The cutaway corners, he said, paid subtle homage to the chamfered edges of the original trade center towers, which gave the pair an especially luminous outline.

In addition to being dystopian literature, The Butterfly and the Flame features several subtle homages to Orwell's work.

Fitted into an old warehouse, as modern as the day after tomorrow, it pays fond, subtle homage to regional culinary traditions.

Most of the changes would be subtle homages to esthetics; things like planters, better paving and more outdoor seating.

As a "subtle homage" to the Plexi, the Flexi's faceplate is gold Plexiglas.

There are also subtle homages to Watchmen.

Throughout the rest of the film, there are slight, sometimes subtle homages to Hitchcock.

Shore said that House's name itself is meant as "a subtle homage" to Holmes.

Lisbon Story pays subtle homage to these films.

In a more subtle technical homage to Chaplin, the director Mr. Chechik "undercranked" the physical comedy scenes.