 For the visual style of "Somewhere", she discussed Bruce Weber's Hollywood portraits and Helmut Newton's of models at the Chateau Marmont, and "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" (1975), the film by Chantal Akerman about the routine of a Belgian housewife, with Savides.Savides said, "The main thing was to tell the story really simply and let it play out in long beats and have the audience discover the moment.