Peter Greenaway's Rembrandt's J'Accuse

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. Greenaway explains the background, the context, the conspiracy, the murder and the motives of all its 34 painted characters who have conspired to kill for their combined self-advantage. Greenaway leads us through Rembrandt's paintings into 17th century Amsterdam. He paints a world that is democratic in principle, but is almost entirely ruled by twelve families. The notion exists of these regents as charitable and compassionate beings. But reality was different.

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[doppx]

It's just criminal that his complete works are not readily available in DVD format. And meanwhile, comic book adaptation film sequel umpteen just keeps crappin' on.

[SubmarineChannel]

The dvd is released in Europe on PAL format and is available on Amazon (together with Nightwatching on 1 dvd).

It will be released in N-America by September 15 (NTSC).

[keyboardhero521]

This man is a genius. How can we compete with him?

[FoolOfGods]

Your loss ... but then again just as you cannot make a horse drink water ... you cannot impose good taste or culture either. Orsen Welles was often loathed by those who sought to control his work both within Hollywood and otherwise. to quote Welles 'Like Sir, like? Who in their right minds would actively seek to have their work 'liked' I'd rather be despised for the right reasons than liked for the wrong one'

[Paula FRITZLER]

where where? ?

[Yuyaiyako]

its a shame that this masterpiece is not on dvd or even better Blu-ray !!

[netheadplurk]

Just watched on Netflix; a good viewing it was

[FungusMossGnosis]

I like to hear Greenaway talk about art and movies, and I like most of his shorts. But Oh G^d do I loathe this man's feature work!

[Arminiushoff]

Wednesday 28th on FILM&ARTS channel

[iiaci]

You rock, Peter! I remain in awe of your scope of vision. :-)

JD

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[Paul Sirotta]

NO NO NO! The glove the Captain holds in his gloved right hand IS a left hand glove!

[edmund184]

That isn't the bloke from The Office is it?