There are many examples of films and songs inspired by Jack’s paintings on public access platforms such as Youtube but two of Jack’s personal favourites are those by italian film students, Roberto de Simone and Piermaria Agostini, inspired respectively by the paintings ‘An Imperfect Past’ and ‘After Midnight’, featured here to the left of this page.
Click on the thumbnails to view larger images of these paintings. Jack was particularly impressed and flattered by how these film-makers have evolved the atmosphere and narrative of his paintings and by the level of attention to detail in recreating the paintings in the final stills of each film.
We are showing these films on Jack’s site with the kind permission of Piermaria Agostini, who worked on both films. You can contact the filmakers and view more of their work on Youtube.
The image ‘An Imperfect Past’, is also one that is referenced in a 32-page fashion story shot by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia in 2004 and which features in the 25th anniversary issue of Vogue Italia. Click HERE to view the whole fashion story.
View the short film by Roberto de Simone inspired by the painting ‘An Imperfect Past’:
View the short film by Piermaria Agostini inspired by the painting ‘After Midnight’.