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ The Shining (the host's read). 2001 is the reason for Kubrick's godlike mythology, without which people would invest less in The Shining.
    “I don't think people would invest as much into The Shining if this movie didn't exist.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:01:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (41) everyone in directing

Other (4) everyone in other

Acting (2) everyone in acting

Writing (1) everyone in writing

Music (1) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career-arc): Wes Anderson → The Darjeeling Limited. Darjeeling was his most serious but problematic film; the post-Tenenbaums low before childhood-return films rescued him.
    “Darjeeling Limited is sort of the Nadir of his like, I'm not really sure what I'm doing, but these are some beautiful ideas and images.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:19:48 · Andy Greenwald (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career debt): Luke Wilson → Wes Anderson. Bill argues Wilson owes his good roles to his brother Owen and Wes Anderson.
    “I think he is the beneficiary of having a very creative brother, and forging a partnership with Owen and Wes Anderson”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:48:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Wes Anderson → James Gray. Gray admires that his friend Wes Anderson built a brand audiences trust.
    “what I've admired about Wes from afar, as much as I can admire him from afar, is that he has created a kind of brand for himself.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:20:18 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  4. career (career reclaim): Wes Anderson → Edward Norton. Norton's wilderness period ends when Wes Anderson reclaims him as goofy.
    “that he isn't really pulled out of until Wes Anderson reclaims him and is like, you are goofy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:17:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Wes Anderson → Edward Norton. Anderson is the only director using Norton well post-Hulk, against type as a weak Poindexter.
    “Right, at this point, it's like Wes Anderson's the only guy who's using him well, and he's using him against the type of everything he had done in the 1st 10 years of his career.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:15:09 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (franchise-contrast): Wes Anderson → Jurassic Park. Today's indie directors get drafted into franchises (Jurassic Park, Creed, Black Panther, Eternals); Anderson never would.
    “you get drafted into franchise filmmaking incredibly fast now.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:30:26 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Wes Anderson → The Kinks. Anderson always finds a place for the Kinks.
    “He always likes to find a place for the kinks.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:20:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (sounds like): Lolita → Wes Anderson. The Lolita Ya-Ya song is called something that would fit in a Wes Anderson movie.
    “this would be in a fucking Wes Anderson movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:53:21 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

industry (7)

  1. industry (industry): Scott Rudin → Wes Anderson. Rudin was one of the producers who grabbed, propelled, and protected certain filmmakers and let them work their way.
    “there are a handful of filmmakers that that producer kind of, Grabbed and and propelled forward. And protected”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:34:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Wes Anderson → Paul Thomas Anderson. Compared as beloved filmmakers still without Oscars; PTA's year may be coming.
    “We're, it's starting to feel like the Paul Thomas Anderson year is happening, right?”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:38:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Wes Anderson → Noah Baumbach / Greta Gerwig. Grouped as faves who haven't had Oscars yet.
    “It's no Bombach, it's Greta Gerwig, like that, you know, that our class.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:41:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): Wes Anderson → Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick never winning an Oscar is why not winning feels cool.
    “Stanley Kubrick never won.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:41:23 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. industry (festival plan): The French Dispatch → Wes Anderson. It was planned as Wes Anderson's Cannes coming-out party and a six-month campaign.
    “that was going to be Wes Anderson's been coming out party for that film and it was going to come out in July”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:32:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. industry (industry): Wes Anderson → Coen Brothers. Gray groups Anderson with the Coens: people go to their films on the strength of the name.
    “people go to his movies on the basis of his name or the Cohen brothers and people like that.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:20:48 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  7. industry (industry): Cameron Crowe → Wes Anderson. Crowe was the music guy until Wes Anderson took the crown.
    “And then Wes Anderson came and took that crown away from her.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:05:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (3)

  1. lineage (influence): Buster Keaton → Wes Anderson. A line of rigorous frame control runs from Keaton to the Coen brothers and Wes Anderson.
    “the Coen brothers, Wes Anderson.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 0:50:38 · James Urbaniak (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (influence): Wes Anderson → Do the Right Thing. Direct address to camera (Mr. Senor Love Daddy and the like) was taken up by the whole indie revolution, Wes Anderson most of all.
    “Using direct address into the camera as a style, which has been now jacked by basically the whole indie revolution that came after him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:50:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Wes Anderson → Francois Truffaut. Speaker lists Truffaut among the director's (transcribed Western's) biggest influences while joking about Moonrise Kingdom.
    “Francois Truffaut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:04:11 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Wes Anderson → Noah Baumbach. Baumbach is a friend and collaborator who also blends comedy and sadness.
    “Definitely Noah Bomback, and obviously they have been collaborators and friends”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:21:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Owen Wilson → Wes Anderson. Owen Wilson's madcap humor in his writing partnership with Anderson differs from Anderson's work with Coppola or Baumbach; speaker wishes they would write together again.
    “I wish they'd write another movie together because I can feel his sense of humor in this movie”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:27:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (5)

  1. theme (cultural-impact-comparison): Wes Anderson → Quentin Tarantino. In 2001 there was a sense Anderson could be as significant a voice as Tarantino, who came slightly earlier.
    “there was a feeling in 01 that I think he had a chance to be like as significant a voice as Tarantino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:17:14 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. theme (contemporary-comparison): Wes Anderson → Paul Thomas Anderson. The other Anderson; similar trajectory of staying uncompromised rather than going franchise.
    “The filmmaker that I would bring up is a comparison. Um, and as a contemporary is the other Anderson is Paul Thomas Anderson.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:21:02 · Andy Greenwald (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. theme (long-time team comparison): David Fincher → Wes Anderson. Like Wes Anderson and Spielberg, Fincher's strength comes from a loyal team that finishes his sentences.
    “filmmakers like Wes Anderson, like Spielberg and whatever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:41:36 · Matt Singer (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. theme (comparison): Stanley Kubrick → Wes Anderson. Kubrick's chaotic dinner parties are contrasted with lavish Wes Anderson restaurant dinners.
    “but they weren't these like sort of lavish like Wes Anderson eating at the finest restaurant dinner parties.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:03:04 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. theme (comparison): Stanley Kubrick → Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson offered as today's comparison for Kubrick's control and exactness.
    “you want to compare him to someone like Wes Anderson, who is certainly one of the most controlled directors working today.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:38:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (friendship): Garth Jennings → Wes Anderson. Jennings is good friends with Wes Anderson, who voices a giraffe in Sing.
    “Garth Jennings is very good friends with Wes Anderson, and Wes Anderson has a voice role in Singh.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:20:56 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (champion): Wes Anderson → Martin Scorsese. Scorsese backed both Anderson and PTA early.
    “Wes Anderson, from his from Bottle Rocket. Scorsese was like, this is the kid.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:21:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Julia Roberts → Wes Anderson. They wonder whether directors like Wes Anderson or Paul Thomas Anderson would cast her.
    “does Wes Anderson want to work with Julia Roberts, you know?”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:28:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Wes Anderson: The cast's wrist bands and Margot costumes: after the movie every dude they knew started wearing wristbands; the movie shaped dress, music and eyeliner.
    “every dude I knew started wearing wristbands after this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:03:00 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Wes Anderson: He won an Oscar for Henry Sugar two years ago but still has no screenplay Oscar.
    “He doesn't even have a screenplay, Oscar.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:39:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Wes Anderson: Gray calls a director's brand the most elegant form of big Macization.
    “It is, it is the most elegant form of sort of big Macization.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:21:10 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)