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
"Tim's Vermeer" (Not Magic, but ...)
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I've seen this movie twice. It is extraordinary.
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Not a lot to do in Canada, eh, Mike?
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I've just watched the trailer and the clip - this looks fascinating.
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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.
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Nice piece on the documentary on the BBC News site: -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25492810
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25492810
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Tim Jenison and Teller on the PBS Charlie Rose show.
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Tim Jenison speaking at the EG Conference.