By his own admission, Whedon watched movies around the clock at Wesleyan, and the directors who inspired him—only a few are represented here—were many.

Cineaste

Alfred Hitchcock	Luc Besson	Brian DePalma	Tim Burton	David Lynch
Sergio Leone	Abel Ferrara	Steven Soderberg	Sam Peckinpah	Douglas Sirk
Orson Welles	P. T. Anderson	The Wachowski Brothers