David Bowie

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q5383: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Last Temptation of Christ, which The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie 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: The Martian (2015). Count them as actor (4 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.

Alien: Covenant (2017): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Martian (2015), which they scored: The Martian ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read). The Martian's success gave Scott leverage to make an odder Alien film.
    “I forgot that the previous film to this is the Martian”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:19:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Heroes (Wallflowers video, Godzilla soundtrack): 1 line

  1. unmapped (cover) · them, directly: David Bowie ⇒ Heroes (Wallflowers video, Godzilla soundtrack) (the host's read). Griffin learned Heroes was a Bowie cover, not a Wallflowers original.
    “I didn't know Heroes was a David Bowie cover.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 2:25:55 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (1) everyone in music

Acting (5) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): David Bowie → Starman. A host half-expected Bowie's song 'Starman' to play over the film's credits, though it is not that kind of movie.
    “Part of me was waiting for it, like, the Starman song to be in the credits.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:25:44 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (same use of actor): David Bowie → The Prestige. Bowie's one-scene authority role as Pilate mirrors his Tesla in The Prestige.
    “And it's the same use of him in prestige.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 1:34:20 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (casting): David Bowie → The Man Who Fell to Earth. Bowie's alien quality was perfect for Pilate, as his Man Who Fell to Earth showed.
    “you watch the man who fell to earth and you're like, well, of course, he's great at this.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 1:35:14 · Jamelle Bouie (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (cast continuity): Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me → David Bowie. Philip Jeffries, Bowie's character from Fire Walk with Me, is now a giant teapot directing an agency against Mr. C, since Bowie died in 2016.
    “Philip Jeffries, the David Bowie character, who is now a giant teapot, is like directing an agency against Mr. C.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 0:57:44 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (title): Starman → David Bowie. They wonder whether they had to talk to David Bowie before calling the film Starman.
    “Do you think they had to talk to David Bowie before they called this movie Star Man?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:25:11 · Katey Rich (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (alien role): David Bowie → The Man Who Fell to Earth. Bowie already played his alien in The Man Who Fell to Earth.
    “Yeah, Manta fell to earth.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:25:21 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (cover): David Bowie → Heroes (Wallflowers video, Godzilla soundtrack). Griffin learned Heroes was a Bowie cover, not a Wallflowers original.
    “I didn't know Heroes was a David Bowie cover.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 2:25:55 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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