films referencing other films (movies, whatever) c/d

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surely.

except for Lynch's continued referencing of The Wizard of Oz, but even that stank in Wild at Heart.

the garbled 'postmodernist' referencing of films within films has become increasingly ugly and artless, to the point where Kevin Smith in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back ends up not just referencing Star Wars, it ends up Kevin Smith referencing Kevin Smith referencing Star Wars.

ARGH!

― Wyndham Earl, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

As an extension to the very quiet Wall Street thread - Boiler Room where all the dealers watch Wall Street & quote it.

However any comedy which references the Bride Of Frankenstein is great.

― Pete, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i also noticed a particularly nasty one today as i was sat eating my cherry pie (no, REALLY) in Chicken Run where one of the chickens (don't know the names sorry, it didn't look like a particularly great film) in this token action sequence bit has to slide under this metal door but of course reaches back to grab her hat.

i don't mean to diss the kids or anything (i'm assuming the film is for kids, although wouldn't they be too young to get the ref?), but haven't we just seen that one a few too many times for it to even resemble a canny tip of the hat.

references as cliches as references as cliches.

― Wyndham Earl, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Simpsons did that Indiana Jones bit fantastically anyway. Nothing could top it. Homer actually looked like some kind of savage on the front lawn.

― Ronan, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hmmm... I blame Quentin Tarantino (I blame him for most things, actually).

However, it is cool in a nouvelle vague way (ie Belmondo wanting to be Bogart [did anybody see that short last year {which showed with 'Together', I think} where a London bloke thought he was Belmondo? It was quite good ]). But this is because French films are better than American films AS ANY FULE NO.

― Edna Welthorpe, Mrs, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You're right, it needs to be one medium removed to really work, e.g. TV. That said, I enjoyed Gremlins 2 in the cinema (but not on TV). Also, that bit in Sleepless in Seattle(?) when they reference The Dirty Dozen was quite funny (first time around, anyway).

― Jeff W, Friday, 25 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

twenty-four years pass...

This is not really a specific reference, but I can't find a relevant thread to post about the Macedonian film DJ Ahmet (liked it fine--lots of stuff to reel in a sap like me). I laughed when Ahmet sees Aya for the first time: slow motion, Macedonian (I assume) pop song, the full Scorsese. And towards the end, almost like watching The Graduate.

― clemenza, Sunday, 8 February 2026 20:57 (one month ago)

Not sure why Wyndham Earl gives referencing such a blanket dismissal. It can be annoying, it can be great. Elizabeth Taylor's "What a dump!" is, for me, the best thing in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and I can think of dozens of other examples...I guess his point was that it was becoming too common in 2002; not sure if it's gotten more ubiquitous since then or not.

― clemenza, Sunday, 8 February 2026 21:05 (one month ago)

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