mez , ▁Ed gar ▁Ne ville ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁dram at ists ▁Miguel ▁Mih ura ▁and ▁En rique ▁J ard iel ▁Pon cel a ; ▁many ▁also ▁ha il ▁Al mod ó var ▁as ▁" the ▁most ▁celebrated ▁Spanish ▁film maker ▁since ▁Luis ▁Bu ñ uel ". ▁Other ▁foreign ▁influ ences ▁include ▁film m akers ▁Ing mar ▁Berg man , ▁R ainer ▁Werner ▁F ass b inder , ▁Feder ico ▁F ell ini ▁and ▁Fritz ▁Lang . ▁ ▁References ▁to ▁film ▁and ▁all us ions ▁to ▁theatre , ▁literature , ▁dance , ▁painting , ▁television ▁and ▁advert ising ▁" are ▁central ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁that ▁Al mod ó var ▁construct s ▁on ▁screen ". ▁Film ▁critic ▁José ▁Ar roy o ▁noted ▁that ▁Al mod ó var ▁" bor rows ▁ind isc rimin ately ▁from ▁film ▁history ". ▁ ▁Al mod ó var ▁has ▁acknowled ged ▁that ▁" cin ema ▁is ▁always ▁present ▁in ▁my ▁films ▁[ and ▁that ] ▁certain ▁films ▁play ▁an ▁active ▁part ▁in ▁my ▁scripts . ▁When ▁I ▁insert ▁an ▁extract ▁from ▁a ▁film , ▁it ▁isn ' t ▁a ▁hom age ▁but ▁out right ▁the ft . ▁It ' s ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁I ' m ▁telling , ▁and ▁becomes ▁an ▁active ▁presence ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁hom age ▁which ▁is ▁always ▁something ▁pass ive . ▁I ▁abs orb ▁the ▁films ▁I ' ve ▁seen ▁into ▁my ▁own ▁experience , ▁which ▁immediately ▁becomes ▁the ▁experience ▁of ▁my ▁characters ". ▁ ▁Al mod ó var ▁has ▁all ud ed ▁to