We love it when filmmakers take direct inspiration from great artists and classic paintings. Here are some of our favourites…
First up, The Truman Show (1998) and Au Clair de Lune (1956) by René Magritte.
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First up, The Truman Show (1998) and Au Clair de Lune (1956) by René Magritte.
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Django Unchained (2012) and The Blue Boy (c. 1770) by Thomas Gainsborough
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Gladiator (2000) and Pollice Verso (1872) by Jean-Léon Gérome
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Shutter Island (2010) and The Kiss (1907-1908) by Gustav Klimt
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A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Prisoners Exercising (1890) by Vincent van Gogh
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Melancholia (2011) and Ophelia (1851-1852) by John Everett Millais
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Dreams (1990) and Wheatfield with Crows (1890) by Vincent van Gogh
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and At The Hanging Rock (1875) by Thomas Ford
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Metropolis (1927) and The Tower of Babel (c. 1563) by Pieter Bruegel.
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Scream (1996) and The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch
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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and The Elephants (1948) by Salvador Dali
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The Exorcist (1973) and The Empire of Light (c. 1939-1967) by René Magritte
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Cabaret (1972) and Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden (1926) by Otto Dix
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The Alamo (1960) and El Jaleo (1882) by John Singer Sargent
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The Cell (2000) and Dawn (1989) by Odd Nerdrum
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Lust For Life (1965) and The Night Café (1888) by Vincent Van Gogh
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Frida (2002) and Frida and Diego Rivera (1931) by Frida Kahlo
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About Schmidt (2002) and La Mort De Marat (1793) by Jacques-Louis David
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The Return (2003) and Lamentation of Christ (c. 1480) by Andrea Mantegna
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The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen (1988) and The Birth Of Venus (1840-1846) by Sandro Botticelli
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Inherent Vice (2014) and The Last Supper (c. 1495-1498) by Leonardo Da Vinci
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Marie Antoinette (2006) and Napoleon Crossing The Alps (1801) by Jacques-Louis David
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) and Young Corn (1931) by Grant Wood
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Barry Lyndon (1975) and Malvern Hall, Warwickshire (1809) by John Constable
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Gone With The Wind (1939) and Woman Before The Rising Sun (1818-1820) by Caspar David Friedrich
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Days of Heaven (1978) and Christina’s World (1948) by Andrew Wyeth
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Psycho (1960) and House By The Railroad (1925) by Edward Hopper
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and To Prince Edward Island (1965) by Alex Colville
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Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013) and New York Movie (1939) by Edward Hopper
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Heat (1995) and Pacific (1967) by Alex Colville
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Pennies From Heaven (1981) and Nighthawks (1942) by Edward Hopper
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Carol (2015) and Automat (1927) by Edward Hopper
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Moonlight (2016) and Evening Dress (1955) by René Magritte
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Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) and Saturn Devoring His Son (c.1820-1823) by Francisco Goya
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Finally… not a painting but still cool…
The Shining (1980) and Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967 by Diane Arbus
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The Shining (1980) and Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967 by Diane Arbus
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