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.

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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