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Close to Vermeer

Much has been written, but little is known about Johannes Vermeer, painter of iconic paintings and crowd pleasers such as The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring. His small oeuvre is almost everything he left behind. Dicht bij ...

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Suzanne Raes

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Box Office

$178,761

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N/A

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations total

Jonathan Janson

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Abbie Vandivere

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Gregor J.M. Weber

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Hasn't been loaned out for ages. - Close to Vermeer

Hasn't been loaned out for ages.

But this exhibition is so important
that I think they'll miss something... - Close to Vermeer

But this exhibition is so important that I think they'l...

If they don't let their baby
travel to the party. - Close to Vermeer

If they don't let their baby travel to the party.

The first two Vermeer paintings
I ever saw with my own eyes... - Close to Vermeer

The first two Vermeer paintings I ever saw with my own eyes....

Was when I visited London
as a schoolboy. - Close to Vermeer

Was when I visited London as a schoolboy.

The moment I saw the Vermeers
I actually fainted. - Close to Vermeer

The moment I saw the Vermeers I actually fainted.

The National Gallery has Lady Sitting
and Lady Standing at a Virginal. - Close to Vermeer

The National Gallery has Lady Sitting and Lady Standing at a...

And the shadows
have exactly the right tone. - Close to Vermeer

And the shadows have exactly the right tone.

Leonardo da Vinci said,
"Just use black," - Close to Vermeer

Leonardo da Vinci said, "Just use black,"

He seems to know that warm yellow light
has cold blue shadows. - Close to Vermeer

He seems to know that warm yellow light has cold blue shadow...

The best exhibitions I've ever seen... - Close to Vermeer

The best exhibitions I've ever seen...

Didn't just determine my life
during the two hours I was there... - Close to Vermeer

Didn't just determine my life during the two hours I wa...

A good exhibition should sweep you away. - Close to Vermeer

A good exhibition should sweep you away.

It should change the way you look. - Close to Vermeer

It should change the way you look.

Your view of the world changes. - Close to Vermeer

Your view of the world changes.

As you're drawn into this other world... - Close to Vermeer

As you're drawn into this other world...

And you're almost floating.
Vermeer can really do that. - Close to Vermeer

And you're almost floating. Vermeer can really do that.

Under the microscope
they stop being bricks. - Close to Vermeer

Under the microscope they stop being bricks.

They're just dots of paint
in different colors. - Close to Vermeer

They're just dots of paint in different colors.

The fact that so much is left open
makes it interesting. - Close to Vermeer

The fact that so much is left open makes it interesting.

...how he was able to paint
these wonderful pictures. - Close to Vermeer

...how he was able to paint these wonderful pictures.

Take this red shutter, possibly the most
beautiful shutter in the history of art. - Close to Vermeer

Take this red shutter, possibly the most beautiful shutter i...

If you imagine this painting
without the red shutter... - Close to Vermeer

If you imagine this painting without the red shutter...

It's much less... - Close to Vermeer

It's much less...

Captivating.
The red shutter stops you... - Close to Vermeer

Captivating. The red shutter stops you...

From leaving the painting here,
so you keep looking. - Close to Vermeer

From leaving the painting here, so you keep looking.

No Vermeer in here! - Close to Vermeer

No Vermeer in here!

I think it's a really exciting piece,
which was attributed to Vermeer... - Close to Vermeer

I think it's a really exciting piece, which was attribu...

When it surfaced
between 1933 and 1935. - Close to Vermeer

When it surfaced between 1933 and 1935.

They thought it was a self-portrait?
Or just painted by Vermeer? - Close to Vermeer

They thought it was a self-portrait? Or just painted by Verm...

There was a huge Vermeer hype going on.
Everyone was looking for new Vermeers. - Close to Vermeer

There was a huge Vermeer hype going on. Everyone was looking...

It would be interesting to know
what he actually looked like. - Close to Vermeer

It would be interesting to know what he actually looked like...

I think we have the need
for this "personalâ€ť approach. - Close to Vermeer

I think we have the need for this "personalâ€ť approach...

And we just have Vermeer's back. - Close to Vermeer

And we just have Vermeer's back.

We don't have any letters or diaries
by Vermeer. - Close to Vermeer

We don't have any letters or diaries by Vermeer.

We know he lived in Delft,
had 14 children... - Close to Vermeer

We know he lived in Delft, had 14 children...

And was only 43 when he died. - Close to Vermeer

And was only 43 when he died.

That's all. We don't even know where he
learned how to paint, or who taught him. - Close to Vermeer

That's all. We don't even know where he learned ho...

So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... - Close to Vermeer

So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...

9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17... - Close to Vermeer

9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17...

18, 19, 20, 21 are definite. - Close to Vermeer

18, 19, 20, 21 are definite.

From very early on people abroad
started collecting Vermeers. - Close to Vermeer

From very early on people abroad started collecting Vermeers...

France, England,
Germany and America. - Close to Vermeer

France, England, Germany and America.

The United States alone has about
one third of his entire oeuvre. - Close to Vermeer

The United States alone has about one third of his entire oe...

So there's a lot to be brought in
from abroad. - Close to Vermeer

So there's a lot to be brought in from abroad.

There are shelves and shelves of literature
about Vermeer. - Close to Vermeer

There are shelves and shelves of literature about Vermeer.

I think organizing a Vermeer exhibition... - Close to Vermeer

I think organizing a Vermeer exhibition...

Without being able to show
any new insights, would be a shame. - Close to Vermeer

Without being able to show any new insights, would be a sham...

Vermeer has been called
"the Sphinx of Delft" since the 19th century, - Close to Vermeer

Vermeer has been called "the Sphinx of Delft" sinc...

Looks a little
like a 19th-century photograph... - Close to Vermeer

Looks a little like a 19th-century photograph...

With everything in ochre, Grey, pink. - Close to Vermeer

With everything in ochre, Grey, pink.

Looking at it closely, you see
the eye has been done without any lines. - Close to Vermeer

Looking at it closely, you see the eye has been done without...

It's purely a shadow of skin color... - Close to Vermeer

It's purely a shadow of skin color...

Which makes the eye and
eyelashes visible... - Close to Vermeer

Which makes the eye and eyelashes visible...

Without having been painted in detail. - Close to Vermeer

Without having been painted in detail.

We have no idea
what knowledge he had. - Close to Vermeer

We have no idea what knowledge he had.

He must have had
some kind of optical instrument... - Close to Vermeer

He must have had some kind of optical instrument...

With mirrors and lenses
to be able to see this kind of effect. - Close to Vermeer

With mirrors and lenses to be able to see this kind of effec...

Hold out your hand again. Wow. - Close to Vermeer

Hold out your hand again. Wow.

It's only 30 to 50 centimeters,
but the difference... - Close to Vermeer

It's only 30 to 50 centimeters, but the difference...

Your hand is all vague,
very vague contours. - Close to Vermeer

Your hand is all vague, very vague contours.

While your face and your necklace
are really well-defined. - Close to Vermeer

While your face and your necklace are really well-defined.

Now you're all blurry
so I must try to somehow... - Close to Vermeer

Now you're all blurry so I must try to somehow...

Get you in focus
by changing the distance. - Close to Vermeer

Get you in focus by changing the distance.

- Watch your step.
- I know that step. - Close to Vermeer

- Watch your step. - I know that step.

A camera obscura
is basically a dark box. - Close to Vermeer

A camera obscura is basically a dark box.

When you take off the lid,
you see this dark room here. - Close to Vermeer

When you take off the lid, you see this dark room here.

The lens is here and
the image falls on this mirror... - Close to Vermeer

The lens is here and the image falls on this mirror...

It reflects the image
onto this ground-glass screen. - Close to Vermeer

It reflects the image onto this ground-glass screen.

It's really parchment
and should be quite translucent. - Close to Vermeer

It's really parchment and should be quite translucent.

When I look through this,
I can suddenly see that as an image. - Close to Vermeer

When I look through this, I can suddenly see that as an imag...

What you can see in this way,
fascinates me here too. - Close to Vermeer

What you can see in this way, fascinates me here too.

Vermeer has that too. He knows that if there
are several window panes... - Close to Vermeer

Vermeer has that too. He knows that if there are several win...

The curtain no longer throws one shadow,
but in this case... - Close to Vermeer

The curtain no longer throws one shadow, but in this case...

He didn't paint with the camera obscura,
he observed. - Close to Vermeer

He didn't paint with the camera obscura, he observed.

He did exactly this and wondered:
Wow, what's happening here? - Close to Vermeer

He did exactly this and wondered: Wow, what's happening...

So, do I look like
the Girl with a Pearl Earring now? - Close to Vermeer

So, do I look like the Girl with a Pearl Earring now?

Almost.
- I knew it. - Close to Vermeer

Almost. - I knew it.

I have to admit I'm pretty excited. - Close to Vermeer

I have to admit I'm pretty excited.

Portrait of an Old Woman as Saint Apollonia. - Close to Vermeer

Portrait of an Old Woman as Saint Apollonia.

But she was drawn by Vermeer's neighbor. - Close to Vermeer

But she was drawn by Vermeer's neighbor.

Vermeer lived at Oude Langendijk,
next to the Jesuits... - Close to Vermeer

Vermeer lived at Oude Langendijk, next to the Jesuits...

Yes. And you could draw this
using a camera obscura, for instance. - Close to Vermeer

Yes. And you could draw this using a camera obscura, for ins...

So I wondered if this could have been done
by tracing a projection. - Close to Vermeer

So I wondered if this could have been done by tracing a proj...

But then the parchment
must have been so translucent... - Close to Vermeer

But then the parchment must have been so translucent...

As to be transparent.
- In this case I think that's a bit... - Close to Vermeer

As to be transparent. - In this case I think that's a b...

So will your theory be confirmed? - Close to Vermeer

So will your theory be confirmed?

Okay, let's see if this filters through. - Close to Vermeer

Okay, let's see if this filters through.

You can clearly see it.
This is incredible. Wow! - Close to Vermeer

You can clearly see it. This is incredible. Wow!

I mean it. We've never been closer
to this theory... - Close to Vermeer

I mean it. We've never been closer to this theory...

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Much has been written, but little is known about Johannes Vermeer, painter of iconic paintings and crowd pleasers such as The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring. His small oeuvre is almost everything he left behind. Dicht bij ...

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Director: Suzanne Raes

Writer: Suzanne Raes

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 85/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $178,761

Released: 09 Mar 2023

Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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