14 films in which the directors hid the masterpieces of painting, and the audience did not notice
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By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/14-films-in-which-the-directors-hid-the-masterpieces-of-painting-and-the-audience-did-not-notice.htmlMany directors add subtle hints of paintings by famous artists to their films, and they do it masterfully. They can be associated with a name, a historical place or an event, or even give additional meaning to a scene. So, when in the finale of the film "Interstellar" Brand and Cooper reach out to each other, it resembles Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam", which emphasizes the extrahuman, extraterrestrial contact.
We like to watch movies carefully and are always ready to share our findings — such as these, for example. Besides, it's a great reason to review good films.
"Alice through the Looking Glass", James Bobin - "Portrait of Emperor Rudolf II in the image of Vertumnus", Giuseppe Arcimboldo
"The Moth", Franklin Scheffner - "The Butterfly Catcher" Karl Spitzweg
"Survivor", Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - "Apotheosis of War", Vasily Vereshchagin
"Sheep's Cheese", Pier Paolo Pasolini - "Removal from the Cross", Giovanni Battista Rosso Fiorentino
"The Last House on the Left", Dennis Iliadis - "Ophelia", John Everett Millais
"The Last House on the Left", Dennis Iliadis - "Ophelia", John Everett Millais
"Fort Alamo", John Wayne - "El Haleo", John Singer Sargent
"Empire of the Sun", Steven Spielberg - "Freedom from Fear", Norman Rockwell
"Captain Alatriste", Agustin Diaz Yanes - "Surrender of Breda", Diego Velasquez
"Duelists", Ridley Scott — "Napoleon Bonaparte", Benjamin Robert Haydon
"Gone with the Wind", Victor Fleming — "A Woman before the Rising Sun", Kaspar David Friedrich
"An American in Paris", Vincent Minnelli - "Chocolate Dance", Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
"Dreams", Akira Kurosawa - "Langlois Bridge", Vincent van Gogh
Interstellar, Christopher Nolan - The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo
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