Edgar Wright: The Definitive Guide To Homages, Influences And References
Wright and Peggs experiences interviewing police officers also led to a number lines and themes being explored for example, Angels line I prefer to think of my office as out on the street was a verbatim quote from these interviews. The scenes where Angel does mountains of paperwork to process the rowdy teenagers, the guns and the NWA are also inspired by the constant complaints from the officers that despite being a huge part of the job, paperwork is never seen or referenced in any cop show or film. Angels fixation on paperwork after watching Point Break is also inspired by this, and Wright chose to emulate the visual style of Tony Scott during the paperwork scenes as well as other menial tasks like processing and spooling through CCTV to create a paradox between such a mundane activity and the gung-ho nature of action films.