Jonathan Demme

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q48987: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as producer. The films the hosts said they produced, which the two lists below run through too: That Thing You Do!. Count them as director (11 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.

Licorice Pizza (2021): 1 line

  1. people (people) · through That Thing You Do!, which they produced: That Thing You Do! ⇒ Licorice Pizza (the host's read). Gary Goetzman was an inspiration for Licorice Pizza and will come up on the show.
    “he was an inspiration for the film Licorice Pizza”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:44:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (13) everyone in directing

Other (2) everyone in other

Producing (1) everyone in producing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Tak Fujimoto → Jonathan Demme. Fujimoto is Jonathan Demme's longtime cinematographer, and shot That Thing You Do!
    “also shot by Tak Fujimoto, Jonathan Demi's longtime cinematographer”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:44:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Jonathan Demme → That Thing You Do!. Producer-pair Demme and Goetzman, cinematography by Fujimoto, score by Howard Shore make it a high-class studio picture.
    “produced by Jonathan Demi and Gary Getzman”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:44:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Hard Eight (Sydney) → Jonathan Demme. The into-camera close-ups in the diner are Demme-like; it is like Scorsese and Demme together.
    “It's like if Scorsese and Demi made something together in a lot of ways.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:58:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Fritz Lang → Jonathan Demme. Lang was a bracket entry like Demme: a filmography they feared was too long for people to want.
    “He was a guy much like Jonathan Demi, where we were like, that might be a little bit too long for that guy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:15:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (better-suited director): Jonathan Demme → Tully. A Demme-directed Tully would be better, said of Demme's humanistic approach.
    “Jonathan Demi Tully would have been a better Tully.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:29:38 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Jonathan Demme → The War of the Roses. Demme as a recasting director, with Rachel Getting Married vibes and a black-comedy tone.
    “What's this movie of Jonathan Demi's directing it?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:07:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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