May 9, 2016 7:00 AM

Gallery: Haunting Long-Exposure Photos of Your Favorite Movies

Jason Shulman
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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".
Jason Shulman
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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.

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

Jason Shulman
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*The Wizard of Oz*.
Jason Shulman
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*Citizen Kane*.

Jason Shulman
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Alfred Hitchcock's * Rear Window*.
Jason Shulman
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*The Shining* is mostly one close-up of a blurred face looking through doors.

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

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