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''Schalcken the Painter'' is a British television horror movie. It is based on the 1839 story "Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter" by Sheridan Le Fanu, and stars Jeremy Clyde as Godfried Schalcken and Maurice Denham as Gerrit Dou.〔 It aired on the BBC as an episode of ''Omnibus'' on 23 December 1979, following in the tradition of ''A Ghost Story for Christmas''.〔 ==Production== A fictional tale woven round the lives of actual historic figures,〔〔 the television film is a 70-minute-long adaptation of Le Fanu's 1839 gothic tale "Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter", directed and adapted by Leslie Megahey.〔''(Schalcken The Painter )'' at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2014-11-10〕 When Megahey was offered the opportunity to oversee ''Omnibus'', the BBC’s long-running arts documentary series, he accepted on the condition that he could make ''Schalcken the Painter''. He shot the movie in the style of a docudrama, using a minimum of dialogue. Megahey has stated that he was influenced in the making of the film by the Polish director Walerian Borowczyk, whose 1971 film ''Blanche'' also shows the fate of a young woman being decided by rich men, without consideration of her feelings or opinions.〔 Like the earlier ''Whistle and I'll Come to You'', ''Schalcken the Painter'' was listed as an episode of ''Omnibus''.〔 It aired on 23 December 1979, filling the slot traditionally taken in previous years by the BBC’s ''A Ghost Story for Christmas''.〔(Fuller, Graham 'Why I love... Schalcken the Painter' – the British Film Institute website – 29 April 2014 )〕 The actor Vincent Price was initially considered for the Narrator but it was decided his voice would be "too camp", and Peter Cushing turned down the role as being too dark. Arthur Lowe of ''Dad's Army'' fame was considered for the role of Gerrit Dou, but he was unavailable and the role went instead to Maurice Denham.〔Interview with Leslie Megahey on the ''Schalcken the Painter'' DVD extras〕 The sets and atmospheric lighting used in the film are based on the backgrounds of the paintings of Vermeer.〔 Paintings by Schalcken showing young women holding candles in a dark rooms are used throughout the drama, but the final image, again showing a young candlelit woman, but this time with a man in the shadowy background drawing his sword, was created for the film, based on the style of Schalcken.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Schalcken the Painter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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