Gallery: Haunting Long-Exposure Photos of Your Favorite Movies

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    Jason Shulman
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    Fantasia-1940.jpg

    This photograph is of the entire movie *Fantasia*. Jason Shulman took a long exposure shot of the Disney animation for his series "Photographs of Films".
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    Jason Shulman
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    Duel-1971.jpg

    His process creates neat abstractions of feature-length films. *Duel*, the 1971 Steven Spielberg thriller set on a cross-country highway, is a teal-blue sky over a burnt orange fog—the main character’s Plymouth Valiant.
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    Jason Shulman
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    Voyage-de-la-lune-1902.jpg

    Georges Méliès’s *Voyage de la Lune* is the oldest movie Shulman shot, and in 1902 cameras couldn’t move as much as they do now. It’s the crispest photograph in the series; the newer ones are much blurrier.
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    Jason Shulman
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    The-Yellow-Submarine-1968.jpg

    The Beatles’ *The Yellow Submarine* is a psychedelic smoke-swirl of purple, yellow, blue, and green.
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    Jason Shulman
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    The-Wizard-of-Oz-1939.jpg

    *The Wizard of Oz*.
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    Jason Shulman
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    Citizen-Kane-1941.jpg

    *Citizen Kane*.
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    Jason Shulman
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    Rear-Window-1954.jpg

    Alfred Hitchcock's * Rear Window*.
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    Jason Shulman
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    The-Shining-1980.jpg

    *The Shining* is mostly one close-up of a blurred face looking through doors.
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    Jason Shulman
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    Under-the-Skin-2013.jpg

    The 2013 movie *Under the Skin*, starring Scarlett Johansson.
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