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An interview with Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray is presented. When asked about gesture in his film "Pather Panchali," he compares gestures to expressions. He discusses his silent film studies and the importance of wordless moments in film, his thoughts on improvisation, and how his interest in music and painting influences his work.

The article presents information on the painting "Oof" by Edward Ruscha in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The author looks at the influence that Hollywood films and cinema have had on Ruscha's artwork, Ruscha's time as an artist in Los Angeles, California, and Ruscha's paintings including "Thermometers Should Last Forever," I Don't Want No Retro Spective," and "None of the Buildings on the Sunset Strip."

An interview with Belgian artist Michaël Borremans is presented. When asked about the inclusion of films in his latest exhibition, Borremans discusses how his films are influenced by his paintings. When asked about the pace of his films, Borremans notes that they are very slow because rhythm in very important. When asked if it was difficult to give up painting, Borremans says it was not because he found many painterly qualities in working with film.

The article presents a profile of Julian Schnabel, an artist and filmmaker, the piece written on the occasion of the debut of his film "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" at the 2007 New York Film Festival. The piece examines a number of issues connected to Schnabel's work, including the impact of his painting on his filmmaking and his relations with critics.

This article presents paintings created by illustrators at "The Saturday Evening Post." The American Illustrators Hall of Fame provides the reader with various depictions of cinema and motion picture audiences throughout history. Featured illustrations include cowboy pictures, screen sirens of the early cinema, the motion picture "The Showdown," adolescent first dates at the movies, and drive-in theaters.

The article focuses on the art works of artist Euan Macdonald. Macdonald uses video clips as his medium through experiments in animating his drawings and paintings. In his painting, Macdonald's uses the video directly, in which he includes the frame provided in the video monitor. Such approach defines the artificiality of the scenario and allows the viewer to identify his use of medium as pure as possible yet with a manipulation of recorded reality. Several of Macdonald's animation of his paintings are also discussed.

The article features painter Maurice Harvey. He studied at the Southend College of Art in Essex, England and at the London School of Art. He worked as an illustrator in Canada and as a background artist in the motion picture industry in the U.S. His involvement in motion pictures improved his perception and execution of values in art. He began to do small paintings and decided to be full-time painter. His works are rooted in nature, painting landscapes and seascapes.

Reports on the motion picture 'Caravaggio,' directed by Derek Jarman. Facts on the Italian painter Caravaggio; Aim of Jarman in making the motion picture; Approach of Jarman in filming the motion picture.

The article reports that German artist Caspar David Friedrich's paintings inspired the film director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. The author discusses the use of lights and shadows in the film "Faust," and explains that Murnau, who studied the history of art, was influenced by the romantic paintings made by Friedrich.

The article presents information on actress Marcia Gay Harden joining the cast of the film "The Christmas Cottage." The film is based on the life of American painter, Thomas Kinkade, and his painting of the same name. It discusses other members of the cast including Jared Padalecki, who will play Kinkade and Peter O'Toole, who will play one of Kinkade's mentors. Information on, Michael Campus as the film's director, and Harden's other famous roles, is also presented.

The article discusses "yellow movies" as metastatements. Yellow movies are a representation of the cinema and the recorded activity of the world. They are used in late-modernist structuralist filmmaking. The emulsion properties of yellow movies and film reels are discussed. Architecture is a type of filmic space.

The article reviews the film "Lost Highway," directed by David Lynch.

The article focuses on the exhibition of 78 paintings by Ed Ruscha curated by Ralph Rugoff to be held at the Hayward Gallery in London, England from October 14 to January 10, 2010. It is said that the show marks the artist's 50th year in the field of painting. It explains how films, particularly widescreen formats influenced the proportions of the paintings by Ruscha. Also noted are the recurring motifs in the works of Ruscha including images of mountains covered with snow and sunsets.

The article features the exhibition "Something About Mary," directed by Dodie Kazanjian at the New York Metropolitan Opera's Gallery Met and the book "Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art," by James Rosenquist. The exhibition highlights the works of artists Elizabeth Peyton, Francesco Clemente, and John Currin. Meanwhile, the book focuses on the cinematic style of painting.

An interview with artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel is presented. When asked about the influence of films on his paintings, Schnabel divulges that he infused peculiarities as painter into the film he produced. He discusses his inspiration for the film "Christ's Last Day," which is derived from early 20th-century hospital x-rays. He presents his opinion on the art market.