Stylistically, the film, in various places, resembles the German expressionist films of F.W.Murnau and Fritz Lang, although it also uses fluid and natural camera movements.King Vidor received an Academy Award nomination as Best Director, and the film itself was nominated as Best Unique and Artistic Picture in a short-lived award category, where it was defeated by Fox""s and F.The film resembled, in part, aspects ofThe Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)and Hitchcock""sNorth by Northwest (1959), and various portions and themes ofClose Encounterswould be repeated in Spielberg""sE.As they approached the Odyssey""s entrance, Tony encouraged everyone to behave: "Now, shape up, you assholes.As the camera panned above them, it revealed Ned""s bloody, neck-slashed corpse in the upper bunk.When Marcie left the cabin to "go pee," Jack started to smoke a cigarette, and then felt a drop of blood fall on him.