Tim's Vermeer movie plot
2022-07-20 11:21
Synopsis
Famed magician and revealing duo Paine & Taylor team up to explore the famous Dutch painter Vermeer, trying to find out why his paintings capture the perfect light. They also invited inventor Tim Jennison to use optical instruments to reproduce Vermeer's oil paintings, perfectly recreating the famous style.
Tim's Vermeer Awards
64th ACE EDDIE AWARDS (2014)
Best Editing for a Documentary (Nominated) Patrick Sheffield
19th Critics' Choice Film Awards (2014)
Best Documentary (Nominated)
18th Annual Satellite Awards (2014)
Best Documentary in Film Division (Nominated)
Extended Reading
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Philip Steadman: Using Tim's device, it isn't easy, but somehow it does turn you into a machine... You become a machine. Was Vermeer a machine? Maybe Vermeer was strong-minded enough to think, "I'll become a machine".
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Penn Jillette: Tim's been weightless in an astronaut-training plane and he arranged for me to try it, too. I vomited into my own hair.