Wes Anderson: “I don’t know where I steal everything from”
Wes Anderson is a big fan of Kubrick. This is pretty evident in the side-by-side :) "I think this is my thing",...
David Lynch’s Surrealist Inspirations
A "genius" like David Lynch couldn't have possibly borrowed from others, right? His strange and weird visuals seem to be born out of his...
A Short Visual History of Copying
Sampling sure seems like a new thing, but remix culture has always been a huge part of creation. Only in the last century or...
Creativity Means Copying: Edison, Ford, Jobs – They All Did It
Apple borrowed from Xerox, Ford combined existing technology and Edison improved on existing lightbulbs. Magic and myth are not part of creation. We always...
Stranger Things References Movies Like Any Good Film Does
Stranger Thins feels like a deja-vu. But the Duffer Brothers, like many before them, transcend simple pastiche by borrowing and reinventing old tropes.
It draws...
How Movies Borrow From Other Movies, Books or TV Shows
Most movies rely heavily on existing material. Sure, some of them are sequels or adaptations, but all of them borrow concepts, plots, visuals, references,...
Everyone Copies: Just Like Michelangelo or Van Gogh
Copying older works was considered a valuable skill until very recently. Even great artists had to first learn and improve their skills. And what...
Death Star’s Rebel Assault is a Remix
I hate the word "rip-off". What we generally call rip-offs are actually works we discovered their references from. But see, every movie has references....
The Matrix, a Living Proof Why Remixes Kick Ass
The Matrix is 20 years old. Its influence to pop culture is astounding. But it's not because it had original ideas. Most...
Star Wars’ Pod Race Inspired by Ben-Hur’s Chariot Race
The camera work of new movies is always inspired by older ones. As the pod race is a direct reference to the chariot race....
