Nightwatching

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Nightwatching
Theatrical poster
Directed byPeter Greenaway
Written byPeter Greenaway
Produced byKees Kasander
StarringMartin Freeman
Emily Holmes
Michael Teigen
Christopher Britton
CinematographyReinier van Brummelen
Edited byKaren Porter
Music byWłodek Pawlik
Distributed byContentFilm International
Running time
134 min.
CountriesCanada
France
Germany
Poland
Netherlands
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Nightwatching is a 2007 film about the artist

director of photography. James Willcock, known for his esoteric sets, is the art director
.

The film is described by co-producer Jean Labadie as "a return to the Greenaway of The Draughtsman's Contract."[1] It features Greenaway's trademark neoclassical compositions and graphic sexuality. The music is by Włodek Pawlik. The film premiered in competition, at the Venice Film Festival.

Nightwatching is the first feature in Greenaway's film series "Dutch Masters". The following film in the series is Goltzius and the Pelican Company.[2]

An associated work by the same director is the documentary film Rembrandt's J'Accuse (2008), in which Greenaway addresses 34 "mysteries" associated with the painting, illustrated by scenes from the drama.

Plot

The Night Watch by Rembrandt, the subject of the film

The film is centred on the creation of

subverting
what was to have been a highly prestigious commission for both painter and subject.

The film also depicts Rembrandt's personal life, and suggests he suffered serious consequences in later life as a result of the accusation contained in his most famous painting.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Variety
  2. ISSN 1755-5485
    .

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