Just to clarify a bit...
The two films, "Gaslight", were both based on a a British play of the same name. Vincent Price starred in the Broadway version, but the play was known as "Angel Street" in the USA. The first film based on this play was the British version (Gaslight - 1940), but was also released in the US as "Angel Street." The American version, "Gaslight", was released in 1944.
Now, as for the song...
While some of the interpretations here are amusing, Fagen and Becker have themselves, in interviews, referenced the movie as being the origin. The bit about solataire, however, is a reference to the film "The Manchurian Candidate." If you haven't seen it, I'm not going to lay it all out here, but watch it and you'll get the reference. (The original... watch the original... 1962 starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury.)
Just to clarify a bit... The two films, "Gaslight", were both based on a a British play of the same name. Vincent Price starred in the Broadway version, but the play was known as "Angel Street" in the USA. The first film based on this play was the British version (Gaslight - 1940), but was also released in the US as "Angel Street." The American version, "Gaslight", was released in 1944. Now, as for the song... While some of the interpretations here are amusing, Fagen and Becker have themselves, in interviews, referenced the movie as being the origin. The bit about solataire, however, is a reference to the film "The Manchurian Candidate." If you haven't seen it, I'm not going to lay it all out here, but watch it and you'll get the reference. (The original... watch the original... 1962 starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury.)
like the psychological term. i know some people who do that. like 'try to convince me that i'm schizophrenic or imagining very obvious things.'
like the psychological term. i know some people who do that. like 'try to convince me that i'm schizophrenic or imagining very obvious things.'
like the psychological term. i know some people who do that. like 'try to convince me that i'm schizophrenic or imagining very obvious things.'
like the psychological term. i know some people who do that. like 'try to convince me that i'm schizophrenic or imagining very obvious things.'