Peter Greenaway’s extravagant and exotic look at the mystery behind Rembrandt’s most famous work of art, “The Night Watch.”
While painting a group portrait of the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia, the renowned Dutch artist Rembrandt (Martin Freeman) discovers a murder plot involving its subjects. Determined to expose the conspiracy, Rembrandt builds his accusation into his painting, “The Night Watch” – a decision which costs him everything.
Visually an expectedly rich affair, the baroque helmer’s take on the enigmatic painting “The Night Watch” is played out on theatrical sets enhanced by celestial lighting, where Rembrandt’s middle period becomes a series of tableaux of love, lust and fear. Best of all is the production design: Sets are stripped down to their bare essentials while still retaining the unmistakable stamp of the classic Dutch interior. As in the paintings of the era, light is meticulously placed, throwing sharp, defined beams and cutting through the peripheral shadows like a revelatory divine instrument.- Variety
Mr. Greenaway has described the “Nightwatching” installation as “a combination of art and technology designed for an attentive audience that will be intrigued by a world of light and moving images and the single frozen moment.” – New York Times
Starring Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Jodhi May, Eva Birthistle, Toby Jones.
Note: Included on the DVD is [Rembrandt’s J’Accuse](http://amzn.to/1YESStC), a feature-length documentary investigation into the mysteries of the Rembrandt painting “The Night Watch.”