{"id":1729574,"date":"2017-10-26T09:52:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T16:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/?p=1729574"},"modified":"2017-10-26T09:52:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T16:52:15","slug":"5-films-life-imitated-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dostoevsky-bts.com\/blog\/5-films-life-imitated-art\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Films Where Life Imitated Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar Wilde once said, \u201cLife imitates art far more than art imitates life\u201d. <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/span>This is a saying we at VM Productions know to be uncomfortably true. <\/span><\/p>\n

When director Vitaly Sumin wanted to explore this theory in the plot of Notes from the New World, nobody expected just how accurate this saying could be.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the film\u2019s screenwriter Robert Hurley mysteriously disappeared, it became apparent that the occult and the Russian mafia could be involved, these true life events mirroring the fictional plot of Notes from the New World.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shocking and mysterious… but certainly not unique. This isn\u2019t the first time life has imitated art or, more accurately, film.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Here are 5 movies that mysteriously came true in one way or another:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Omen<\/h3>\n

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Some called this movie cursed and some claimed someone or SOMETHING didn\u2019t want this film to be made, just as we feel something tried to halt production of Notes from the New World.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many, including Harvey Bernhard, the movie producer ,claimed the devil was at work. This may not be true but the strange occurrences surrounding this film certainly were. Lead actor Gregory Peck and writer David Seltzer both had their planes struck by lightning on two separate occasions, lightning being what contributed to the death of the priest, one of The Omen\u2019s most memorable scenes. <\/span><\/p>\n

More tragically the visual effect supervisor\u2019s assistant died in a car crash and was decapitated, mimicking a character\u2019s death (the photographer) in the film itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Troy<\/h3>\n

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Although the movie Troy has been criticised for its historical inaccuracies, with Brad Pitt\u2019s portrayal of Achilles being challenged for the lack of accuracy in his depiction of the great warrior, something very accurate did happen in the film. As many probably know, Greek warrior, Achilles, was famously indestructible until an arrow managed to kill the hero when it pierced his heel, the only vulnerable part of his body. Not only is this legend interesting, it also gave name to the largest tendon in our body- the Achilles tendon.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s uncanny that, while portraying Achilles, Pitt sustained an\u00a0ankle injury and tore his own Achilles tendon whilst filming; the accident delayed the movie\u2019s final scenes for months.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Birds<\/h3>\n

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Alfred Hitchcock may have turned this unnerving tale into a cinematic masterpiece, but he never actually wrote the original story of The Birds- it was female author Daphne Du Maurier.<\/span><\/p>\n

We saw a great example of life imitating art in 2001 when Maurier\u2019s son and his wife were viciously attacked by a flock of seagulls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rosemary’s Baby<\/h3>\n

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Rosemary\u2019s Baby is one of Roman Polanski\u2019s most famous films about a pregnant woman who fears her husband has signed a pact with a Satan-worshipping cult, offering her unborn child as a sacrifice in their rituals. <\/span><\/p>\n

Although that sounds like it could be nothing more than a fictional horror film, these events sadly did play out to some degree when Polanski\u2019s pregnant wife Sharon Tate was ritualistically murdered in her own home by cult members of the Manson Family in 1969.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Poltergeist ( 1-3)<\/h4>\n

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Poltergeist is infamous for having a movie curse attached to it due to the untimely deaths of four of the cast members but it was the death of the movie\u2019s 12 year old star Heather O\u2019 Rourke that really shocked everybody.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadly, the last scene to feature Heather O\u2019 Rourke is when she is on the other side (the afterlife) and it is in fact a body double that is used to film the return from the other side and the ending of the film, due to a script change.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spooky and ghostly events also surrounded the film, imitating the Poltergeist plot. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s believed the use of real human skeletons was to blame for the paranormal occurrences (and the movie\u2019s curse) much like the human remains from the Indian burial ground were to blame for the haunting in the film itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Be sure to visit Jade’s website<\/a><\/span><\/strong> and learn more about\u00a0Robert Hurley<\/a>\u00a0and the film that was made about his disappearance at\u00a0Dostoyevsky Reimagined: The Making of Notes from the New World<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want to know about VM Productions’ “Dostoyevsky-Los Angeles Project” and about the films we make? Want to participate in our projects? Sign up to get the tickets to the premiere of our movie in post production <\/strong>Dostoyevsky Reimagined-BTS<\/strong><\/em> and <\/strong><\/p>\n

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MORE ABOUT ROBERT HURLEY:<\/span><\/p>\n

Debbie’s Blog:<\/p>\n

Who is tampering with our website?<\/a><\/p>\n

Jade’s Blog:<\/p>\n

My research into Dark onto Light<\/a><\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s blogs:<\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: Golden Dolls<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: A Certain Code<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: What\u2019s Not on the Menu<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: To the Breaking Point<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: Cloak-and-Dagger<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: An Inside Job<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: Eyes Wide Shut<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: Relevant Patterns<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: When Darkness Becomes Light<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: Diary of a Madman<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: What We Know So Far<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark\u2019s blogs:<\/p>\n

Dead End<\/a><\/p>\n

It only got Stranger and Stranger\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

My Attempts to Work with Jord, the Vlogger<\/a><\/p>\n

Lauren\u2019s blogs:<\/p>\n

Production Notes: The Plight Of The Vlogger<\/a><\/p>\n

Production Notes: A New Perspective<\/a><\/p>\n

Production Notes: Disappearances, Dark Tidings, & Sinister Situation<\/a>s<\/p>\n

Production Notes: Changing Seasons, Changing Moods, And What Comes Next<\/a><\/p>\n

Production Notes: Vlogs, The Missing, And The Fear<\/a><\/p>\n

Production Notes: What Happened To Robert Hurley?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Production Notes: Incentives, Sign-Ups, And More Mysteries\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Production Notes: Saying Goodbye, Staying On Track, & Ominous Signs\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Production Notes: Incentives, Updates and the Missing Screenwriter<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: Silence Speaks Volumes<\/a><\/p>\n

Changes, Updates, & The Missing Screenwriter\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Shari\u2019s blogs:<\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: Dark Onto Light continued<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: Dark Onto Light<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: The Journal<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: Part Two<\/a><\/p>\n

The Missing Screenwriter: Part One<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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