Basic
Info
Title:
Nightwatching
Genre:
Biography, Drama, History
Country:
Canada/France/Germany/Poland/Netherlands/United Kingdom
Language:
English
Running
time: 134 minutes
Release
date: 2007
Staff
Director:
Peter Greenaway
Produced by: Kees Kasander
Screenplay: Peter Greenaway
Music:
Włodek Pawlik
Cinematography:
Reinier van Brummelen
Edited
by: Karen Porter
Cast
Martin Freeman as Rembrandt
Eva Birthistle as Saskia van
Uylenburg
Jodhi May as Geertje Dircx
Emily Holmes as Hendrickje Stoffels
Summary
"Nightwatching" is a 2007 film about the artist Rembrandt and the creation of his painting “The Night Watch.”
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| Rembrandt |
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| The Night Watch, Rembrandt (1642) |
The film is directed by Peter Greenaway and stars Martin Freeman as Rembrandt, with Eva Birthistle as his wife Saskia van Uylenburg, Jodhi May as his lover Geertje Dircx, and Emily Holmes as his other lover Hendrickje Stoffels.
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| Saskia van Uylenburgh, Rembrandt |
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| A Woman in Bed (Geertje Dircx or Hendrickje Stoffels), Rembrandt |
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| Portrait of Hendrikje Stoffels, Rembrandt |
The film features Greenaway's trademark neoclassical compositions and graphic sexuality, and premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
Rembrandt's
painting “The Night Watch" related to this film is also related to
Greenaway’s documentary film "Rembrandt's J'Accuse (2008)”, in which
Greenaway addresses 34 "mysteries" related to the painting,
illustrated by scenes from the drama.
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| Rembrandt's J'Accuse |
Movie
Review
“Rich, Beautiful, Moving,
Challenging”
“One of Greenaway’s best
films”
“Amazing set design,
impassioned acting”
“A totally convincing
Rembrandt”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. This is the first film in the
series "Dutch Masters" by director Peter Greenaway. The second film
is "Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012)", and the third film is
about Hieronymus Bosch.
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| Goltzius and the Pelican Company |
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| The Garden of Earthly Delights, Hieronymus Bosch |
2. The title of this film is
related to Rembrant's 1642 painting "The Night Watch", which is owned
by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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| Rijksmuseum |
3. A producer Jean Labadie
described this film as "a return to the Greenaway of The Draughtsman's
Contract (1982)".
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| The Draughtsman's Contract |
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