List the pop cultural and/or historical references in the film "V for Vendetta"

The link I pointed to briefly mentions dominoes but doesn’t really delve into the particular aspect that came to my mind. Dominoes are used to talk about things falling into place, plans coming to fruition, having dominion over people, getting the better of someone. All these uses are appropriate for the point in the movie in which this image is used.

Is it cheating to look up references in pursuit of this goal? We’re just listing them, hopefully to further the pursuit of knowledge, so any information is good, right?

This website has a wealth of information on the topic: http://madelyn.utahgoth.net/vendetta/vendetta1.html

The picture is taken from the site, and is titled “Europe After the Rains.”

I think the Matrix connections are very deep, as many of you have pointed out. Another one is the use of rain in both films.

Perhaps this is stretching, but it seems quite possible that Evey is representing the original Eve of Adam and Eve. In thinking through this connection, it struck me that you could look at the overbearing government in the role of God before the Fall—keeping the relatively innocent population in line through controlling information sources (tree of knowledge of good and evil) and of course life and death. Evey takes the forbidden fruit that V offers, and the course of history is changed.

Also, I don’t know about the history of fireworks, but as an American fireworks strongly associate with Independance Day. So there’s an obvious connection between V’s use of fireworks and the struggle for independance.