Michael Jackson: The Scream Paintings
Today the Michael Jackson Estate tweeted, asking what short film was inspired by Maxfield Parish's painting, Daybreak. If anyone does not know, the short film was You Are Not Alone, from the History album. But this is not the only short film that references paintings. Michael's Scream short film references several paintings in the Gallery section of the film. Note: It is important to remember that Michael was criticized heavily for some of his short films, i.e. Black or White, the History teaser and more. If reviewers criticized Michael for his short films, then he must be credited for the films as well. It is in this sense that we see Michael Jackson as auteur. An auteur is defined as "a filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie." There is no doubt that Michael did indeed have full artistic control of his music and corresponding short films, so we do define h
