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Post by theravenking on Jun 29, 2020 13:42:34 GMT
For example the obscure little western Yankee (1966) is said to have inspired Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time In The West (1968). There is a scene in Yankee where villagers are tortured by bandits and a woman is forced to stand on her husband’s shoulders with a noose around her neck – an image which two years later led to one of the most famous scenes in Leone’s classic.
Also in 1969 Sam Peckinpah took a scene from Yankee concerning a scorpion inside a ring of fire and greatly expanded upon it for The Wild Bunch.
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Post by Xcalatë on Jun 29, 2020 15:19:38 GMT
La jetée (1962) inspired Twelve Monkeys (1995) not sure if its a classic but that's the first one I thought about.
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Post by moviemouth on Jun 29, 2020 15:55:43 GMT
Reservoir Dogs is heavily inspired by City of Fire.
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Post by moviemouth on Jun 29, 2020 16:31:07 GMT
Inception takes inspiration from Dreamscape and Paprika.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 29, 2020 16:38:00 GMT
Inception takes inspiration from Dreamscape and Paprika. And a Scrooge McDuck comic book. |
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Post by moviemouth on Jun 29, 2020 16:39:27 GMT
Inception takes inspiration from Dreamscape and Paprika. Eh, I'm not sold on that. I honestly think that is coincidence. That isn't a movie though. |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 29, 2020 16:42:33 GMT
And a Scrooge McDuck comic book. Eh, I'm not sold on that. I honestly think that is coincidence. That isn't a movie though. I was joking, I don't buy it either. It's a similar concept, that's about it. |
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Post by moviemouth on Jun 29, 2020 16:54:14 GMT
Eh, I'm not sold on that. I honestly think that is coincidence. That isn't a movie though. It's a similar concept, that's about it. Good to know. Interstellar has some stuff in common with 2010, though that movie is relatively well known. |
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jun 29, 2020 17:41:16 GMT
The Bullet Train (1975)
Speed (1994)
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 29, 2020 18:07:39 GMT
Road to the Stars (1957) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jun 29, 2020 21:05:51 GMT
Black Christmas on Halloween.
Massacre at Central High on Heathers.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 29, 2020 21:22:53 GMT
CYBORG 2087 Terminator 1-2
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Post by angel on Jul 4, 2020 17:54:46 GMT
I don't know about "little known" but Cassavetes' Gloria (1980) was an inspiration for Bresson's Leon. The Professional (1994)
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Post by alpha128 on Jul 5, 2020 16:58:51 GMT
It! The Terror Beyond Space (1958) is said to have inspired Alien (1979).
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Post by drystyx on Jul 7, 2020 0:49:23 GMT
IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE.
While I don't consider Ocean's 11 a classic, it's surely inspired by "Five Against the House", and I'm not sure "The Hidden Fortress" is lesser known, since everyone knows it inspired "Star Wars". I certainly don't consider "Armageddon" a classic, but it's a big budget thriller that is obviously a remake of the much better low budget "12 to the Moon". Likewise, the pathetic "No Country For Old Men" is a spoiled brat Hollywood style writer version of the lesser known classic "Nightfall".
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Post by maxwellperfect on Jul 7, 2020 4:07:05 GMT
Not sure if there was any actual influence, but the German t.v. movie 'World on a Wire' (1973) had a similar premise to 'The Matrix.'
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Post by Archelaus on Jul 7, 2020 15:59:06 GMT
Alien took inspiration from a slew of lesser known science fiction horror films, among them was Planet of the Vampires.
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Post by James on Jul 7, 2020 16:27:15 GMT
Star Wars (1977) was inspired by the Flash Gordon serial of the 30s.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 7, 2020 17:58:58 GMT
The costume designer for Raiders of the Lost Ark called the Heston film Secret of the Incas a direct inspiration for the series. "Secret of the Incas (1954) starring Charlton Heston and directed by Jerry Hopper is almost a shot for shot Raiders of the Los Ark. Since both were made by Paramount, and Secret is no longer available on video – I can only guess that Larry Kasdan took that script and updated it for Steven. A great idea. We did watch this film together as a crew several times, and I always thought it strange that the filmmakers did not credit it later as the inspiration for the series. Raiders stands on it’s own as a modern classic, but the fedora jacket and whip are right there on Charlton Heston in 1954. My own work is not diminished by having seen that marvellous film. The spirit of Raiders was also informed by Alan Ladd’s 1940’s film noirs, which also had the same hard boiled adventurer, clad in leather jacket and felt fedora. I have just seen Secret of the Incas again at the Eastman House in Rochester, and it really helped refresh my memory. Harrison’s Indiana is really a kinder and gentler Harry Steele, Heston’s archaeologist/adventurer. Heston’s fedora is considerably bigger and more unwieldy – compared to the one I designed for Indiana it looks practically like a picture hat!" web.archive.org/web/20140327132541/http://www.theraider.net/features/interviews/deborah_nadoolman.php |
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Post by sostie on Jul 7, 2020 18:13:38 GMT
Not film influencing film but I can't help think the TV series 24 may have been influenced by the Johnny Depp film Nick Of Time. Same concept, same basic plot.
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