Mystery/Fantasy dramas that revolve around paintings?

[nandywell]

I'm currently reading Susan Hill's The Man in The Picture and It got me thinking about what films and TV dramas throughout the years have revolved around paintings?



The only two I can think of are The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Night Gallery series but I'm sure there must be many more. Can you recommend anything? language & year are irrelevant, I'm really not prejudiced.

[batman]

The Illustrated Man with Rod Steiger, from Ray Bradbury's story, features stories based on the tattoos on Rod's bod. Does that count?





ps .... there was a revolving painting in a 'Zorro' serial (sorry)

[batman]

The Woman in the Window

Postmark to Danger

Laura



These three all feature paintings in the plot .... what about films about painters?

[faginsgirl]

Red Dragon, one of the Hannibal Lecter films involves a painting by William Blake in the storyline.



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[Brief Encounter]

Bedelia starring Margaret Lockwood starts with a painting and it's a main feature of the plot.

[dremble wedge]

Portrait of Jennie

Girl with a Pearl Earring

[Hugo]

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (France 1979, Dir. Raoul Ruiz)

[batman]

La Belle Noiseuese (1991) - another French film. This one has a running time of 236m and for much of that time it features the artist painting a naked Emmanuelle Beart. Well someone's got to do it!

[dremble wedge]

name='batman']La Belle Noiseuese (1991) - another French film. This one has a running time of 236m and for much of that time it features the artist painting a naked Emmanuelle Beart. Well someone's got to do it!

That's a great film - although not much happens beyond the painting. Anything with Emmanuelle Beart and Jane Birkin

[nandywell]

Thanks for those, they sound great.

[Angerr]

Profondo rosso (Deep Red),

quite good italian horror film by Dario Argento, it revolves around a mystery concerning a painting (I still have chills when I remember that creepy picture).

[wadsy]

Emmanuelle Beart. My word!!!

[batman]

name='wadsy']What about "The picture of Dorian Gray".

... how on Earth did we all forget that one!

[CaptainWaggett]

Three Cases of Murder has paintings coming to life

[Dame Starry]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wadsy

What about "The picture of Dorian Gray".

name='batman'] ... how on Earth did we all forget that one!

Er...isn't it in the first post of the thread?

[batman]

name='Dame Starry']Er...isn't it in the first post of the thread?

I said I'd forgotten about it.

[hankoler]

Sorry this is a bit vague but I once saw a film with a painting of a country house in it. It's a bit haunting and a light comes on in the doorway or a bedroom window, thats as far as I can remember. It is in colour if this helps, any ideas anyone?.

[donna]

aye hank I do remember that too, wasnt it a bit scary, wish I could remember, has no one thought of Vertigo with the musem painting of the Contessa.

[hankoler]

It was a bit scary I think Donna, didn't something happen when things alter in the picture.

[batman]

Is it Paperhouse?



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