A visual continuation of the work of art historians Hockney and Steadman, who discovered that Vermeer must have used optics to paint. A funny, eccentric story follows of the recreation of one of Vermeer's optic driven masterpieces. Recommended.
The content of this documentary is mind-blowing and incredibly inspiring. It also offers some nice insights on the consequences of this experiment on Vermeer's legacy and on the relationship between art and technology. On the last 20 minutes it suffers a bit from some very slow pace. I would definitely re-watch this!
Geeks will love Tim's Vermeer. Tim's obsession with Johannes Vermeer is easily relatable to anyone who has become a little too obsessed with something. His attempt to recreate and prove the validity of a lost painting technique is both fascinating and humorous, as we follow him through the ups and downs of the long grind. In the end, it feels quite inspirational without seeming to try, and makes you feel like anyone can be a master, if you just try hard enough. I'm really glad I got to see this. It kind of makes me want to paint...
This is one of the most interesting and inspiring documentaries I've ever seen. There's not all that much investigative here, largely the movie is a behind-the-scenes of the making of Tim's painting but that was enough to leave me very well entertained. Sometimes it's nice to just share in someone completing a truly great work.
Tim's Vermeer is the most fun I've had watching paint dry (I bet every reviewer ever made that joke). This documentary signed Penn & Teller follows their friend, Video Toaster inventor Tim Jenison, as he tries to deduce how the Dutch master Vermeer painted his luminous works, and attempts to recreate it without any painting experience and with only tools available in the 17th century. It sounds like a movie about forging a painting, but really, it puts into question assumptions about how the great masters worked, and whether art and technology are mutually exclusive (having worked in the fine arts community, I can tell you they are not, but the layman may well think so). The insane lengths at which Jenison goes to achieve his goal carry you through the first part of the film, but it's the painstaking process of painting the work I found really riveting, where a man starts to lose himself in obsession, and in the soul-numbing work of the man-machine.
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An absolute masterpiece in every way.Kenneth McMahon
A celebration of human ingenuity. Astounding.mrjellow
A visual continuation of the work of art historians Hockney and Steadman, who discovered that Vermeer must have used optics to paint. A funny, eccentric story follows of the recreation of one of Vermeer's optic driven masterpieces. Recommended.stexdo
The content of this documentary is mind-blowing and incredibly inspiring. It also offers some nice insights on the consequences of this experiment on Vermeer's legacy and on the relationship between art and technology. On the last 20 minutes it suffers a bit from some very slow pace. I would definitely re-watch this!jhhayes
Mind blowing and fascinating documentary. I mean... Who would've thought?KuroSawWhat
Geeks will love Tim's Vermeer. Tim's obsession with Johannes Vermeer is easily relatable to anyone who has become a little too obsessed with something. His attempt to recreate and prove the validity of a lost painting technique is both fascinating and humorous, as we follow him through the ups and downs of the long grind. In the end, it feels quite inspirational without seeming to try, and makes you feel like anyone can be a master, if you just try hard enough. I'm really glad I got to see this. It kind of makes me want to paint...thetallguyinthecorner
This is one of the most interesting and inspiring documentaries I've ever seen. There's not all that much investigative here, largely the movie is a behind-the-scenes of the making of Tim's painting but that was enough to leave me very well entertained. Sometimes it's nice to just share in someone completing a truly great work.onuryz
Mesmerizing. Art and science meet at one point. Perfect documentary!Siskoid
Tim's Vermeer is the most fun I've had watching paint dry (I bet every reviewer ever made that joke). This documentary signed Penn & Teller follows their friend, Video Toaster inventor Tim Jenison, as he tries to deduce how the Dutch master Vermeer painted his luminous works, and attempts to recreate it without any painting experience and with only tools available in the 17th century. It sounds like a movie about forging a painting, but really, it puts into question assumptions about how the great masters worked, and whether art and technology are mutually exclusive (having worked in the fine arts community, I can tell you they are not, but the layman may well think so). The insane lengths at which Jenison goes to achieve his goal carry you through the first part of the film, but it's the painstaking process of painting the work I found really riveting, where a man starts to lose himself in obsession, and in the soul-numbing work of the man-machine.