Picture Windows
| 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 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Showtime |
| Original 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 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.
Reception[]
The miniseries won one 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]
Episodes[]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Soir Bleu" | Norman Jewison | TBA | ||
| Inspired by the painting Soir Bleu by Edward Hopper. | |||||
| 2 | "Song of Songs" | Peter Bogdanovich | Harry Mark Petrakis | TBA | |
| Inspired by the painting Primavera by Sandro Botticelli. | |||||
| 3 | "Language of the Heart" | Jonathan Kaplan | Bruce Meade | TBA | |
| Inspired by the painting Ballet Rehearsal by Edgar Degas. | |||||
| 4 | "Lightning" | Joe Dante | TBA | ||
| Inspired by the painting Stampede by Lightning by Frederic Remington. | |||||
| 5 | "Two Nudes Bathing" | John Boorman | John Boorman | TBA | |
| Inspired by the painting Gabrielle d'Estrées et une de ses sœurs by an unknown artist. | |||||
| 6 | "Armed Response" | Bob Rafelson | Frederic Raphael | TBA | |
| Inspired by the painting Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney. | |||||
References[]
- ^ Review by Variety
- ^ Review by LA Times
- ^ Variety coverage of 1995 CableAce Awards
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Two Nudes Bathing". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
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