Alma russa: "Ivã, O Terrível" (1944), de Eisenstein, vs. "Mãe e Filho" (1997), de Sokurov, e ainda "Guerra e Paz" (1968), de Bondarchuk, e "Noites Brancas" (1957), de Visconti.

Comida francesa: "Babette's Feast" (1987), "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover " (1989), de Greenaway, e ainda "La Grande Bouffe" (1973), de Ferreri.

Itália: "Room with a View "(1985), de Ivory & Merchant, vs. " Il Postino" (1994), "Profumo di Donna" (1974), de Risi, e "Riso Amaro" (1949), de De Santïs .

Lovecraft: "Re-Animator" (1985) vs. " In the Mouth of Madness" (1994), de Carpenter.

Música barroca: "Le Roi Danse" (2000) vs.
"Tout Les Matins du Monde" (1991), de Corneau, e "Farinelli" (1994).

Xadrez: "Chess Fever" (1924), de Pudovkin, vs. " La Diagonale du Fou" (1984), e "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968), de Jewison.