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10 masterworks of painting that inspired iconic movie scenes - a thread 🧵 1. “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt - “Shutter Island”, directed by Martin Scorsese pic.twitter.com/jgvr5auc0v
2023-12-28 02:22:552. “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper - “Pennies from Heaven”, directed by Herbert Ross pic.twitter.com/XvTE9ofdrm
2023-12-28 02:22:563. “Prisoners' Round” by Vincent van Gogh - “A Clockwork Orange”, directed by Stanley Kubrick pic.twitter.com/Q59zRNV5LZ
2023-12-28 02:22:564. “The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli - “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”, directed by Terry Gilliam pic.twitter.com/WuvRDBe0wX
2023-12-28 02:22:575. “Morning Sun” by Edward Hopper - “Shirley: Visions of Reality”, directed by Gustav Deutsch pic.twitter.com/v81Cc2spmL
2023-12-28 02:22:586. “The Tower of Babel” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder - “Metropolis”, directed by Fritz Lang pic.twitter.com/DL1R0IiIe5
2023-12-28 02:22:587. “The Elephants” by Salvador Dalí - “Mad Max: Fury Road”, directed by George Miller pic.twitter.com/m9oPD8Jlfn
2023-12-28 02:22:598. “Wheatfield” with Crows by Vincent van Gogh - “Dreams”, directed by Akira Kurosawa pic.twitter.com/ih4fvHCA4P
2023-12-28 02:22:599. “The Empire of Lights” by René Magritte - “The Exorcist”, directed by William Friedkin pic.twitter.com/MqWDbAypZN
2023-12-28 02:23:0010. “The Scream” by Edvard Munch - “Scream”, directed by Wes Craven pic.twitter.com/CM1gfX3xLo
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2023-12-28 02:24:37Carrying on! 11. “Georgette Magritte” by René Magritte - “Malena”, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore pic.twitter.com/ABQZD2pzCI
2023-12-28 04:58:2312. “Saturn Devouring His Son” by Francisco Goya - “Pan’s Labyrinth”, directed by Guillermo del Toro pic.twitter.com/qqXJiUdTUj
2023-12-28 04:58:2413. “Ophelia” by John Everett Millais - “Melancholia”, directed by Lars Von Trier pic.twitter.com/SPnbfqHbQe
2023-12-28 04:58:2414. “The Last Supper” by Leonardo Da Vinci - “Inherent Vice”, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson pic.twitter.com/YR5w8ftx26
2023-12-28 04:58:2515. “The Blue Boy” by Thomas Gainsborough - “Django Unchained”, directed by Quentin Tarantino pic.twitter.com/ghGO9Aefdl
2023-12-28 04:58:2616. “The Death of Marat” by Jacques-Louis David - “About Schmidt”, directed by Alexander Payne pic.twitter.com/J9Yz47aIRx
2023-12-28 04:58:2617. “The Small Bather” by Dominique Ingre - “Passion”, directed by Jean-Luc Godard pic.twitter.com/siGEmzuOg1
2023-12-28 04:58:2718. “Bonaparte Crossing the Great Saint Bernard Pass” by Jacques-Louis David - “Marie Antoinette”, directed by Sofia Coppola pic.twitter.com/V6TLnpYial
2023-12-28 04:58:2819. “Architecture au clair de lune” by René Magritte - “The Truman Show”, directed by Peter Weir pic.twitter.com/HaCLp5IJoN
2023-12-28 04:58:2920. “ Fallen Angel” by Alexandre Cabanel - “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith”, directed by George Lucas pic.twitter.com/XnRbcoxhnq
2023-12-28 04:58:29@Culture_Crit “New York Movie” by Edward Hopper - “Shirley: Visions of Reality”, directed by Gustav Deutsch pic.twitter.com/xBEaDGjXkB
2023-12-28 02:34:44@Culture_Crit It's a bit of a stretch, but there's certain similarity between Anakin Skywalker and Alexandre Cabanel's The Fallen Angel. The fallen angel motif is evident in Star Wars. pic.twitter.com/N5cbDEycex
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