Has anyone mentioned the Coen Bros' film Barton Fink? There was a painting of a woman that was pivotal in the film. Irene Upshur Marymount Univ. Arlington, VA Peter Warren wrote: > Ruth: A few more "painting" movies for your list: > > REMBRANDT: (1936) British, directed by Alexander Korda, with Charles > Laughton playing Rembrandt. > ODD MAN OUT: (1946) British, directed by Carol Reed. There is a sequence > towards the end of the film where an obsessed painter played by Robert > Newton is trying to paint the dying fugitive played by James Mason. > LUST FOR LIFE (1956) USA, directed by Vincent Minnelli, with Kirk Douglas > playing Vincent van Gogh. > REMBRANDT - 1669: (1977) Holland, directed by Jos Stelling. > THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY: (1965) USA, directed by Carol Reed, with Charlton > Heston playing Michaelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. > Peter Warren > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ruth perlmutter" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:44 PM > Subject: FILM AND PAINTING > > > Would love names of films that feature paintings as part of their > > fiction, especially when the painting is being enacted, like A ZED AND > > TWO NOUGHTS, PASSION (Godard), and a short film by Susan Seidelman where > > a character enters a Dutch painting. > > Thanks in advance. Ruth Perlmutter > > > > ---- > > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite > > > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu