Tim's Vermeer

A FILM BY Teller

Awe-inspiring! Penn and Teller's sterling documentary.

- Nick Schager, Village Voice

Just about the most fun you can have while learning

- Peter Debruge, Variety

Thrilling to watch!

- Jow Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

'Tim's Vermeer' is a fascinating story about the artistic process.

- Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor

So entertaining audiences hardly even realize how incendiary it is!

- Peter Debruge, Variety

Tim's Vermeer... will have you, long after the credits fade, puzzling out questions of invention, creativity, science, talent, painstaking craft, and the magic that comes of putting all that together.

- Bob Mondello, NPR

Synopsis

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer ("Girl with a Pearl Earring") manage to paint so photo-realistically -- 150 years before the invention of photography? The epic research project Jenison embarks on to test his theory is as extraordinary as what he discovers. Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces; on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney; and eventually even to Buckingham Palace, to see the Queen's Vermeer.