The Picture Of Dorian Gray Movie Painting
In the end dorian gets everything that was coming to him.
The picture of dorian gray movie painting. In wilde s tale dorian gray commissions a portrait of himself as an attractive young man and later trades his soul for an ever youthful appearance. The young dorian gray befriends an artist basil hallward who quickly becomes obsessed and insists on painting a master portrait to truly capture the image. This rock musical cult classic is a loose reworking mostly of another gothic novel the phantom of the opera but its faustian themes also reflect the picture of dorian gray. American 1897 1983 ivan albright painted this lurid portrait for the oscar winning movie adaptation of oscar wilde s 1891 novel the picture of dorian gray.
Not rated 1h 50min drama fantasy horror 3 march 1945 usa 2 32 trailer. 1 video 43 images. Inset painting by ivan albright the picture of dorian gray begins on a beautiful summer day in victorian england where lord henry wotton an opinionated man is observing the sensitive artist basil hallward painting the portrait of dorian gray a handsome young man who is basil s ultimate muse. The haunted portrait in the story the picture of dorian gray is one of the preeminent of haunted portraits in modern horror and while hardly the first haunted portrait in the movies its appearance and explanation in the 1945 hurd hatfield george saunders angela lansbury version of the movie is distinct in director albert lewin s instrumentalizing the picture in a subtley effective way.
Dorian gray observes the corruption recorded in his portrait in the film the picture of dorian gray 1945. Brian de palma stars. Paul williams william finley jessica harper gerrit graham. His choices brought about his own doom.