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Curiously enough, another painting by Bruegel, Hunters in the snow,

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunters_in_the_Snow

is prominently featured in Tarkovsky's Solaris, which is discussed in another thread on the front page of HN today. Cultures and ideas move in mysterious ways.

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I first saw this painting in the intro to Melancholia, by Lars von Trier. I’ve had it as my desktop background for years. It reminds me a lot of the feeling of watching all your neighbors shovel after a snowstorm. Funny that the movie communicates an unsettling and existential story that is the opposite of cosy.

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