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 actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976); The Last Temptation of Christ (1988); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); The Prestige (2006). Count them as 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.

Barbara Hershey: 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of project) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they acted in: Barbara Hershey ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). Hershey also planted the book in Scorsese's head and told him to let her audition as Mary Magdalene.
    “But it's planted in his head by her.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:44:30 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Ben-Hur (1959): 1 line

  1. unmapped (accent convention) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they acted in: Ben-Hur ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). Scorsese made the Romans British, as in Ben-Hur, with everyone else American.
    “He said the big thing was to give let the Romans be British.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 1:02:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Boxcar Bertha (1972): 1 line

  1. unmapped (production method) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they acted in: Boxcar Bertha ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the maker said so). Scorsese's Corman-style Boxcar Bertha experience let him storyboard and time every shot to make Last Temptation cheaply.
    “I never would have been able to make this movie if I didn't have my Corman background and experience a boxcar Bertha specifically”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:54:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Color of Money (1986): 1 line

  1. career (career enabler) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they acted in: The Color of Money ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). The paycheck-gig hit stabilizes Scorsese's career and makes Last Temptation and Goodfellas possible.
    “Must admit though, it is the guarantor that allows him to immediately then make. Last temptation of Christ in Goodfellas.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:17:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Robe (1953): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they acted in: The Robe ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). The Robe is the first Christ movie Scorsese remembers seeing.
    “The 1st Christ movie he remembers seeing is the robe.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:45:07 · David Sims (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.

After Hours (1985): 3 lines

  1. career (personal projection) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they acted in: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese quoted in an oral history). Scorsese worked Kafka's Before the Law into the club doorman scene to reflect his frustration over Last Temptation.
    “inspired by Franz Kafka's before the law. And Scorsese said the short story reflected his frustration toward the production of the Last Temptation of Christ.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (cause) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they acted in: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: a Scorsese quote on After Hours being a reaction to the Last Temptation ordeal). After Paramount collapsed Last Temptation, Scorsese wanted a cheap, personal film; After Hours is his reaction to the Hollywood ordeal.
    “it's a reaction against my year and a half into Hollywood trying to get last temptation to Christ made.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:50:49 · unknown host (quoting Scorsese) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (sliding door) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they acted in: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). Paramount cancelling Last Temptation sent Scorsese to a small fast job; one of movie history's sliding doors.
    “it is one of the massive sliding doors in movie history because him not making it leads to him making this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Cape Fear (1991): 1 line

  1. industry (business deal) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they acted in: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ Cape Fear (the host's read). Universal's deal to make Last Temptation obliged a bigger film later, resulting in the Spielberg swap and Cape Fear.
    “it gets fear is a direct result of his deal with Universal for this month.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 2:00:50 · David Sims (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)

Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (2017): 1 line

  1. lineage (location callback) · through Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), which they acted in: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me ⇒ Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 (the host's read). The convenience store was only seen inside, upstairs, in Fire Walk with Me; Part 8 shows its exterior and it is where nasty business happens.
    “Wait, so we've been to the convenience store and in the past?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 1:21:40 · 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)

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