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== Films -- Live-Action == |
== Films -- Live-Action == |
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* In ''[[History of the World Part One]]'' when Jesus has The Last Supper (with [[Mel Brooks]] as a waiter), [[Leonardo da Vinci]] comes in to paint a commemorative |
* In ''[[History of the World Part One]]'' when Jesus has The Last Supper (with [[Mel Brooks]] as a waiter), [[Leonardo da Vinci]] comes in to paint a commemorative portrait—Brooks [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA1sx-vyWVk#t=1m47s holds his silver platter up behind Jesus to look like a halo.] |
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* This technique was inverted in ''[[The Shining]]'', with Jack shown with a black chandelier over his head, an "anti Halo", after he went crazy. |
* This technique was inverted in ''[[The Shining]]'', with Jack shown with a black chandelier over his head, an "anti Halo", after he went crazy. |
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* [http://www.zianet.com/jsager/Ra1.jpg Ra's outfit] in ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'' invokes a halo behind him. It's a Sun Disk to be exact, and it's probable that at least some Pharaohs actually wore them. It's also a candidate for the origin of the halo in the first place. |
* [http://www.zianet.com/jsager/Ra1.jpg Ra's outfit] in ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'' invokes a halo behind him. It's a Sun Disk to be exact, and it's probable that at least some Pharaohs actually wore them. It's also a candidate for the origin of the halo in the first place. |