Peter Greenaway's
Rembrandt's J'Accuse is a more expansive treatment of the subject he raised in his 2007 film
Nightwatching: the notion, which he supports with a detailed analysis of the 34 figures represented in the painting, that Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" is a not-so-veiled allegorical reference to murder and a surrounding conspiracy -- and that it was this aspect of the work that resulted in the downturn of the artist's fortunes from that point forward in his career. With his historical/forensic approach to visual analysis, coupled with the use of various levels of camera trickery, Greenaway carries us into the world of the 17th century Netherla...
Released:
2009
Rated:
n/a
Length:
86 mins