Some interesting tributes and Easter eggs from "The Bottom of Silver Lake"

Maryam 2022-01-10 08:02:02

This film belongs to the old-school suspenseful nagging film. The theme is still very interesting. A Luther man who is about to be expelled from the rental house is looking for a mysteriously missing girl. There are various cryptographic cult conspiracy theories involved, although there are some places. It seems a bit difficult, but for true film fans, regardless of the various technical factors such as the advancement of the plot, the shooting method, the soundtrack, and the transition method, it is a good work worth savoring. In particular, the seemingly inadvertent but deliberately interspersed tributes and easter eggs, you can even see the director's intentions. Here are a few simple things that I can see. What's wrong, welcome to discuss.

1. Janet Gaynor. At the beginning of the film, the male lead Sam’s mother called and mentioned the silent film "Seventh Heaven" starring Janet Gaynor. In the film, Sam woke up from the graveyard and received a call from his mother. He looked up and saw Janet Gaynor’s tombstone. At the end of the film, the male lead went home and went home. Seeing this film and hearing the heroine in the film say "never look down, always look up", Sam was also inspired and tears filled his eyes.

Seventh Heaven (1927)
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1927 / United States / Drama Love War / Frank Bousage / Jeanne Gaynor Charles Falair

2. Hitchcock. There are many places to pay tribute to Hitchcock in the film. Obviously there are tombstones in front of the open-air cinema, as well as the posters "Mental Patient" and "Rear Window" in the male lead's room.

Rear window (1954)
8.6
1954 / United States / Mystery Thriller / Alfred Hitchcock / James Stewart, Grace Kelly

Terror (1960)
9.0
1960 / United States / Mystery, Thriller, Horror / Alfred Hitchcock / Anthony Perkins, Villa Miles

3. In the picture above, in addition to the two Hitchcock films, the one on the far left is "The Two Stupid Investigations" starring Boris Karloff. Horror fans should be familiar with Boris Karloff, because he participated in the classic horror. The science fiction film Frankenstein, the bride of Frankenstein and the son of Frankenstein are famous. The second poster on the right is a poster for the horror film "Werewolf" starring Bela Lugosi.

Two Stupid Investigations (1949)
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1949 / United States / Comedy Mystery Thriller / Charles Barton / Bud Abbottlou Costello

Werewolf (1941)
7.1
1941 / United States / Horror Story / George Wagner / Ronald Chanibella Lugosi

4. Marilyn Monroe. Sarah and Sam lay on the bed. The movie "Will Marry a Golden Turtle Son-in-law" was shown on the TV. This poster was also posted in Sarah's room. The three major heroines Monroe, Betty and Lauren Bacall also follow the scenes in the movie. It was made into a doll and placed next to the TV. In addition, Sarah's later play in the swimming pool in Sam's imagination also paid tribute to Monroe's "On the verge of collapse".

Willing to Marry a Golden Turtle Son-in-law (1953)
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1953 / United States / Comedy Drama Romance / Jean Nicolasco / Betty Grabble Marilyn Monroe

On the verge of collapse (1962)
8.0
1962 / United States / Short Comedy / George Cook / Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin

5. There are also two classic posters, "Twenty Thousand Miles under the Sea" and "The Shape of Water", a tribute to "Black Lake Demon", these two films also correspond to the title of the film "Silver Lake". end".

Black Lake Demon Pool (1954)
6.8
1954 / United States / Science Fiction Horror / Jack Arnold / Richard Garson, Julie Adams

Twenty Thousand Miles Under the Sea (1954)
7.5
1954 / United States / Adventure Story Family / Richard Fletcher / Kirk Douglas James Mason

6. In addition to the above two in the screenshots, there is a classic horror film "Vampire", and another movie "Battlefield Dream" adapted from Hemingway's novel "Farewell Weapon". The poster behind happened to appear in Sam's anger and smashed. The head of the bad composer came back home with a gun.

Dracula (1931)
7.2
1931 / United States / Fantasy Horror / Todd Browning / Bella Lugosi and Nicolas Bello

Spring Dream in Battlefield (1957)
6.8
1957 / United States / Drama Love War / Charles Widow John Houston / Rock Hudson Jennifer Jones

7. At the beginning of the movie, the poster of Orson Welles' famous "Miss Shanghai" was pasted in the corner of the camera when the male protagonist and his gun friend had sex.

Miss Shanghai (1947)
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1947 / United States / Crime Drama Noir Film / Orson Wells / Rita Hayworth Orson Wells

8. There is also a classic original video in the film. A man shouts at the screen "Look, you fools! You're in danger! Can't you see? They're after you! They're after all of us! Our wives, our children, everyone! They're here already! YOU'RE NEXT! " This film is from the classic sci-fi horror film "The Magic Flower".

The Magic Flower (1956)
7.8
1956 / United States / Horror Science Fiction Thriller / Don Siegl / Kevin McCarthy, Cedarna Winter

9. When Sam was having sex with the heroine, there was a poster on the wall that was not obvious. It was a sci-fi horror film from 1962 called "Undead Brain".

The Undead Brain (1962)
6.5
1962 / United States / Horror Science Fiction / Joseph Green / Jason Evers, Virginia Wright

10. In addition, at the beginning of the film, when Sam and his artillery friends had sex afterwards, they talked about the magazine they read during the first flight. The camera was given to the cover of the magazine with a line of small print on it. It also mentioned a cult erotic film. It's called "The Valley of the Baby". The female gun friend said that the first time she was in the replay of "Charles in charge", the latter should be a family youth drama.

Valley of Dolls (1967)
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1967 / United States / Drama Music Love / Mark Robson / Barbara Perkins, Patty Duke

Charlie's Home
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United States / Comedy / Bonnie Franklin / Willie Aames Scott Baio

11. In addition, there is also a very interesting role setting in the film called Owl Kiss. ​​It also gives specific comics and real-life images, similar to the settings of vampire Frankenstein and Werewolf, which also shows that the director has an old science fiction horror theme. interest of. The film also mentions famous filmmakers such as James Dean, Johnny Depp and Grace Kelly, who died young.

12. The other is the Griffith Observatory, which is in the same frame as Stone Sister’s Lala Blue String Field, haha.

13. The last interesting thing is that when Sam and Sarah were chatting on the bed, Sam noticed that Sarah had an animal tattoo on her leg, and then asked her if it was permanent. Sarah replied that it was a disposable candy sticker. After looking at that animal several times, it must be a cheap Garfield! ! Ha ha! !

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  • Misty 2022-04-21 09:03:01

    The process has been guessing which director has guessed several times, but every time I feel that xxx is not so good... As a result, it turned out that it was the director of "It's Behind" and the surprise brought by the previous work. Disappointing people/So the magic is not as good as Lynch's imagination, Hitchcock's talent, and PTA's/And I have to complain that the movie is generously objectifying women throughout the movie. All female characters are basically male sexual tools, only for the purpose of A symbol, but the director is actually fine and the world is so stupid that I'm too embarrassed to criticize the artist / Plus Garfield is really not my type to watch him naked It's hard to have any further sexual interest Watching this movie above is a waste Two precious hours of my life

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Under the Silver Lake quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Sam: Could any of this be connected to Sarah?

  • Bar Buddy: Used to be - a hundred years ago - y'know, any moron could kinda wander into the woods and look behind a rock or some shit and discover some cool new thing, y'know? Not anymore. Where's the mystery that makes everything worthwhile? We crave mystery, 'cause there's none left.