Nightwatching (2007)
- Directed by
- Peter Greenaway
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 77 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
The film follows the painter Rembrandt as he creates his famous group portrait The Night Watch. It shows his relationships with his wife and lovers, and hints at hidden conspiracies within the painting's subjects.
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What happens
Nightwatching is a 2007 film about the artist Rembrandt and the creation of his 1642 painting The Night Watch. The film is directed by Peter Greenaway and stars Martin Freeman as Rembrandt, with Eva Birthistle as his wife Saskia van Uylenburg, Jodhi May as his lover Geertje Dircx, and Emily Holmes as his other lover Hendrickje Stoffels. Reinier van Brummelen is the director of photography. James Willcock, known for his esoteric sets, is the art director. The film is described by co-producer Jean Labadie as "a return to the Greenaway of The Draughtsman's Contract." It features Greenaway's trademark neoclassical compositions and graphic sexuality. The original music is by Włodek Pawlik, while the film also makes prominent use of existing compositions by Giovanni Sollima, whose music Greenaway had also used through The Tulse Luper Suitcases. The film premiered in competition, at the Venice Film Festival. Nightwatching is the first feature in Greenaway's film series "Dutch Masters", and was followed by Goltzius and the Pelican Company. An associated work by the same director is the documentary film Rembrandt's J'Accuse (2008), in which Greenaway addresses 34 "mysteries" associated with the painting, illustrated by scenes from the drama. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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