[quote]well if its the other way round, maybe it was QTs idea to exactly do it the other way round on purpose, dont you think?
great thing you brought that up
maybe this post will upset Mr. Toothpick, because there’s another proof that this thing wasnt QTs idea, but lets just wait… Ê;D[/quote]
Mr Toothpick here.
I havent seen Panic in Needle Park or American Boy. But I’ve heard about the Mia overdose sequence being inspired by Scorsese’s American Boy.
If your expecting me to flip out because QT took the idea from it, then your gonna be dissapointed. I KNOW QT steals ideas from other movies. But he brings something different to those ideas which is what makes the difference.
Its not a big deal, all artists steal ideas from their heroes. Its a common practice throughout history and its part of being an artist in any form, be it film, painting, music etc.
For example: Elvis took ideas from blacks and created his own sound.
Chuck Berry combined music he heard from others to create his own unique sound.
Scorsese took ideas from directors that came before him. Hes even said in many interviews that he always tells the younger directors just starting out to do what painters do, “look at the old masters, learn from them, emulate them but bring your own ideas to theirs and expand on them”.
Brian DePalma always takes things from Hitchcocks films and expands on them by bringing his own personality and ideas to them.
Its just good filmmaking really. It shows they recognize things that are great and they are imitating to pay tribute while being creative themselves.
As the old saying goes: “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”