Tim's Vermeer

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Tim's Vermeer

Release Date: January 31, 2014 (limited)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Raymond Joseph Teller
Screenwriter: N/A
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for some strong language)
Website: N/A

Starring: Tim Jenison

Plot Summary: Directed by Teller of Penn & Teller fame, the film follows Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, as he attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all of art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer ("Girl with a Pearl Earring") manage to paint so photo-realistically,150 years before the invention of photography? Jenison's epic research project ultimately succeeds as he uses 17th century technology -- lenses and mirrors -- to develop a technique that might have been used by Vermeer, supporting a theory as extraordinary as what he discovers.

Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces; on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney; and eventually even to Buckingham Palace, to see the Queen's Vermeer.

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