By the way, I'll go ahead and mention that I have something really cool in the works. I was finally accepted into a film production course, which means I'm getting the chance to make some shorts with other peers. The first short we're working on is a chase sequence. How does this apply to "Thief" you ask? I'm going to try out the "hidden cut zoom" technique in live-action (you know, how RW made a zoom shot look continuous but it's really two shots spliced together), as well as putting in two brief homages.
I'll put it on youtube when it's completed.