Brush with Fate (2003)
- Directed by
- Brent Shields
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An imaginary painting by Johannes Vermeer is followed through the hands of different people over centuries. The film shows how the artwork touches the lives of its owners.
reflectivetenderbittersweetleisurelycontemplativeelegiacintimatequietly moving
What happens
Brush with Fate is an American drama television film debuted on February 2, 2003, on CBS. It followed the life of an imaginary painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer as it passes through the hands of various people. The film was based on Girl in Hyacinth Blue, the 1999 novel by author Susan Vreeland, and starred Glenn Close and Ellen Burstyn. The imaginary painting Girl in Hyacinth Blue, the principal object in this film, is painted exactly in Vermeer's painting technique by the American master painter Jonathan Janson, author and webmaster of the website about the life and work of Johannes Vermeer "Essential Vermeer". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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