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Bergman Bergman Bergman - from the early comedies to the mid & late heavy
stuff, it's all Bergman.  I think Midsummer's Night Sex Comedy is virtually
a remake of Smiles on a Summer Night, but don't hold me to that one.
 
Love & Death, besides tons of Bergman references / parodies (Wheat, wheat,
fields of wheat, cream of wheat), obviously draws from the Russian novel
tradition - specifically Tolstoy & Doestoevsky.
 
Play it Again Sam is obviously a direct dialogue with Casablanca & other
Bogart films.
 
I'd imagine that any of his films is rooted at the core to some other
source, literary or filmic.  Often he refers to himself & his previous work
overtly or covertly (see Stardust Memories).  Hope this has been mildly
helpful.
 
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