"Tim's Vermeer" (Not Magic, but ...)

[Dustin Stinett]

A movie I might actually want to pay to see, and NOT because Penn & Teller are in it:

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-new ... ntentstory

[Michael Close]

I've seen this movie twice. It is extraordinary.

[Richard Kaufman]

Not a lot to do in Canada, eh, Mike?

[AJM]

I've just watched the trailer and the clip - this looks fascinating.

Andrew

[Scott M.]

It's a good doc -- Teller plays it fairly straight in terms of documenting Tim Jenison's quest to replicate a Vermeer and prove the possibility of an optical method in his painting. There's not really any of the usual P&T anarchic humor, but none is needed. The story itself is fascinating, and by telling it in depth the human element -- Jenison's own superhuman powers of endurance, and the driving nature of his obsession -- becomes the driving factor.

[AJM]

Nice piece on the documentary on the BBC News site: -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25492810

[Bill Mullins]

Tim Jenison and Teller on the PBS Charlie Rose show.

[Bill Mullins]

Tim Jenison speaking at the EG Conference.