Influence of Stanley Kubrick homages to Kubrick in his work, notably using actual footage from "" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and modeling the look of Tweedledee and Tweedledum in his version of "Alice in Wonderland" on the Grady girls in "The Shining". Film critic Roger Ebert also noted that Burton's "Mars Attacks!" was partially inspired by "Dr. Strangelove".<ref name="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19961213/REVIEWS/612130302/1023"></ref> The video for The Killers' song "Bones" that Burton directed includes clips from Kubrick's "Lolita", as well as other films from the general era. Kubrick's influence on Todd Field was perhaps the most direct. After acting in Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut", Field immediately
Children of Light (book) Children of Light (book) Children of Light is the fourth published novel by U. S. writer Robert Stone. It was published in 1986. In the front matter of the published version of the novel, Stone acknowledges that during the writing of this novel he received assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts and a residency at the Villa Serbelloni. Portions of this novel were originally published in "Esquire", "The Paris Review," "Playboy", and "TriQuarterly". The story tracks the lives of Gordon Walker, a failed playwright in his 40s and modestly successful screenwriter-actor, and his old flame Lee Verger, the