More parallels could be drawn between he alien in this film and Thomas Newton (David Bowie) in Nicolas Roeg""sThe Man Who Fell to Earth (1976, UK).The same imagery was utilized by Spielberg for his filmE.T.: he Extra-Terrestrial (1982).Touching the Monolith approximates he Biblical equivalent of eating the forbidden fruit of Knowledge.Lady Murasaki begged that Grutas be turned over to Inspector Popil to respect the rule of law, but vigilante Lecter argued: "He ate my sister." He accidentally topples his daughter Joyce""s (Linda Bennett) newly-constructed play castle of wooden blocks (her fantasy of a police station) and upsets her.