'National Gallery - the Movie' (ctd.)
January 7 2015
Video: Via YouTube
Jonathan Jones of The Guardian has been to see Frederick Wiseman's new three-hour long documentary of the National Gallery. He didn't like it:
God it’s boring. I love the National Gallery and I was squirming in my seat. Why doesn’t Wiseman let the paintings speak for themselves? Again and again, he films audiences listening to curators or guides give lectures about the National Gallery’s works of art. One such talk would make sense in a portrait of the museum. But why repeat the exercise, again and again – and again?
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