2008
Moaning
flashe and acrylic on canvas
2008
8 ft x 8 ft
Available
from The Last Tango in Paris, 1972
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro
This scene is from the beginning of the film when Jeanne meets Paul, although they do not reveal their names to each other. This is a scene of the beginning of their rocky and highly sexual affair.
NXNW2
flashe and acrylic on canvas
2008
55 x 73
from North By Northwest, 1951
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Robert Burke
This is from the opening sequence of titles in North By Northwest, showing a sea of people walking straight across the camera’s view. For me, the sequence invites the viewer into the fi lm with the image of city hustle and bustle, acquainting the viewer with the forthcoming pace of the film. The fi lm is an expertly woven piece about mistaken identity that constantly changes like a chameleon’s skin.
NXNW
flashe and acrylic on canvas
2008
75 x 93
(from North By Northwest)
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In Holy Matrimony
flashe and acrylic on canvas
2008
73 x 80 in
from The Stranger, 1946
Director: Orson Welles
Cinematographer: Russell Metty
War crimes commissioner Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) has a mission to track down errant Nazi war criminals and bring them to justice. Wilson is knocked unconscious in a local gym by Meinike, one of the war criminals who is being used as bait to find other criminals in a small Connecticut town. The other criminal Kindler is at the same time being married to the daughter of a Supreme Court Justice, which is why the painting is titled “In Holy Matrimony” spoken just before the War Crimes Commissioner wakes from being knocked out.
Do You Always Have To Talk About Killing People?
flashe and acrylic on canvas
2008
42 x 63 in
from Shadow of a Doubt, 1943
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: Joseph A. Valentine
The setting is very traditional, a family at home around a linen-covered dining table, wearing their best clothes. Meanwhile they discuss how the father relaxes by plotting perfect murders, perhaps by way of a neighborly gift basket of poisonous mushrooms, or by drowning somebody in their own bathtub. It is the juxtaposition of traditional imagery and the morbid story that draws me to this particular scene.
She Was an Only Child
flashe and acrylic on canvas
2008
12 x 16 in
from The River, 1951
Director: Jean Renoir
Cinematographer: Claude Renoir
Also from The River, the daughter of the neighbor’s family Valerie is an only child and comes to play with the children, especially Harriet, every day. This scene introduces her to the fi lm by way of Harriet’s narration as an older woman looking back on the story. Valerie will eventually “win” the attention of Captain John with a kiss.