Harry Nilsson

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q281034: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Popeye, which 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris 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: Popeye (1980); Goodfellas (1990); The Farewell (2019).

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.

After Hours (1985): 2 lines

  1. unmapped (stylistic seed) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they scored: After Hours ⇒ Goodfellas (the host's read). Sean says the fast cutting, whip-pans and close-ups in After Hours are the seeds of Goodfellas' look, via cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.
    “just seeing all the seeds of Goodfellas and all these little edits and camera shots.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. career (career hinge) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they scored: After Hours ⇒ Goodfellas (the host's read). Bill says Goodfellas does not happen if After Hours does not happen first; the cancelled Last Temptation is the sliding door.
    “I don't know if Goodfellas happens.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Farewell (2019), which they scored: 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)

Drawn on by

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

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023): 3 lines

  1. craft (opening style) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they scored: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). The opening tracking shot echoes the Copacabana shot before the film rejects that mode.
    “It was a very long tracking shot through Leo's arrival, which is, you know, gesturing to Copacabana”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:14:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (inverts) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they scored: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). Same crimes by white men but with no romance or good life, a deliberate answer to Goodfellas' seductiveness.
    “there's a romance to Goodfellas that does not exist here.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:28:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (narration trick) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they scored: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). Molly's voiceover recalls Karen taking over narration in Goodfellas.
    “Goodfellas does this. There's a moment when Karen takes over the narration.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:08:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

A Bronx Tale (1993): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they scored: Goodfellas ⇒ A Bronx Tale (the host's read). The bar-introduction scene of nicknamed mobsters is called a borderline Goodfellas ripoff.
    “Meeting everyone in the bar, which is just a borderline Goodfellas ripoff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:55:08 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

My Blue Heaven: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they scored: Goodfellas ⇒ My Blue Heaven (the host's read). My Blue Heaven is blown out by Goodfellas as it is the same movie, like a sequel.
    “It got kind of blown out of the water by Goodfellas because it's the same movie.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:31:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Punch-Drunk Love (2002): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Popeye (1980), which they scored: Popeye ⇒ Punch-Drunk Love (the host's read). Wesley says PTA's debt to Altman runs deep, down to the Shelley Duvall Popeye song used in Punch-Drunk Love.
    “the way that that Shelley Duval song from Popeye functions in punch trunk love”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:21:58 · Wesley Morris (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (3) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (music): The Farewell → Harry Nilsson. The film's song 'Without You' was a cover recorded with Wang's friends because the Nilsson foreign-language version could not be cleared.
    “I wanted the, an Italian version of uh, without you.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:13:58 · Lulu Wang (0.85 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Harry Nilsson → Popeye. Wesley marvels that one of the greatest pop musicians, Harry Nilsson, made the music for the live-action Popeye musical, a production the hosts describe as fueled by cocaine and craziness.
    “one of the greatest pop musicians ever is making the music for this, for this musical live action Popeye movie.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:14:42 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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