Picture Windows
Picture Windows is an American television miniseries that aired on Showtime in 1995. It consists of six short films, each inspired by a different iconic painting, matched with a story by a renowned author, and directed by a prominent filmmaker such as Norman Jewison, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonathan Kaplan, Joe Dante, John Boorman, and Bob Rafelson, respectively. With a different cast in each installment, these films included performances by a number of notable actors, including Alan Arkin, George Segal, Sally Kirkland, Robert Loggia, Steve Zahn, Brooke Adams, Dan Hedaya, Michael Lerner, Ron Perlman, and John Hurt. Co-creator David Wesley Wachs also wrote and directed a 20-minute pilot titled The Life of Art based on the painting Hitchhiker by Robert Gwathmey. Dan Halperin directed the pilot episode for the series entitled Rosemary, which was produced by Halperin and Scott JT Frank under their Epiphany Pictures banner.
| Picture Windows | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Scott J.T. Frank Daniel Halperin David Wachs |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime |
| Release | September 1995 – October 1995 |
Picture Windows is an American television miniseries that aired on Showtime in 1995.[1][2] It consists of six short films, each inspired by a different iconic painting, matched with a story by a renowned author, and directed by a prominent filmmaker such as Norman Jewison, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonathan Kaplan, Joe Dante, John Boorman, and Bob Rafelson, respectively. With a different cast in each installment, these films included performances by a number of notable actors, including Alan Arkin, George Segal, Sally Kirkland, Robert Loggia, Steve Zahn, Brooke Adams, Dan Hedaya, Michael Lerner, Ron Perlman, and John Hurt. Co-creator David Wesley Wachs also wrote and directed a 20-minute pilot titled The Life of Art based on the painting Hitchhiker by Robert Gwathmey. Dan Halperin directed the pilot episode for the series entitled Rosemary, which was produced by Halperin and Scott JT Frank under their Epiphany Pictures banner.
Reception
[edit]The miniseries won one an Emmy Award and several CableAce Awards.[3] John Boorman's episode, Two Nudes Bathing, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[4] The series was also acknowledged for the exceptional cinematography of Seamus Deasy and Paul Sarossy.
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Soir Bleu" | Norman Jewison | Seth Flicker | TBA | |
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Inspired by the painting Soir Bleu by Edward Hopper. | |||||
| 2 | "Song of Songs" | Peter Bogdanovich | Harry Mark Petrakis John Petrakis | TBA | |
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Inspired by the painting Primavera by Sandro Botticelli. | |||||
| 3 | "Language of the Heart" | Jonathan Kaplan | Bruce Meade | TBA | |
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Inspired by the painting Ballet Rehearsal by Edgar Degas. | |||||
| 4 | "Lightning" | Joe Dante | Jim Byrnes | TBA | |
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Inspired by the painting Stampede by Lightning by Frederic Remington. | |||||
| 5 | "Two Nudes Bathing" | John Boorman | John Boorman | TBA | |
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Inspired by the painting Gabrielle d'Estrées et une de ses sœurs by an unknown artist. | |||||
| 6 | "Armed Response" | Bob Rafelson | Frederic Raphael | TBA | |
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Inspired by the painting Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney. | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Picture Windows". Variety. October 23, 1995. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022.
- ^ "TV REVIEWS : 'Picture Windows' Trilogy No Artistic Masterpiece". Los Angeles Times. September 30, 1995. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023.
- ^ "IT'S HBO AGAIN AT CABLEACES". Variety. September 25, 1995. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Two Nudes Bathing". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
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