# If a museum exhibited original artworks commissioned for films, it would include...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239 "2007-09-06T13:58:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/41 "2007-09-07T20:29:57Z")
I’ve always loved the paintings that Mr. Hallorann (Scatman Crothers) has in his FL apartment in The Shining. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/42 "2007-09-07T20:39:54Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] I’ve always loved the paintings that Mr. Hallorann (Scatman Crothers) has in his FL apartment in The Shining. [/QUOTE] bwahaha - You know, I can picture those right now, and I don’t think I’ve seen that movie since it came out in 1980. Guess they must’ve been pretty…uh…effective! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/43 "2007-09-07T20:52:32Z")
They are brillant! The hotel has a very specific look with clean lines and such. If you thought those carpets were so '70’s, well those paintings are just great and they are the last thing you expect to see on his walls. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/44 "2007-09-08T02:11:15Z")
I wonder if Nick Park could loan us the portrait of Wallace and Grommit that hangs in their home? Being a miniature, it’d be shown off to its best advantage in a stand-alone display case, perhaps with a large magnifying glass. [QUOTE=Zebra] I’ve always loved the paintings that Mr. Hallorann (Scatman Crothers) has in his FL apartment in The Shining. [/QUOTE] Those would be a real coup for the exhibition. I’d position them around the halfway point in the typical walking route, as a stimulating “pick me up” to help rouse weary museum-goers who may feel their energy levels flagging about then. Of course, I’d extend the same courtesy to our distaff art lovers, if only I could locate something suitable to the occasion… Yes, the curator is issuing a “booty call” for some bad, bad beefcake art to pair opposite the T&A… anyone? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/45 "2007-09-08T02:17:30Z")
You could probably have a complete **H.R. Giger** section. Maybe some of Chesley Bonestell’s matte paintings from various movies. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/46 "2007-09-08T03:07:44Z")
First thing I thought of were those sculptures in one of the early scenes of A Clockwork Orange where the lady began to sing Ode to Joy. I’m sure they were just foam props, but whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/47 "2007-09-08T03:17:27Z")
There’s a statue of Walter Thatcher in _Citizen Kane_ that looks pretty cool, though they used camera tricks to make it look a lot bigger. > [@Christopher](#): > > First thing I thought of were those sculptures in one of the early scenes of A Clockwork Orange where the lady began to sing Ode to Joy. I’m sure they were just foam props, but whatever. What about the… interesting… statue Alex killed the cat-lady with? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/48 "2007-09-08T03:21:55Z")
Oh yea **Bryan** that’s even better. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/49 "2007-09-08T04:34:43Z")
What about the sets Salvador Dali designed for the dream sequence Hitchcock’s _Spellbound_? It’s been years since I’ve seen it, and my memory is a bit hazy, but ISTR that that sequence used a combination of set pieces, props, and visual effects. A little hard to acquisition the effects, but the set pieces would be interesting. Speaking of _Citizen Kane_, how about the 50-foot-tall picture of Kane from the campaign scene. Yes, it’s a photo, but it’s still a pretty impressive piece. Weren’t there paintings of some of the dozen characters Alec Guinness played in _Kind Hearts and Coronets_? A little more recently, there’s the equestrian picture of Tony Soprano that Paulie saved and had reworked. > [@Triskadecamus](#): > > Well, it certainly would not include that Butt Ugly “Maltese Falcon” from the movie of the same name. No wonder the Pope disbanded the Templars! Hey! I resemble that remark! I _like_ the look of the [dingus](http://www.thegoldenera.net/Falcon.html)! It should definitely be in our exhibit. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/50 "2007-09-08T05:55:01Z")
A real cop-out here, 'cause I don’t remember the name of the movie…a young man is on the lam for a Crime He Didn’t Commit, and it turns out the witness who clears him is the town drunk, played by Mickey Rooney (I think Slim Pickens was the sherriff). While the guy is a suspect, he hides with a blind woman who makes a clay bust of him. That sculpture certainly belongs in the exhibit. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/51 "2007-09-08T17:35:47Z")
I want the wall sculpture from the climactic scene of _The Devil’s Advocate._ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/52 "2007-09-08T18:01:35Z")
Not commissioned, exactly, and not of the “Portrait-of-Jennie” or “Eyes-Cut-Out” genre, but it would be waaay cool to have some of Marcel Duchamp’s spiral-roto-whatsits from [Anemic Cinema](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXINTf8kXCc), spinning slowly on an electric motor under a spotlight in my living room. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/53 "2007-09-08T18:07:18Z")
**The** Black Bird. You know which…🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/54 "2007-09-08T18:26:09Z")
In _The Dick Van Dyke Show_, Laura poses for a portrait, but the artist renders it nude. The (non-existent) portrait was titled _October Eve_. Of course, we’d have to paint one… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/55 "2007-09-08T20:18:39Z")
Han Solo in Carbonite - Oh, I know it’s not a sculpture or painting in the context of the movie, but Jabba has him hung on the wall like one. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239/56 "2007-09-08T20:37:46Z")
The rocking Penis from A Clockwork Orange. The Aroma Art (an lots of other bits) from the Maude’s house from Harold and Maude. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-museum-exhibited-original-artworks-commissioned-for-films-it-would-include/418239.md?page=2)