_Gods and Monsters_ shows James Whale copying famous works of art. Not a film, but the game _Super Mario 64_ has Mario jumping in and out of paintings like a more explicit (entrance and exit wise) version of Kurosawa's "Crows" FWIW. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Rollins" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:51 AM Subject: Re: Paintings in Films > In a message dated 5/31/01 12:03:36 AM Central Daylight Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > > > 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 > > > > Dear Ruth, > > This is not quite a focused answer to your question, but WHAT DREAMS > MAY COME by Robin Williams is a veritable history of landscape painting > for Salvator Rosa all the way up to the 20th Century. The paintings are used > chronologically and work as an history of the genre. Being busy with other > matters, I have never sat down to figure out what was going on in this motif, > but it is the most prominent use of painting as mise en scene that I know > of in recent filmmaking. > > And it is not clear to me that anybody has discussed this use of paintings; > perhaps there is someone on the list who has done so.... > > Peter Rollins > Film & History > www.filmandhistory.org > [log in to unmask] > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- 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]