We’ve all heard the quote before. Jean-Luc Godard once said: “It’s not where you take things from — it’s where you take them to.” Filmmakers are often inspired and influenced by other art, whether it be music or paintings or photography or other films. Sometimes it’s easy to spot in films, other times the influence is deeper and more nuanced. There’s a series of videos created by editor Vugar Efendi called “Film Meets Art” that highlight various examples of cinema borrowing exact shots or poses or color or composition or clothing (or all of the above) from paintings and other classic art. It is actually an impressive examination of creative influence and how it plays directly into cinema. I wanted to feature both of the videos, with Part II out this week, because there’s so much to admire in each of them. I love the shot from There Will Be Blood. ›››
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