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You can stream Tim's Vermeer on: Apple TV, Amazon Store and Rakuten TV

Tim's Vermeer

Documentary

2013, Movie, 1h 20min

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

Country: United States

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Reviews

Critic Ben Kenigsberg

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This is all fascinating for art-history buffs...

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Glenn Kenny

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...straightforward, brisk, engaging, and sometimes even moving.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Phil De Semlyen

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A funny, often maddening portrait of art, technology and obsession.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Mark Kermode

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The results are astonishing – so much so that you begin to wonder whether this Penn and Teller project isn't in fact an elaborate hoax, a brilliantly constructed illusion.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Marc Savlov

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With its brief running time and revelatory story, this neat, fascinating documentary ought to be required viewing for art history students everywhere.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

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Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, embarks on a decade-long quest to solve one of the greatest mysteries in art history: how Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer achieved photo-realistic paintings 150 years before the invention of photography. Jenison's epic research project takes him from Holland to the North coast of Yorkshire, and even to Buckingham Palace, as he develops a technique that could have been used by Vermeer, using 17th-century technology such as lenses and mirrors. The film follows Jenison's adventure, which is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

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You can stream Tim's Vermeer on: Apple TV Amazon Store Rakuten TV