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What movies have a painterly quality to their cinematography?

Asked by Jeruba (55832points) April 6th, 2013

I’ve seen a few movies over time that really looked almost like animated paintings. I’m talking about a quality of cinematography that deliberately imitates the imagery, the use of color, and even the explicit subjects and compositions of well-known paintings.

For example, Girl with a Pearl Earring (Peter Webber, director; Eduardo Serra, cinematographer), a fictionalized story of Vermeer’s most famous painting, turns virtually every shot into something that looks like it was painted by a Dutch master. In many of the scenes, actual Vermeer paintings seem to be coming to life.

Similarly, I saw a series about the Impressionist painters in which the scenes themselves looked like Impressionist paintings.

I didn’t like the film Barry Lyndon, but I recall a painterly quality to the cinematography.

What other movies have this kind of artistry in the filming? Again, I’m not just asking about artful cinematography but about explicit, deliberate resemblance to paintings of a certain artist, style, or period.

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