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  1. career (Netflix career): The Killer → Marriage Story. Baumbach used Netflix to elevate his status, whereas Fincher and Scorsese use it to brand-manage their legacies.
    “he's somebody who used the system to elevate his status in some way, whereas Fincher and Scorsese in a handful of these other people are almost like facilitating and kind of brand managing their legacies”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:59:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (release-strategy comparison): The Irishman → Marriage Story. Irishman, Marriage Story and Roma were positioned as theatrical releases, which got voters to buy in.
    “The Irishman and Marriage Story and Roma as well were positioned as theatrical releases.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 1:00:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. industry (award for the screenplay): Marriage Story → Laura Dern. Dern's win is really the Oscar the screenplay wants, delivered through the flashiest speech in the movie.
    “they're giving an Oscar to the screenplay, but they want to give the screenplay Oscar to someone else, so they're just giving it to Laura Dern”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:01:00 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Marriage Story → 1917. Showy, aggressive filmmaking cleaned up while Marriage Story, a chamber piece, did not.
    “And marriage story is a chamber piece in a lot of ways.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:12:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Marriage Story → Little Women. Baumbach and Gerwig both got Best Picture and screenplay nominations but neither got Best Director, which the speaker finds fitting for a couple.
    “Both of them were nominated for Best Picture, and both of them were nominated for screenplay in different categories.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:12:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Scarlett Johansson → Marriage Story. Johansson became a two-category nominee in one year; both performances are quite good.
    “I think her performances in both of these movies is quite good”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:18:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Marriage Story. Blowing up the Death Star is a pleasure so rare in cinema that Marriage Story could have ended with it.
    “Most movies, like marriage story could have ended with it blowing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:05:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. verdict (verdict): Laura Dern → Marriage Story. Dern is on Joe's ballot but none of the three would pick her to win; she's the Oscar frontrunner as a career-recognition win.
    “But none of us would pick her to win.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:25:06 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. verdict (verdict): Adam Driver → Marriage Story. Driver's performance tilts audience sympathy to him; Johansson good but not on his level.
    “I think she's good, but she's not on his level.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:58:10 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  10. craft (craft): Randy Newman → Marriage Story. Joe likes Newman's dueling scores in Marriage Story.
    “And I liked the Duelan scores in marriage story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:18:56 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)
  11. contrast (contrast): Marriage Story → The War of the Roses. Marriage Story is a divorce film that makes you weep; Roses is the kind that sets up rage and bitterness.
    “They're the divorce films that give the emotional response.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:03:35 · Mallory Rubin (0.45 sure it was them)
  12. contrast (contrast): The War of the Roses → Marriage Story. The speakers split divorce films into emotional-response ones and ones built on rage and bitterness.
    “And then the films that just set up rage and bitterness.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:03:38 · Mallory Rubin (0.45 sure it was them)
  13. contrast (contrast): Heartburn → Marriage Story. Heartburn is left off a divorce top four because it is about infidelity and the split comes late.
    “It happens pretty quickly at the end that she leaves him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:04:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)