Polish film director Lech Majewski has brought Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting "The Way to Calvary" onto the big screen in new film "The Mill and the Cross." Actor Rutger Hauer plays the artist.
Bruegel masterpiece on the big screen —
Polish film director Lech Majewski has brought Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting "The Way to Calvary" onto the big screen in new film "The Mill and the Cross." Actor Rutger Hauer plays the artist.
"The Mill and the Cross" faithfully recreates scenes from the painting and required painstaking craftmanship in the form of hand-made costumes as well as CGI and 3D imagery to bring the more surreal elements of the work to life.
Bruegel masterpiece on the big screen —
"The Mill and the Cross" faithfully recreates scenes from the painting and required painstaking craftmanship in the form of hand-made costumes as well as CGI and 3D imagery to bring the more surreal elements of the work to life.
As is common in a Bruegel painting, "The Way to Calvary" juxtaposes historical scenes with those of sixteenth-century Flanders.
Bruegel masterpiece on the big screen —
As is common in a Bruegel painting, "The Way to Calvary" juxtaposes historical scenes with those of sixteenth-century Flanders.
Actress Charlotte Rampling plays Mary in "The Mill and the Cross."
Bruegel masterpiece on the big screen —
Actress Charlotte Rampling plays Mary in "The Mill and the Cross."
Majewski, a painter himself, is drawn to bringing paintings and painters to the silver screen. He previously wrote the script for the 1996 movie "Basquiat," about the graffiti artist turned expressionist painter.
Scenes from a master-piece —
Majewski, a painter himself, is drawn to bringing paintings and painters to the silver screen. He previously wrote the script for the 1996 movie "Basquiat," about the graffiti artist turned expressionist painter.
Director Lech Majewski with actor Rutger Hauer at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011; since premiering at film festivals around the globe, the movie has garnered positive reviews.
Scenes from a master-piece —
Director Lech Majewski with actor Rutger Hauer at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011; since premiering at film festivals around the globe, the movie has garnered positive reviews.
The Bruegel painting which inspired Majewski is in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.
Bruegel Procession to Calvary —
The Bruegel painting which inspired Majewski is in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.