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Homecomingis a chilly jewel box of a thriller with sharp direction byMr.
Robots Sam Esmail and clever, engaging writing spearheaded by creatorsEli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg.
Better yet, despite its icy demeanor,Homecomingis a mystery-box show with surprising heart.
This list identifiesHomecomings most important pop-culture influences, butbe warned, major spoilers below.
Vertigo
Rear Windowisnt the only Hitchcock film thatHomecomingdraws on to create its visual landscape.
The show also utilizes some of Bernard Herrmanns bombastic score to the slippery 1958 noir.
(Beyond their shared greatness, that is.
)The Good Placeis a warm, morally minded, and superbly acted masterstroke defined by its exceeding curiosity.
Thats because, asCameron Sheetz noted on Twitter, its the exact same set.
Black people rarely figure into the chilly corridors of conspiracy thrillers in film or television.
(Especially given black Americans rightful wariness of the government, engendered by tragedies likethe Tuskegee syphilis experiments.)
But there is no film thatHomecomingis more clearly indebted to than Francis Ford Coppolas masterpieceThe Conversation.
The Rest of the Soundtrack
Is there a conspiracy thriller from the modern era you love?
ThenHomecomingprobably uses some of its soundtrack.
