Woody Allen

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q25089: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: What About Bob? (1991); Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Count them as director (12 films), actor (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.

Arthur Schnitzler: 2 lines

lineage (adaptation) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted: Arthur Schnitzler ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). Kubrick turned Schnitzler's Dream Story into Eyes Wide Shut 30 plus years later (per the dossier).
“the Arthur Schnitzler book that he's going to turn into Eyes Wide Shut 30 plus years later.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:10:40 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (source novella) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted: Arthur Schnitzler ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). The speaker says the novel is very close to the film, so close that its plot beats are nearly one to one.
“And it is very similar to eyes wide shut.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Dream Story (Traumnovelle, the Schnitzler novella): 1 line

lineage (adaptation) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted: Dream Story (Traumnovelle, the Schnitzler novella) ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). The speakers note the film's credit says inspired by, not adapted from, Schnitzler's novella.
“It's not adapted from Schnitzler.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:37:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Kirk Douglas: 1 line

lineage (origin of the project) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted: Kirk Douglas ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the maker said so). Kirk Douglas claims he handed Kubrick the novella during their Paths of Glory or Spartacus fights.
“Kirk Douglas claims he gave it to him during one of their like shared therapy sessions”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Modern Romance: 1 line

lineage (influence) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted: Modern Romance ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the maker said so: Kubrick's call to Albert Brooks, 'that famous story'). Kubrick reached out to Albert Brooks after Modern Romance because he wanted to bottle that dynamic of men and women.
“if you like reached out to Albert Brooks after seeing modern romance and said, like, Brit, and he was like, how did you do this?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:38:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Terry Southern: 1 line

lineage (origin of an idea) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted: Terry Southern ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). A conversation Southern had with Kubrick about an erotic film that looks like a film is called a kernel of Eyes Wide Shut.
“he basically had a conversation at one point with Kubrick that is a kernel of eyes wide shut.”
Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:15:42 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): 1 line

lineage (title origin) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). The speaker offers that the phrase 'eyes wide shut' may come from the le Carre novel.
“It may have been inspired from Tinker Teal or Soldier Spy.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:40:51 · 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.

Babygirl (2024): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Babygirl (the host's read). The stoned late-night bedroom lecture after the rave echoes Eyes Wide Shut.
“Nice callback to eyes wide shut and lecturing Tom Cruise in the bedroom while stoned out of their minds.”
The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:24:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) (2016): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) (the host's read). Donald Glover's character describes the party as a Spike-directed reboot of Eyes Wide Shut.
“this is like a spikely directed reboot of eyes wide shut”
The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) · 0:04:44 · Alison Herman (0.85 sure it was them)

Phantom Thread (2017): 1 line

unmapped (lesson learned) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Phantom Thread (the host's read). The speaker feels PTA took lessons from visiting the Kubrick set about small crews.
“Like, it feels like PTA sort of learned some lessons from being on the set that took years to see Ben.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:06:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

When Harry Met Sally (1989): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Woody Allen ⇒ When Harry Met Sally (the host's read). A speaker says Harry Met Sally uses New York as a character, which was the Woody Allen trick.
“Well, and it uses New York too as like a real character, which was the Woody Allen trick.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (15) everyone in directing

director/star, Annie Hall (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raging Bull with David Krumholtz)
director, Crimes and Misdemeanors (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis)
director, Sweet and Lowdown (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak)
director/star, Manhattan (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Star 80 with Julie Klausner)
director, New York Stories (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
director, Annie Hall (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
director/collaborator, Annie Hall (The Rewatchables, ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins)
director, Manhattan (The Rewatchables, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel)
director Neeson worked for, unspecified (The Rewatchables, 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano)
director, Match Point (The Big Picture, The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’)
director, Scoop (The Big Picture, The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’)
director, Hannah and Her Sisters (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’)
director, Cassandra's Dream (Blank Check — Patreon, Doctor Sleep)
director, Sleeper (Blank Check — Patreon, 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))
director, unspecified films with Kevin Dunn (Blank Check — Patreon, Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))

Other (2) everyone in other

approached to play Dr. Marvin, direct, possibly co-write, What About Bob? (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
what-if lead / earliest option, never contacted, Eyes Wide Shut (Blank Check — Patreon, Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free))

Acting (1) everyone in acting

actor/director, Annie Hall (The Rewatchables, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel)

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Kevin Dunn → Woody Allen. Woody Allen cast Dunn in several films to play the same role.
“It's so weird how Woody Allen has put him in like 6 movies to play the same role”
Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:58:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

lineage (lineage): Woody Allen → Annie Hall. Juliet traces the first rom-com era to Woody Allen and 'the sort of Annie Hall of it all'.
“I think that's the sort of Annie Hall of it all can't be ignored fully”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:04:39 · Juliet Litman (0.75 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage): When Harry Met Sally → Woody Allen. A speaker says Harry Met Sally uses New York as a character, which was the Woody Allen trick.
“Well, and it uses New York too as like a real character, which was the Woody Allen trick.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

people (people): Diane Keaton → Woody Allen. Keaton had long relationships with Allen, Beatty and Pacino.
“she dated Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, Al Pacino.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:07:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

what-if (casting what-if): Woody Allen → What About Bob?. Woody Allen was approached to play Dr. Marvin, direct, and possibly co-write; he turned it down.
“Woody Allen was approached to play Dr. Leo Marvin, was also considered to direct, which is bizarre, and possibly co-write the script.”
The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:47:34 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if casting): Woody Allen → Eyes Wide Shut. At different times Kubrick wanted a Woody Allen version of the movie.
“at different times, he wanted to make a Woody Allen version of this movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:39:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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