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What Lies Beneath

Sean Fennessey Award for Stealth Homage That Gives Every Movie Nerd a Criterion Orgasm

Rear Window, Vertigo, and Bernard Herrmann-style scoring.

In the discussion (4)
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  • The neighbors-and-binoculars plot is identified as a Rear Window homage.
  • Claire and Madison’s resemblance is identified as a Vertigo homage.
  • Alan Silvestri’s score is described as a Bernard Herrmann homage.
  • The repeated foot imagery is jokingly called a Tarantino homage.