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Cultural depictions of Fyodor Dostoevsky
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There have been many references to Fyodor Dostoevsky in popular culture.
* In J.M. Coetzee's novel The Master of Petersburg the protagonist is a fictionalized version of Dostoevsky shown as entangled amidst the mystery of Ivanov's (a police official) murder.
* The 2004 film The Machinist was influenced by Dostoevsky's work, especially The Double: A Petersburg Poem, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. In one scene in the film, star Christian Bale is seen reading a copy of The Idiot.
* Woody Allen's 2005 film Match Point borrows heavily from Crime and Punishment. At one point in the movie, character is shown reading the novel.
* In the third episode of the first series of popular British sit-com The Office, David Brent tries to impress the new temp with his knowledge of Dostoevsky to no avail, as the temp knows more about him than David does.
* The Alfred Hitchcock film Rope is based loosely on Crime and Punishment and explores many of the same themes.
* Japanese mangaka Osamu Tezuka's adaptation of Crime and Punishment uses Tezuka's 'actors' to portray a lighter side of the novel.
*Dostoevsky is referenced several times in the animated series Family Guy. In the episode Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?, a cut scene featuring one of Dennis Miller's lengthy multisyllabic rants mentions several prominent literary characters, Raskolnikov among them. In the next episode, Ready, Willing, and Disabled, Brian is seen reading a copy of Crime and Punishment.
* In the 2005 musical-movie The Producers, Max Bialystock sarcastically refers to Leo Bloom as "Prince Myshkin" after Bloom has a mock-epileptic seizure.
* In the 1922 painting A Friends Reunion by Max Ernst depicting fellow surrealist painters and writers, Dostoevsky is also present having Max Ernst and Jean Paulhan sitting on his knees
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
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