
The Son of Man
Painting by René MagritteWikipedia
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Search complete. 7 mentions across 3 episodes found for "The Son of Man".
Sep 30, 2026
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
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22:20Professor OHOST
A- and then the, the w- the one with this painting, uh, w-
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22:24The Oldest NerdHOST
Yeah, that's the, uh, Son of Man by Rene Magritte.
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22:28Professor OHOST
Yes.
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22:28Professor OHOST
That was s- that was the...
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22:31Professor OHOST
And so they, they just, they, that, that was so well thought out because that, it, it...
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22:35Professor OHOST
When he hides, I think the first time we actually see the Son of Man painting is it's at his house, and he hides the Monet.
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22:43Professor OHOST
Uh, when he first gets to his house, he's got the painting in the briefcase, uh, Thomas Crown.
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22:48Professor OHOST
He hides it behind that painting, behind the Son of Man, and then we see it in the museum later, and it becomes such a thing.
Discovering Brussels: Grand Place to Mont des Arts
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4:35OrlaHOST
It also has a wonderful viewpoint and the terrace gardens bring a lovely viewpoint to the city.
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4:40OrlaHOST
You will also notice there's the Museum of Magritte, who was the surrealist Belgian artist who did that famous painting, you know, with a man with an apple in front of his nose and he's got a bowler hat.
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4:51OrlaHOST
So you can go to that museum if you have the museum bars.
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4:54OrlaHOST
And the famous painting that Magritte did was called The Son of Man.
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4:58OrlaHOST
And apparently René Magritte stated about surrealism, to be surrealist is to banish the notion of déjà vu and to seek out the not yet seen, which is rather quite perplexing, but interesting all the same.
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5:12OrlaHOST
And you'll notice that the, you know, Magritte's famous apple, which features in his art, was actually, you know, an influence on the Beatles who used the icon, you know, as apple as a ode to Magritte.
SNL Season 3 Episode 18 Review | Steve Martin & The Blues Brothers (1978) | Saturday Night Dive
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49:22Zach PruittHOST
Which is a very famous painting.
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49:24Zach PruittHOST
Neither of these paintings were super familiar to me, but that second one is called The Son of Man.
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49:30Zach PruittHOST
It's a 1964 painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte.
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49:34Zach HallHOST
That's the one with the.