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Subtle and beautiful
by Patrick (movies profile)
Apr 22, 2008
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The only thing I had heard about this film before going to see it was "There is [almost] no dialog." Yet for me, a stolen glance, or a seemingly accidental touch between the two central characters, the artist Johannes Vermeer and his opalescent house maid Griet, communicated more (and more subtly) than any words could ever.
I've just read the review by a New York Times critic ("Like watching a painting dry") - and I am surprised. This is not a fast paced movie, I'll admit - but I am one who often looks at my watch during a movie wondering when it will end; and I didn't once during this film. I guess I must have been transported several centuries back and lived for a moment through the eyes of Griet and Vermeer. |
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