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George Clooney mosaic made from jelly beans

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Apparently 10,000 jelly bean tesserae went into the making of this mosaic of George Clooney at the Luxe Hotel in Beverly Hills…

Mosaic table in “Broken Flowers”

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

We’ve seen movies featured in mosaic (such as the Alfred Hitchcock mosaics) - now I’m noticing mosaics in films. In the 2004 film The Terminal, Tom Hanks’ character makes a large pique assiette within the confines of the airport terminal building of the title. Full marks for motivation! Here’s another flick with a prominent mosaic: this mosaic table with an Islamic design features in Broken Flowers. Bill Murray’s character spends much of the start of the film sitting at it, and, in this shot, a fateful pink envelope rests on it.

Mosaic table

There must be plenty of other on-screen mosaics out there… for example, in “The Life of Brian”  rebels enter the Imperial palace via tunnels under the floor, emerging through an erotic mosaic…