National Gallery

Documentary

2014, Movie, 3h

A portrait of the day-to-day operations of the National Gallery of London, that reveals the role of the employees and the experiences of the Gallery's visitors. The film portrays the role of the curators and conservators; the education, scientific, and conservation departments; and the audience of all kinds of people who come to experience it.

Country: United Kingdom,France,United States

Director:

Frederick Wiseman

Cast:

Edward Watson,

Leanne Benjamin,

Kausikan Rajeshkumar,

Jo Shapcott

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7.3

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8.7

Reviews

Critic David Parkinson

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...a typically engrossing and insightful study of the day-to-day running of great institution by the master of observational documentary.

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Critic Laura Cumming

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There is never a quiet moment in Frederick Wiseman’s epic three-hour documentary about our National Gallery...

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Critic Peter Bradshaw

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An intriguing and valuable record.

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Critic Glenn Kenny

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...the incredibly absorbing three-hour film ends on a grace note that doesn’t so much affirm the permanence of art as it celebrates the nobility of perpetuating and preserving art.

Read full review at Roger Ebert