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GreenCine Daily - ”If Rembrandt were alive today, he would be like a cross between Mick Jagger and Bill Gates.” The Independent listens to Peter Greenaway as he talks about Nightwatching, screening in Venice on Thursday. “At 23, he was well-known, extremely rich and he followed the trends of his time. His paintings were exhibited throughout Europe. But, as soon as he painted his masterpiece, The Night Watch, his career suddenly fell apart; he began to lose everything: his fortune, his reputation, his status. He went completely bankrupt…. The painting is a political satire, but it also conceals a great criminal mystery. There are at least 50 secret questions. I am even arrogant enough to say that we have solved all of them.” Via Movie City News… [Full Story] |
