Description
An engrossing documentary from director Peter Greenaway on Rembrandt's 'Nightwatch'
An 'essayistic' documentary in which director Peter Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of Rembrandt's Nightwatch. Greenaway explains the background, the context, the conspiracy, the murder and the motives of all its thirty-four painted characters who have conspired to kill for their combined self-advantage. Greenaway leads us through Rembrandt's paintings into seventeenth-century Amsterdam. He paints a world that is democratic in principle, but is almost entirely ruled by twelve families. The notion exists of these regents as charitable and compassionate entities. However, reality was different.
Media
Cast & Crew
Director: Peter Greenaway
Additional Details
Label: MVD Visual
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Run Time: 104 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 04/28/20
UPC: 760137273790
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