This leads to a particularly inspired scene wherein he creates a NCAA-style bracket for everyone's personal problems ("March Sadness!").
The tacky promotion for a cola drink (Gaitonde's own brand, "Apna Cola") involves a Ramayana-inspired scene where the wounded Lakshmana recovers and jumps into his brother Rama's arms after drinking the beverage.
Some people believe Shakespeare may have worshipped there, even that it might have inspired scenes in Romeo and Juliet.
Yet Egypt's Christians feel increasingly besieged, fearful that the revolution, which inspired scenes of cross-sectarian harmony, may end up empowering bigots.
For several days last February, I visited the director's hometown on Italy's northeastern coast, in search of places that inspired scenes in his movies, and ones that were significant in his own life.
It has no blindingly inspired scenes, but (apart from the installation of a digital hall of mirrors in the skyscraper, a rather naff contrivance) it's all satisfying stuff.
He rented some of the actual buildings that had inspired scenes in the novel.
The video features Rihanna in a multitude of vibrant, brightly colored, Caribbean inspired scenes.
Still, a few visually inspired scenes -- like the swift, clever representation of the Twin Towers' fall -- make you wish for more.
He enjoyed exploring Sarehole Mill and Moseley Bog and the Clent, Lickey and Malvern Hills, which would later inspire scenes in his books, along with nearby towns and villages such as Bromsgrove, Alcester, and Alvechurch and places such as his aunt Jane's farm of Bag End, the name of which he used in his fiction.
