It's not just Greenaway's best film in years, but one of his best films, period.
Nightwatching
Murder, Conspiracy and the Masterpiece that Revealed the Truth
2007 · 2h 15m · R
Drama, History
Directed by
Peter Greenaway
Overview
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.
Director and cast
- Peter Greenaway Director
- Martin Freeman as Rembrandt van Rijn
- Emily Holmes as Hendrickje
- Eva Birthistle as Saskia
- Jodhi May as Geertje
- Toby Jones as Gerard Dou
- Jonathan Holmes as Ferdinand Bol
- Michael Teigen as Carel Fabritius
- Kevin McNulty as Engelen
- Agata Buzek as Titia Uylenburgh
- Natalie Press as Marieke
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
What truly galls is that Greenaway has the germ of a great movie here.
...the dialogue's hyper-intensity is the whole point, and Greenaway frames it with a heavy reliance on set design, rather than his usual use of overlapping images.
There's a zest for life in almost every frame
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