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# This Artist Uses His iPhone to Recreate Iconic Movie Scenes

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by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) and [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/)

Mar 4, 2015 5:12 PM UTC

by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) and [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/)

Mar 4, 2015 5:12 PM UTC

French artist Francois Dourlen has proven that iPhones are good for so much more than Snapchat and Candy Crush. He uses his device to reimagine famous movie scenes with clever visual trickery, resulting in a series of stunning photographs.

Dourlen pulls up stills from films ranging from _Rambo_ to _Up_ on his screen, and then carefully overlaps them with everyday real-life scenes to create entirely new, surreal images.

See more of Dourlen’s work on his [Instagram](https://instagram.com/francoisdourlen/) or his [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/lesphotosdefrancois).

### _The Lion King_

### _The Avengers_

### _Puss in Boots_


### _Return of the Jedi_

### _Forrest Gump_

### _Up_


### _Superman_

### _The Lion King_

### _Big Hero 6_


### _Ted_

### _Back to the Future_

### _Dumb and Dumber_


### _The Lord of the Rings_

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