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If Gray is going to evoke “A Tale of Two Cities,” he failed to create the kind of friendship Charles Darnay had with Sydney Carton.
Peele’s homework for his sensational star, Lupita Nyong’o, included, according to Entertainment Weekly, “The Birds,” “The Shining,” “Dead Again,” the original “Funny Games,” “The Sixth Sense,” “A Tale of Two Sisters,” “Let the Right One In,” “The Babadook” and “It Follows.”
Before filming on Us began, Peele gave Nyong’o a list of 10 horror movies to watch to prepare for the role: Dead Again , The Shining , The Babadook , It Follows , A Tale of Two Sisters , The Birds , Funny Games , Martyrs , Let the Right One In , and The Sixth Sense .
Films Jordan Peele had his cast watch before making 'Us' “Dead Again” “The Shining” “The Babadook” “It Follows” “A Tale of Two Sisters” “The Birds” “Funny Games” "Martyrs” “Let the Right One In” “The Sixth Sense”…
In this way, "The Illusionist" is very much reminiscent of a forgotten 1932 picture called "Arsene Lupin," starring John Barrymore as a master art thief and his brother Lionel Barrymore as the detective determined to put him behind bars.
Instead of the shadowy film-noir thrillers that inspired Pakula, Spielberg reaches further back into cinema history by imitating pre-World War II newspaper comedies like His Girl Friday, Libeled Lady, and Nothing Sacred, with their bright tone, deadline-driven pace, rapid-fire dialogue, and editors and reporters who are always quick with a wised-up joke.