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Great find. "It is the most viewed of the 50 or so militia paintings created in Amsterdam on the strength of

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In Reply to: RE: "Rembrandt's J'Accuse": Greenaway dissects The Night Watch posted by mr grits on June 20, 2011 at 20:33:17

its immediate public display."
I don't know what that means. The painting is much more than the most viewed MILITIA painting. It is the most revered Rembrandt of all at the major Dutch museum, the Rijksberg, in Amsterdam and generally considered one of the two or three most famous and critically acclaimed paintings in the world. "Mona" and that Velasquez trompe l'oeuil "Las Meninas" being the others.
Finally, "Nightwatch" spelled the end for... Greenway?

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Hardly the "end" for Greenaway... - Harmonia 16:09:15 06/26/11 (0)
2008 is not all that long ago. Film is one only one of Greenaway's mediums, not necessarily his main interest.

He does other things - operas, multi-media installations, paintings, film shorts, books etc. He's not a conventional filmmaker.

Greenaway has the second film in his "Dutch masters series" filming now in the Netherlands. This one is about artist/engraver Hendrik Goltzius, an important figure in Dutch/Flemish art and quite the fascinating character in his own right. Goltzius as a supreme example of Dutch mannerism - with his love for artifice, eroticsm and drama - should dovetail nicely with Greenaway's own obsessions.

A feature film about Sergei Eisenstein's ill fated trip to the US and Mexico is in preproduction and scheduled for a 2012-13 shoot (but not holding my breath on that, as badly as I would like to see it happen soon).

We Greenaway fans have learned to be patient. This is actually a lot of film output for Mr. G.
Most all of the militia paintings (by various artists) were displayed . . . - mr grits 14:42:58 06/21/11 (2)
in meeting halls and homes and buildings not open to the public. The Night Watch was placed in a window facing a canal where anyone walking by could stop and look at it.

"J'accuse" explains all this history and clearly there is a true story that Rembrandt became knowledgeable of and then proceeded to drop hints and accusations in the painting itself. The 12 families represented were the cream of the crop in Amsterdam at that particular time. They were not amused and used their influence to freeze Rembrandt out of the "upmarket" patron.

Greenaway's "Night Watching" is the story of Rembrandt actually painting the picture and discovering the juicy bits of the back story.

I've scoured the Half.com and eBay for "J'accuse" but it doesn't seem to be available yet. Getting Greenaway on DVD has always been tedious.
- I've got to see it. I have a bunch of framed R v R prints I got at the - tinear 18:17:36 06/21/11 (1)
  Rembrandthuis in Amsterdam. A great place to visit even if you've been to a smoke bar beforehand.
  - You'd probably like the documentary of the fantastic female portrait painter, "Alice Neel." - tinear 18:19:32 06/21/11 (0)
    Also at Netflix.

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