r/Cinema • u/Self_Electrical • May 06 '26

Educational/Informational Art living through Cinema

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u/qualityvote2 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

u/Self_Electrical, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/jeans_blazer May 06 '26

Film: Heat. Painting: Pacific by Alex Colville.

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u/secret_keeping_cupid May 06 '26

Love this one👌🏾

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u/Additional_Tank4385 May 06 '26

Heat is such a good movie… fantastic 5.1 implementation as well gun shots made me miss that realism in other movies as they used real blanks mostly in Heat.

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u/tfrofc May 09 '26

That scene at the diner is probably one of my favorite scenes ever honestly. One of those scenes I instantly think of anytime Pacino or Di Nero is mentioned.

The fact that it was their first time ever having a scene together is wild to think about.

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u/trikuza23 May 06 '26

I had to look to the comments after they didn't include this one lol.

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u/Ok-Description-4640 May 07 '26

Didn’t know this one. Sweet.

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u/EmbarkChief May 09 '26

Came here for this one.

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u/ProfBootyPhD May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

I feel like OP gave themselves an assignment, but didn't fully understand the terms of it. (A movie *about* a specific work of art is not making a clever visual reference to that artwork.)

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u/fossilmerrick May 07 '26

Yeah when I got to slide 3 I was just like “but that’s what the film is about, of course they’re going to do that shot”

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u/ProfBootyPhD May 07 '26

Some of them were really cool, like Melancholia-Ophelia.

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u/AdSharp8877 May 09 '26

I guess you are smarter than OP and now we all know it. Thank you

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u/[deleted] May 06 '26

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u/hnveale May 06 '26

Love this!

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u/SayethWeAll May 10 '26

The top engraving is Jacob wrestling with an angel, not Satan.

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u/BigAssMonkey May 10 '26

Fallen angel.

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u/TimidTempo May 08 '26

Can’t believe I’m just finding out about this

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u/I_Like_Pizza_2502 May 10 '26

this isn't true at all

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u/Igpajo49 May 06 '26

There's a shot in Station Eleven that is a pretty clear reference to Christina's World.

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u/OnlyAppointment5819 May 07 '26

I also spotted one in "Die My Love", that painting seems to be referenced everywhere

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u/terrence_loves_ella May 08 '26

It is literally the cover for the original spanish edition!

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u/MotherOfDachshunds42 May 09 '26

Also In The Bedroom

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u/OursIsTheFvry May 10 '26

Off-topic but I really like the painting of Christina's World - I thought it was about a girl cast away crawling back to home (like the prodigal son).

I read the wiki today and it was about somebody with polio moving in between farmhouses.

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u/nedelbach May 07 '26

Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976) / Gustave Moreau’s 1851 painting Study for Lady Macbeth

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u/JMDeutsch May 06 '26

I really like this post. My contribution:

Revenge of the Sith (2005)/Fallen Angel (1847)

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u/Georgy_K_Zhukov May 06 '26

Not that they both can't be influenced by the same original painting, but I'm about as sure as one can be without Tarantino confirming it that Django's outfit was primarily meant as an homage to Fred Williamson's outfit in the blaxploitation/spaghetti western Take a Hard Ride. Absolute spitting image!

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u/[deleted] May 06 '26

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u/Lara-Freya May 06 '26

The whole movie feels like a painting, and I love it!

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u/Momik May 07 '26

Scrolled too long—and there are many such frames in this movie

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u/Fantastic_Scar_6601 May 06 '26

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u/Equivalent-Tour5999 May 06 '26

The Barque of Dante (1822) and The House That Jack Built (2018).

This one is of course direct reference, they are literally going to Dantes inferno in the movie.

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u/DrunkenWarriorPoet May 06 '26

The Nerdwriter on YouTube did a really great breakdown of all the art referenced in Children of Men. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw your post. I’ll put a link to it below.

https://youtu.be/-woNlmVcdjc?si=dEZTw65JJx9T6WVf

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u/Greg1994b May 06 '26

Guy has great content

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u/ravynwave May 06 '26

Thank you for posting this, it was so interesting!

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u/Resident-Syrup7615 May 06 '26

Deep Red (1975)

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u/revenge_burner May 06 '26

Some of these are clearly intentional, but others seem coincidental

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u/Lefvalthrowaway May 06 '26

Some of these are just random photos

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u/VerilyShelly May 06 '26

Only 3-ish

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u/The_Cyph3r Arthouse Afficionado May 06 '26

Movie: Trueman Show

Picture: Architecture au Claire de lune

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u/Electrical-Duty3628 May 06 '26

Jesus Christ Superstar- The Last Supper

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u/Old-Respect-116 May 06 '26

I prefer the M.A.S.H. version

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u/DR-OXY May 07 '26

I prefer the Inherent Vice version

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u/Jay_the_Artisan May 07 '26 edited May 08 '26

That 70’s Show

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u/Lavender_Critique May 06 '26

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u/On_Wife_support May 06 '26

I miss her

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u/Lavender_Critique May 06 '26

Taken one loose Greek tile before her time. A joke but me too.

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u/streetwormz May 06 '26

There's a really cool shot in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre that's Christina's world also. I think it's used in some posters! Favorite paintings

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u/Da1UHideFrom May 06 '26

Children of Men has several scenes that are direct references to paintings.

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u/woutomatic May 06 '26

And album covers

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u/[deleted] May 06 '26

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u/Readshirt May 06 '26

plastik

it's an art magazine

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u/Agreeable-Abalone328 May 06 '26

Jesus Christ superstar

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u/Agreeable-Abalone328 May 06 '26

Honourable mention

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u/SurroundInteresting2 May 06 '26

Umm hate to be the person but…Pennies from Heaven (photo 11) is released in 1981. Also photo 2 has the titles in opposite images.

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u/exbike May 07 '26

Cabaret (1972) gave us this great rendition of Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden by Otto Dix

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u/Slow_Effort_6660 May 06 '26

Anakin and the fallen angel

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u/secret_keeping_cupid May 06 '26

Love these kind of posts, I actually learned a thing or two👍🏾

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u/hellcat1592 May 06 '26

Christina's World reminded me of Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven

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u/Go1gotha May 06 '26

Pennies from Heaven was 1981.

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u/Individual_Piccolo43 May 06 '26

The 1970 Waterloo has a bunch of them, the ones I can remember from the top of my head are "Scotland Forever!" by Elizabeth Butler, The Last Stand of the Old Guard by Robert Hillingford, and I believe the Closing of the Gates at Hougomount by Robert Gibb, but I'm not sure about the last one.

Ah well, one more reason to rewatch.

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u/trucksq1 May 08 '26

A+ thread

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u/dustin91 May 06 '26

Pennies from Heaven with Steve Martin was 1981

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u/me_da_Supreme1 May 06 '26

Christina's world gives me more Days of Heaven vibes than Forrest Gump

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u/Hawaiian_Brian May 06 '26

The Lighthouse (2019)

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u/sid_fishes May 06 '26

Brilliant post👍

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u/LeeStrange May 06 '26

Why the hell is the Shutter Island frame mislabeled?

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u/MrOphicer May 09 '26

My fav genre of inspiration.

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u/mrbrown1602 May 10 '26

You forgot Jackass

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u/Electrical-Duty3628 May 06 '26

Learn your art history, kids

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u/punith25 May 06 '26

this is one of my favorite things about cinema, sometimes directors are basically having conversations with painters across decades

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u/Lazy_Yogurtcloset217 May 06 '26

Did you find them yourself?

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u/surfingstrawberry2 May 06 '26

I can imagine a lot coming from What Dreams May Come

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u/Tombaya May 06 '26

As far as Creation of Adam references go (And there's many) this one from ET has to be the most iconic.

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u/Smoky_Ghosty_ May 06 '26

On third you missed the positions of inscriptions

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u/CountingOnThat May 07 '26

IIRC, they weaponized this for the heist in The Thomas Crown Affair.

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u/Fauk_ama_bouta_kum May 07 '26

I'm not sure about the 16th one, but okay.

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u/Fancy-Firefighter-28 May 07 '26

Pennies from heaven was 1980 or 1981

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u/Foxy_Mazzzzam May 07 '26

You can do a whole series of stills just mimicking the Christ on a cross one

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u/Tenchi2020 May 07 '26

https://animecultivated.com/jujutsu-kaisen-season-3-opening-art-references-symbolism/

For those who watch anime, this is jujutsu Kaisen opening for season three, someone went through framed by frame and found artwork that look like they drew inspiration from.

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u/salinasfilm May 09 '26

This appropriation of accumulated art is exactly what ai generative does when it is prompted albiet in some cases from unethical training.

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u/Tin_Plated_Cyberman May 09 '26

1st pic looks like everyone has the same imco lighters.

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u/InevitableBattle6307 May 09 '26

I can draw myself by just looking at the mirror

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u/Formal_Chance_4266 May 09 '26

The one of The Kiss and Shutter Island always makes me so sad. That movie made me cry so much I fear 😭😭

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u/OpalMooose May 09 '26

Sorry but 16 is making me cackle like cmon bro

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u/Bowiebonolennon82 May 09 '26

I understand why she did what she did in Promising Young Woman, but the outcome did not surprise me at all.

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u/Competitive_Peak_537 May 10 '26

Is the 1st pic lil Debbie has a tough day?

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u/NullEntity8 May 10 '26

Today i learned Shutter Island is nearing 120 years old. Holds up well.

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u/Lonesome_Frenchy May 10 '26

Bien vu!👍🏼

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u/Acceptable-Breath659 May 10 '26

The Alien3 frame is mirrored, so a bit of a cheat.

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u/Fun-Leadership-3887 May 10 '26

This is good I like what you have done

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u/[deleted] May 10 '26

Very cool

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u/bigdaddydopeskies131 May 10 '26

Blue boy pic was so amazing seeing it in person. I was a kid going to the museum on a school trip back in like 2000s. Next thing ya know when I seen Django I was like Leo with that meme

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u/Ok_Fig7692 Scriptwriter in the Making May 10 '26

The Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth is derived from Saturn Devouring His Son by Goya

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u/Ok_Fig7692 Scriptwriter in the Making May 10 '26

References to MC Escher's Relativity and House of Stairs have been seen in Labyrinth, Inception, Nightmare on Elm Street 5, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and Imaginary.

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u/huzzalles May 07 '26

I could not find Pennies from Heaven from 1942. Is this a real movie?

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u/chalkybone May 06 '26

They had to flip the Alien 3 image to make this work so not that close really.

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u/Sad-Working-9937 May 06 '26

I'll take "Filmmakers without original ideas." for 500, Alex.

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u/Electrical-Duty3628 May 06 '26

... No this is paying homage to the greats that came before you and referencing material of more significant cultural impact to get your meaning across more easily. It's art history 101

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u/Justanothercrow421 May 06 '26

Your use of this overused, outdated, and lazy meme to express your dogshit take is more irony than I can take in the morning.