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Great paintings that inspired iconic movie scenes... 🧵 (continued)

1. “Fallen Angel”, Alexandre Cabanel // “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith”, directed by George Lucas

2. “Girl’s Head beside a Skull”, Rex Whistler // “Alien 3”, directed by David Fincher

3. “The Tower of Babel”, Pieter Bruegel the Elder // “Metropolis”, directed by Fritz Lang

4. “The Elephants”, Salvador Dalí // “Mad Max: Fury Road ”, directed by George Miller

5. “Saturn Devouring His Son”, Francisco Goya // “Pan's Labyrinth”, directed by Guillermo del Toro

6. “Ophelia”, John Everett Millais // “Melancholia”, directed by Lars Von Trier

7. “Frühlingsreigen”, Maximilian Lenz // “Midsommar”, directed by Ari Aster

8. “The Last Supper”, Leonardo Da Vinci // “Inherent Vice”, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

9. “The Night Café” // “Lust for Life”, directed by Vincente Minnelli

10. “The Scream”, Edvard Munch // “Scream”, directed by Wes Craven

Thanks @JamesLucasIT for sharing these. Anyone not following his account should do so immediately!

11. “Architecture au clair de lune”, René Magritte // “The Truman Show”, directed by Peter Weir

12. “Wheatfield with Crows”, Vincent van Gogh // “Dreams”, directed by Akira Kurosawa

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One more: “Relativity”, M.C. Escher - “Labyrinth”, directed by Jim Henson