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The two things that made the strongest impressions on me while watching's) were the music (by) and the costume design (by). You can practically feel the fabrics that dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock () cuts and and sews together throughout the film. Not to mention the fact that you can smell the soft boiled eggs and toast Reynolds has for breakfast every morning. The beautiful music keeps this all humming along splendidly. It really is an achievement in cinematic immersion.While the 1940 Oscar winnerhas its fingerprints all over, I wanted to bring to light a couple of other films whose heartbeats pulsate throughout Anderson's film:'s 1949 dramaand's 1954 thriller. Lean's film shares more similarities to the high society looks and settings ofandis the less obvious inspiration but it shares an important connection to's theme of obsession (while also providing commentary on how physical ailment can sometimes reignite the romance between partners).At the end of the day, the entire point of the #InformedImages series is to provide insight intofilmmakers make the visual choices they do. It's not just another side-by-side exercise. In fact, most of the images in the #InformedImages series are hardly mirror images. Instead, the images speak to each other on an emotional and idea sharing level. See for yourself below.