Difference between a 'rip-off' and an 'Homage'
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IAM4UK-2 — 10 years ago(September 20, 2015 08:20 PM)
A primary difference between "rip-off" and "homage" is skill. If the latter work is poorly made, it's a rip-off of that which it's copying. If the latter work is skillfully made, such that it has its own merits, then it is an homage.
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irishtom99 — 10 years ago(March 21, 2016 12:39 PM)
ive always been on the fence about this..i'm in my mid 60s and followed brian since the beginning..his homage to hitch was well done,but he copied his style and atmosphere for at least 6 films,and thats too much..when he made films without the homage,like untouchables,casualties of war and phantom of the paradise,he was quite a good director
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AssetsonFire — 10 years ago(March 27, 2016 08:12 AM)
So now we've got that cleared up, what's the difference between an homage and a fromage?
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Matthew T. Dalldorf — 7 years ago(October 27, 2018 10:36 PM)
"A rip-off is when a director wants you to think these are his original ideas.
An homage is when the similarities are so hilariously, blatantly obvious (the "reveal" conversation with the psychiatrist, for one) that the director knows he is borrowing the scenes, and HE knows that YOU know."
Am interesting theory but not accurate; the real difference has to do with whether or not critics liked it.