This is a 30 minute Discovery channel show stretched over an interminably long time. It's not a movie in any real sense.
the notion they explore about Vermeer's use of optics is interesting and makes me want to buy Jenison's gizmo myself.
However, some issues seem to be ignored--I don't see how Jenison's technique lets anyone paint the Girl with the Pearl Earring. Did she pose with that amazing expression for months without moving (they use stereotaxic apparatus on the models in the movie).
It's also a self-aggrandizing look at Tim with Vermeer a sidelight. We learn Tim is a genius, can make furniture, speak multiple languages, invents lots of things, has a Leer jet, can swear, and is friends with Penn & Teller. (Why does a rich guy make own furniture for the Vermeer room?)
Overall, this has all the excitement of, well, watching paint dry.
the notion they explore about Vermeer's use of optics is interesting and makes me want to buy Jenison's gizmo myself.
However, some issues seem to be ignored--I don't see how Jenison's technique lets anyone paint the Girl with the Pearl Earring. Did she pose with that amazing expression for months without moving (they use stereotaxic apparatus on the models in the movie).
It's also a self-aggrandizing look at Tim with Vermeer a sidelight. We learn Tim is a genius, can make furniture, speak multiple languages, invents lots of things, has a Leer jet, can swear, and is friends with Penn & Teller. (Why does a rich guy make own furniture for the Vermeer room?)
Overall, this has all the excitement of, well, watching paint dry.
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