Film Language Tag: ekphrasis
A rhetoric manner devised in ancient Roman literature for the vivid description of works of art, whether real or imaginary. It played an important role in the Renaissance when artists and architects were stimulated by descriptions in classical texts to emulate the great masterpieces of antiquity.
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The Afterlife in Color, What Dreams May Come
Chris Nielsen (Robin Williams) arrives in the painted heaven he created for himself and finds his old mentor Albert Lewis (Cuba Gooding Jr.).
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