Examples of Movies Inspired by Paintings
Classic Art always precedes modern. In this collection of examples we will explore how movie directors have been inspired by classic works of art (primarily – paintings).
For closer look, refer to this gallery.
The fifth element, Luc Besson (1997) The Broken Column Frida Kahlo (1944) 
Shirley visions of a reality, Gustav Deutsch (2013) New York, Edward Hopper (1939) 
The Secret of Thomas Crown, John Mctiernan (1999) The Son of man, René Magritte (1964) 
Sexy Beast, Jonathan Glazer (2001) Sobre la ciudad, Marc Chagall (1918) 
A star is born, George Cukor (1955) Pause during the dance lesson, Edgar Degas (1883) 
The Madman of red hair, Vincente Minnelli (1956) Night Coffee, Vincent Van Gogh (1888) 
Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese (2010) El beso, Gustav Klimt (1908) 
House by the Rail Road by Edward Hopper(1925), Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock(1960) 
Saturn devouring his son, from Francisco de Goya, Pans Labyrinth by Guillermo Del Toro 
Stairs Up, stairs down by M.C. Escher (1960), Inception by Christopher Nolan (2010) 
Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis (1994) The world of Cristina, Andrew Wyeth (1948) 
The Mechanical Orange, Stanley Kubrick (1971) Round of prisoners, Vincent Van Gogh (1890) 
Ofelia by John Everett Millais (1851), Melancholia by Lars von Trier (2011) 
The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough (1770), Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino (2012) 
The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel, Metropolis by Fritz Lang 1927 
Young Naked Man Sitting by the Sea by Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1836) Wells of Ambition by Paul Thomas Anderson (2007) 
The Evening Dress, by René Magritte (1955), Moonlight by Barry Jenkins (2016) 
Viridiana by Luis Buñuel (1961), The Last Dinner by Leonardo Da Vinci (1495-1498) 
Little Bather – harem interior by Ingres (1828), Passion by Jean-Luc Godard (1982) 
Hunters in the Snow by Bruegel the Old (1565), The Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky (1975) 
Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick (1975) Malvern Hall Warwickshire by John Constable (1809) 
Bob Was Cabaret (1972), Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia Von Harden by Otto Dix (1926) 
The death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David(1793), The Fight Club by David Fincher(1999), The Godfather by F.F.Coppola(1974) 
Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog by Casper David Friedrich (1818), Under The Skin by Jonathan Glazer (2013) 
Freedom from Fear by Norman Rockwell (1943), Empire of the Sun by Steven Spielberg (1987) 
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Terry Gilliam (1988), The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1484) 
Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan (2017), The Walker Over The Sea of Clouds by Caspar David Friedrich (1818) 
Avatar by James Cameron (2009), Floating Islands by Roger Dean (1993) 
Inside The Labyrinth by Jim Henson (1986), Relativity by MC Escher (1953) 
The End of Violence by Wim Wenders(1997), Nighthawks by Edward Hopper(1942) 
Lost in Translation by Sofía Coppola (2003), Jutta by John Kacere (1973) 
Truman Show by Peter Weir (1998), Architecture in the Moonlight by René Magritte (1956) 
An American in Paris by Vicente Minelli (1951), Chocolate Dancing by Toulouse-Lautrec (1896) 
Jamon, Jamon by Bigas Luna (1992), Duel of Clobber by Francisco de Goya (1819) 
The Skin I Live In by Pedro Almodóvar (2011), Venus Re-creating in Music by Tiziano (1550) 
The Duelists by Ridley Scott (1977), Napoleon Bonaparte by Benjamin Robert Haydon (1830) 
The Mother of the Artist, Arrangement in white and black by James Whistler (1871), The President by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1919) 
The Marquise of O by Éric Rohmer (1976), The Nightmare by Johann Heinrich Füssli (1781) 
La Ricotta by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1963), Descent of Christ by Rosso Fiorentino (1521) 
Heat by Michael Mann (1995), Pacific by Alex Colville (1967) 
Shirley, Visions of Reality by Gustav Deutsch (2013), Morning Sun by Edward Hopper (1952) 
Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick (1975), The Orgy by William Hogarth (1735)
Everything is a Remix
It does remind me of an idea, that everything is a remix, or a copy of another copy. When you think about it, it does make sense. The more creative output has been generated, the more difficult it is to come up with new innovative ideas. And researchers agree on this.
More on these ideas in excellent Kirby Ferguson video:
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