Au début du
19éme siècle, le peintre anglais
George Dawe a réalisé
329 portraits de généraux russes ayant combattu durant les guerres napoléoniennes. Ses oeuvres furent d'ailleurs exposées dans la galerie militaire du Palais d'Hiver à Saint-Pétersbourg.
Mark Zuckerberg
Un autre artiste anglais, mais des temps modernes cette fois,
prénommé Steve Payne, s'est amusé à retravailler les portraits en leur en apportant une touche originale:
échanger les visages des généraux par des visages de célébrités.
Parmi ces célébrités, on peut admirer
Sir Sean Connery, Steve Jobs ou Al Pacino dans les habits des plus grands
généraux russes victorieux de Napoléon 1er.
"I'm an old broken down piece of meat and I’m alone… and I deserve to be all alone, I just don’t want you to hate me."
Mickey Rourke as Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson (Film - The Wrestler)
"But there is one more thing…"
Steve Jobs
"Say hello to my little friend."
Al Pacino as Tony Montana (Film - Scarface)
"I have a unique knowledge of this prison facility. I was formerly a guest here."
Sean Connery as John Mason (Film - The Rock)
"Go ahead, make my day."
Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan (Film - Sudden Impact)
"If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with."
Michael Jackson
"I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle."
Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator (Film - Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
George W. Bush
"The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.".
Elvis Presley
"You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Then who the hell else are you talking…? You talkin’ to me? Well I’m the only one here."
Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle (Film - Taxi Driver)
"Ah, here we are. Kevlar utility harness. Gas-powered magnetic grapple gun. The three hundred and fifty pound test monofilament."
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox (Film - Batman Begins)
"I will take it! I will take the Ring to Mordor. Though — I do not know the way."
Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins (Film - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
"Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead."
Bruce Willis as Butch Coolidge (Film - Pulp Fiction)
"Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: With great power comes great responsibility."
Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker (Film Spider-Man)
"At my signal, unleash hell."
Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius (Film - Gladiator)
"Dry Martini. Wait… three measures of Gordon’s; one of vodka; half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it over ice, and add a thin slice of lemon peel."
Daniel Craig as James Bond (Film - Casino Royale)
"I always thought it’d be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody."
Matt Damon as Tom Ripley (Film - The Talented Mr. Ripley)
"SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!"
Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire (Film - Jerry Maguire)
