Film references - let's list!

I'll start.

"Barbarella" - the film they're shooting. (And the producer Enzo would be similar to Dino De Laurentiis perhaps?)

"Contempt" - artistic conflict between revolutionary director and capitalistic producer in a movie theatre.

"The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie" - the sizzling pills in the glass of water that drowns the "importanat" dialogue between Paul and the producer.

"Compulsion" - If I remember the film correctly (it's been a while since I saw it) Dean Stockwell plays Paul's father and he loses his glasses (just like his character does in "Compulsion").

How about Fellini: 8 1/2 - Guido the director is planning to make a SCi-fi movie,
Dolce vita- the distant father (who also admits having cheated on his wife) visits his son - the protagonist's relationship with his live-in girlfriend degenerating due to his lack of interest in her and obsesion with the starlette

the entire movie plays like a felliniesque melancolic collage of scenes from early fellini movies (8 1/2 and Dolce Vita, mostly)...not so sure whether i like it or not though..

C'MON!!!

All of you have forgotten the most obvious and literal of the movie references: the parts of the movie where the main character shoots his diary in the apartment in b&w is completely identical to "David Holzman's Diary",which is a great movie and a landmark in experimental cinema.

Although the film they're making is partly a takeoff on Barbarella, it's actually much closer to Danger: Diabolik. Also, the director that initally takes over after Gerard Depardeau is fired is based on Roman Polanski, and when we first see him he's on the set of what is clearly meant to be The Fearless Vampire Killers.

The title is an obvious reference to Singin' in the rain. Also, I think the films deal with similiar themes.

the trailer for the dragonfly film is based on the trailer for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. it uses the same structure of posing a question (like 'Who is Dragonfly?' or something) word by word with an accompanying pinging noise.

I'd have thought the whole thing was based on Alpahville.

I think Roman is a real talent who so far has been too terrified to trust his instincts. Pretty difficult large shoes above and to the side of him to fill but I think he's destined for really great things. Some of those Phoenix videos are the most interesting and fun pieces of cinema i've seen in ages.

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The "wake-up" scene, where Dragonfly is in bed receiving instructions from a robotic voice: I seem to remember a very similar opening scene from Joseph Losey's "Modesty Blaise". I believe there was also a horoscope reading from the robotic voice in mentioned film.