This sort of thing will also be a familiar sight to anyone who's seen Tori Amos perform live anytime in the last 30 years.

I'm not sure what Quentin Tarantino you're referring to, because he's anything but secretive about his influences. He goes over them on a regular basis, and almost always in the DVD/BR commentary of his films he'll explicitly mention the inspirations behind each scene. Although I suppose that would take the effort of…