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Nightwatching (Two Disc Special Edition)

Martin Freeman (Actor), Emily Holmes (Actor), Peter Greenaway (Director) Rated:
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4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 106 ratings
IMDb6.5/10.0
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Genre Drama, Biography, History
Format NTSC, Special Edition, Color, Dolby, Multiple Formats, Widescreen
Contributor Eva Birthistle, Toby Jones, Peter Greenaway, Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Jodhi May
Language English
Runtime 3 hours and 54 minutes
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Peter Greenaway’s extravagant and exotic look at the mystery behind Rembrandt’s most famous work of art… While painting a group portrait of the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia, the renowned Dutch artist Rembrandt (Martin Freeman) discovers a murder plot involving its subjects. Determined to expose the conspiracy, Rembrandt builds his accusation into the commissioned painting, “The Night Watch” – a decision which costs him everything.

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 5821267
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Peter Greenaway
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Special Edition, Color, Dolby, Multiple Formats, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours and 54 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2016
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Jodhi May, Eva Birthistle, Toby Jones
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ E1 Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002CLKOZG
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 106 ratings

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Merri-Todd Webster
5.0 out of 5 stars Either you love Greenaway, I suspect, or you hate him
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2012
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If you love Greenaway's work, you will love this film. Martin Freeman is earthy, profane, and frequently naked as Rembrandt van Rijn, who is maneuvered by his wife-cum-business-manager into taking a commission he doesn't want, the painting of a formal portrait of the town guard. Rembrandt's unwanted commission turns into an expose of the seamy, dirty underbelly of respectable Amsterdam society, and as a result he loses his early fame and, coincidentally, his wife.

Freeman is brilliant as Rembrandt, and the film explores his relationships with several women: His managing wife, Saskia; his son's nursemaid, Geertje, who becomes his mistress after Saskia's death; his maid Hendrickje, with whom he has a true romance; and the mysterious girl who lives in the orphanage next door and appears on his roof from time to time. Her broken, disjointed stories of orphanage life lead to Rembrandt's attempt to expose the true nature of those honorable men of the town guard. Greenaway, as usual, lays on nudity, profanity, sex, violence, and theatrical staging, with lighting and color tones reminiscent of the painter's work. It's an unusual film but well worth a try.
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Wendy L. Chastain
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Imagery!
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2013
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I was entranced with the visual splendor of this film. Each scene looked like a painting. The mystery of the film was fun to figure out (I thought it was someone else COMPLETELY) and the romance, scandals, and drama kept me interested. This isn't a movie for someone who has a short attention span. If you like art, history and a witty script, this movie will satisfy you. The acting is well done and you'd be surprised at what some of the actors do for the sake of their characters credibility.

Well done!
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Rosebud
4.0 out of 5 stars Not Greenaway’s Best, but Still His Best Film in Years
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021
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When Peter Greenaway is good, his films are no less than masterpieces (The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, The Draughtsman’s Contract, Prospero’s Books, Drowning by Numbers), but when he is off, his films can seem pretentious and exhausting (The Baby of Macon, A Zed and Two Naughts, The Pillow Book). Nightwatching is something of a bridge between the two extremes. It’s too long and absent of allegory to be one of his masterpieces but too interesting and well acted to be dismissed entirely.

Greenaway started as an art student which is why his films resemble paintings filled with symbolism and allegory (and are often highly erotic). There’s never been a filmmaker like him due to the way the fine arts influence his filmmaking and here his subject matter is an actual painting as it focuses on Rembrandt’s The Nightwatch and the possible (although unlikely) events surrounding its painting.

Although the events of Rembrandt’s life depicted in the film are fairly accurate, Greenaway suggests here that the painter hid clues in the painting revealing that the militia depicted in the painting murdered the original leader of the militia during the planning stages of the painting. Greenaway further suggests that the difficulties Rembrandt encountered afterwards in life were due to the efforts of the influential militia members who hated the painting.

It’s an interesting idea, but the film mostly succeeds due to the more autobiographical aspects of the film rather than the conspiracy theory (which isn’t all that clearly depicted). This might be why a second dvd is included which is a documentary focusing on the 32 clues Greenaway believes Rembrandt hid in the painting as an indictment of the militia.

Taken together, the film and the documentary make for entertaining viewing. If you are a fan of fine arts and Greenaway, you will no doubt enjoy what might be his best work in ages but if not, you might be left scratching your head at it all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rembrandt explained, the meaning behind one of the greatest paintings ever created.
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2016
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Rembrandt was a great artist and I learned something about art from the additional DVD.
This is a very good film and Martin Freeman is really acting at his best in this, but I am bias when it comes to Freeman.

Very well done film, as if it were filmed while being performed on the stage.
That may bother some film buffs but I really enjoyed this film and found it very educational as well, which I do appreciate.
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robert mcmurry
3.0 out of 5 stars A good art film about a great Artwork.
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2016
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Nightwatching takes up the idea that the Rembrandt's great painting, now named the Nightwatch (it's actually a day scene), is filled with the conspirators and scoundrels of several events that occurred at the same time the painting was done. Even though I was familiar with the time period and the life of Rembrandt, some of the characters in his family pass thru so quickly that it was difficult to know who exactly who they were meant to be. Would suggest you check out Wikipedia before seeing this to get all the people straight.
Also, as has been stated before in most films where the hideous wigs of the 17th century are worn, it is also difficult to recognize the men of the Nightwatch when they have their wigs off.
Played out as if on a stage without acts, the movie must be watched a second or third time to experience how well it is put together.
And it is up to you to believe the suppositions made here.
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D. Burnham
5.0 out of 5 stars Multi-layered take on Rembrandt's 1642 "The Night Watch" painting.
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2018
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A must have for die-hard Peter Greenaway fans. Not your usual film, but one that involves stunning cinematography and composition. The interviews are captivating.
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Serenus Zeitblom
5.0 out of 5 stars Untertitelt. Opulent. Zuweilen witzig.
Reviewed in Germany on March 26, 2020
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Greenaway, selbst verhinderter Maler, pinselt Rembrandt gegen den Strich. Als Bild-Drama im Museum und draußen erscheint die Entstehung der so genannten "Nachtwache" extrem ausgeleuchtet und inszeniert. Greenaways Interpretation ist schon eine Provokation, doch nachvollziehbar.
Martin Freeman spielt es wie die anderen Mitwirkenden mit Theaterqualitäten, das feine Englisch tut sein Übrigens. Da will man doch keine deutsche Tonspur.
Die zweite DVD mit Greenaways Interpretation des Bilds interessierte mich ebenso. Gut, dass sie dabei ist, auch wenn ich noch nicht zum Ansehen kam.
Viereinhalb Sterne.
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G. Allen
4.0 out of 5 stars Rembrandt's dark masterpiece...
Reviewed in Canada on April 27, 2014
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"Nightwatching" (2007) is directed by Peter Greenaway (Prosperos' Books, A Zed and Two Noughts). The movie looks at the events that might have been behind the making of the large painting by Rembrandt called "The Night Watch". Peter Greenaway takes the view that Rembrandt was depicting a cast of people, some who were complicit in a murder. The movie takes its structure from the notion of a stage, as seen in the painting, with most sequences in the movie mimicing a stage play, with the actors performing in a theatrical rather than in a naturalistic manner. In this whodunnit the bits and pieces come together aligning the making of this painting with Rembrandt's eventual downfall and disgrace in society. The movie embraces the chiaroscuro effect of light and dark that Rembrandt used in his depictions of people creating a very dramatically lit environment from which the actors are immersed. An intriguing second feature accompanies this set on the second disc, called "J'Accuse", which is a 100 minute discourse by Peter Greenaway explaining in his view the meaning behind the painting. One will likely find these films fascinating if one is interested in Rembrandt's life, and in this pivotal painting's importance in art history.
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Harry F. Korbl
5.0 out of 5 stars Peter Greenaway's best film in quite some time.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2010
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Having read E. A. Solinas' review; there is not much point in covering the same ground. I agree with everything therein.

Peter Greenaway's Nightwatching is as much a work of art as the painting that inspired it. The film is a moving canvas; the composition of each scene is brilliant. I haven't enjoyed a film on Art as much as this in quite a while. (I can recommend Milos Forman's 2006 film; Goya's Ghosts; beautifully shot with sumptuous sets, a little melodramatic but I enjoyed it equally).

My only complaint about this DVD release is that there are no subtitles; this is a very wordy film (nearly 2,500 lines of dialogue). For ageing ears it is not easy to catch everything that is being said.

One warning for those not familiar with Peter Greenaway's work; he has an unorthodox approach to what you could consider to be a historical film. Rembrant Van Rijn , the son of a miller, who through his paintbrush has risen above his working class status to associate with wealthy and powerful members of society. Greenaway's Rembrant maintains his earthy working class manner of speaking; "F..k this painting! F..k it! F..k! F..k! Bloody hell!." Which, in the context of the film's plot I did not find offensive. (Just don't expect him to talk like Charles Laughton in the 1936 film). I expect most of you will have seen some of Peter Greenaway's other works, so the coarse language should not come as a surprise.

This 2-DISC set includes the feature documentary "Rembrandt's J'accuse" (100 minutes); in which Director Peter Greenaway explores the theories and conspiracies behind Rembrandt's "The Night Watch". The Documentary in itself is as strong, if not stronger, as the film itself.

The DVD includes interviews with Peter Greenaway, Martin Freeman, Eva Birthistle and Jodhi May.

This is Peter Greenaway's best film in quite some time. If only it were available on Blu-ray. It would certainly enhance the enjoyment of what is a visually a sumptuous film.
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Cliente Kindle
5.0 out of 5 stars I retroscena del Secolo d'Oro olandese
Reviewed in Italy on September 30, 2013
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E' un film sulla vita di Rembrandt Van Rijn e sui retroscena di un periodo storico ed economico che più volte è stato descritto felice.
Un lungometraggio intensamente struggente, intimamente triste nei toni drammatici, classico come tecnica di montaggio (diversamente dalla produzione recente di Peter Greenaway). La vita triste di un grande pittore e del suo rapporto con la società.
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GILBERT RIGAUD
3.0 out of 5 stars NO ESTA MAL
Reviewed in Spain on September 26, 2013
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