Rembrandt: I'm blaming
A documentary film-essay in which fierce criticism of Greenaway's current illiteracy is affirmed through research and study of the painting Rembrandt's Night Watch.
Greenaway explains the background, context, plot, murder and motives of all the 34 depicted characters who, having united, secretly plotted the murder.
Through Rembrandt's paintings Greenaway takes us to Amsterdam in the 17th century. He paints a world that is democratic in its essence, but almost entirely belonging to twelve families. They are known as people who are not alien to charity and compassion. In fact, everything happens differently.
year
2008
a country
Germany, Finland, Netherlands
tagline
"J'accuse is an essayistic documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of Rembrandt's Nightwatch."
Starring
Eva Bertistle
Jodi May
Emily Holmes
Jonathan Holmes
Michael Teagan
Natalie Press
Peter Greenaway
Martin Freeman
producer
Peter Greenaway
scenario
Peter Greenaway
producer
Bruno Felix, Femke Walting
operator
Rainier van Brummelen
composer
Marco Robino, Giovanni Sollima
genre
documentary, detective, ...
premiere
October 4, 2008
premiere (RF)
July 15, 2010
time
86 min.
