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  1. career (career): Ferrari → Collateral. Ferrari fuses the classical Mann with the digital abstractions of Collateral, per critic Bilge Ebiri.
    “the digital abstractions of black hat and public enemies and Miami Vice and collateral”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:12:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Collateral → Michael Mann. Collateral was the first digital experiment, and many lesser directors have tried to copy it.
    “so many shitty directors have tried to do what this movie does”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:43:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Collateral → Tom Cruise. Collateral is a great two-hander with Cruise playing against type as the heavy.
    “playing against type and playing the heavy”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:44:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Collateral: The birthplace of 'Yo homie'; 'is that my briefcase' is the favorite line reading of 2004.
    “The birthplace of Yohomie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:44:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Collateral: Mark Ruffalo with a goatee, partnered with Pete Berg, tracks Max and Vincent.
    “A brief appearance of Mark Ruffalo with a goatee.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:44:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): Ferrari → Collateral. Collateral's one-night compression is the same pleasure as Ferrari's compression.
    “I think much like Ferrari, the compression.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:44:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. theme (theme): Collateral → Clueless. Collateral is part of Amanda's movie map of Los Angeles, with Clueless and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “my movie map of LA is probably like clueless collateral, uh, once upon a time in Hollywood”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:45:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. theme (theme): Collateral → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Collateral is part of Amanda's movie map of Los Angeles, with Clueless and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “my movie map of LA is probably like clueless collateral, uh, once upon a time in Hollywood”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:45:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. theme (theme): Collateral → Heat. Collateral pairs Tom Cruise with Jamie Foxx the way Heat pairs two titans, Pacino and De Niro.
    “in the same way that heat is like Pacino and De Niro, like together, finally, like 2 Titans of movies in our life.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:45:43 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. craft (craft): Collateral → Miles Davis. Collateral features Miles Davis and Audioslave, and Cruise talks about jazz in one of the weirdest scenes of the 2000s.
    “Tom Cruise talking about his appreciation for jazz”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:46:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Collateral: Mann stared daggers at Sean and Bill Simmons when they asked how you get from LAX to downtown in 20 minutes.
    “he just stared daggers at us.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:46:41 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Collateral: Chris names Collateral his surprising favorite because of Vincent talking about jazz, comparing the takes to Stanley Crouch.
    “Yeah, his takes on jazz are pretty formative for me, I'd say, it's like him and Stanley Crouch.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:40:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  13. unmapped (villain roles): Interview with the Vampire → Collateral. Collateral is called his only straight villain performance, with Lestat as a not-recognizable villain.
    “Well, Listat is kind of a villain in interview with the vampire.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:12:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  14. people (auteur credit): Collateral → Michael Mann. Without Michael Mann the movie would be a goofy VOD thriller.
    “if this isn't a Michael Mann movie,”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:13:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about Collateral: Amanda notes the line where Cruise yells at Jamie Foxx about his briefcase, rewatched at 8 AM.
    “Also, feature Tom Cruise going, Yo, homie, that's my briefcase.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:14:39 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  16. verdict (ranking): Collateral → The Color of Money. Forced to pick one, the hosts keep Collateral over The Color of Money for the Hall of Fame.
    “Okay, well you choose.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:31:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  17. verdict (ranking): Collateral → Edge of Tomorrow. Collateral and Edge of Tomorrow are the self-indulgent last picks; the group questions whether the list reflects Big Picture taste.
    “this is a big picture self-indulgent list.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:38:09 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  18. people (casting): Collateral → Zodiac. Fincher cast Ruffalo partly because he liked him in Collateral.
    “One, Fincher really liked him in collateral.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:24:06 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  19. career (career): In the Cut → Collateral. After his illness, In the Cut was Ruffalo's comeback and led to a run of supporting turns in Eternal Sunshine and Collateral.
    “like in the cut, eternal sunshine collateral.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:38:41 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  20. craft (craft): In the Cut → Collateral. The speaker notes In the Cut was shot by Dion Beebe, the cinematographer of Collateral, and praises how it looks.
    “Love how it looks. This film shot by Dion Bebe, by the way. one of the heroes of the 2000s of Chocolateral.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:24:17 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (unclear) (0.40 sure it was them)
  21. craft (craft): Dion Beebe → Collateral. Beebe is one of the heroes of the 2000s for Collateral.
    “one of the heroes of the 2000s of Chocolateral.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:24:20 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  22. career (career): Vanilla Sky → Collateral. After this Cruise plays men who have failed and are trying to overcome it.
    “after this, all the collateral just become a guy who has failed and is trying to overcome it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:55:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  23. people (people): Michael Mann → Collateral. Mann loves a ham, someone just going for it, as in Collateral's Tom Cruise.
    “He loves a ham.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:26 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)
  24. craft (craft): Thief → Collateral. Mann later circled back to blues in Collateral after trying all-blues for Thief.
    “but then circled back in collateral”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:57:36 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)