Review of Tim's Vermeer (2013) by Tom V — 19 Mar 2014

This movie takes an interesting, occasionally exhaustive look at one man's quest to prove that the Dutch Old Master Vermeer used an intricate system of mirrors and optics to render his paintings essentially photographically onto the canvas. And how does he prove it? By duplicating the setting of one such painting and painting it himself from scratch. Over the course of several YEARS of research and assembly, and months of often painstaking brushwork.

Narrated by Penn and directed by Teller of the magician duo Penn and Teller, guest-starring Martin Mull and a number of art experts, this film is both educational and very, very interesting. Not to be missed.