References in Popular Culture
The film is mentioned in ITV television drama Cold Feet. The character David watches the film in an attempt to feign a greater intellectual capacity and impress his wife, in fact only impressing the nanny from Madrid.
A poster for the film can be seen on the background during episode 16 of the anime series Hanasaku Iroha.
The avant-garde artist Gordon Sharp released a sound recording as the group Cindytalk – Secrets and Falling (EP, 1991), featuring a cover with a still photo from the film. The music also contains an audio sample of dialogue from the film.
Aoi Hiroshi argued that Miyazaki Hayao's My Neighbor Totoro is influenced by the symbolism of this film.
An allusion to the scene where Ana replaces the missing eyes over the human manikin can be seen in Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno). The main character Ofelia restores a missing eye to a statue in the same manner.
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