Show HN: A heuristic for movie influences

2 points by everling ↗ HN
I've posted here before with no considerable traction, something I ascribe to my lacking effort (and interest) in frontend. But here goes: I am a film nerd, and I like to understand the context of art. So I developed an algorithm to find aesthetic and thematic reference points for any given film, based on reviews by critics. It performs reasonably well where expected to (mid-budget, dramas, stuff with artistic ambitions) and less well for very obscure stuff or blockbuster fare. This is obviously not a commercial service, I built it simply to develop my own film literacy.

Some examples:

http://cinetrii.com?i=tt2278388 (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

http://cinetrii.com?i=tt2872718 (Nightcrawler)

http://cinetrii.com?i=tt4062536 (Green Room)

If you're on desktop you can click the nodes for quotes by critics. Mobile version displays quotes directly.

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Because it's an interesting project, it might make sense to repost this as a 'Show HN' link and to add your comment with examples after the link appears on the |new| page.

I am curious about the data set and algorithm behind the application.