SPOILERS for: Tim's Vermeer

             
        Now, none of you should know this, but I am a huge fan of documentaries. Me and my Dad are always ecstatic to see what new things we can learn. A few of my personal favorites being; Discovery's Colossal Squid and The Science of Sexual Attraction. While several other history and discovery shows spliced in there. Although I love documentaries, I never see them in the theater. Due to that documentaries are rarely offered in theaters close by, and usually you don't think, "Wow I wish that I could have seen this on the big screen!"
                  Until Penn and Teller decided to follow a close friend's experiment into the technology that would have been required for Vermeer to create his magnificent pieces. Now, this movie I could have seen on the small screen. Yet I still throughly enjoyed it in the theater. Penn and Teller were constantly adding in comedic narration and Tim was quite the comedian himself. With a quote from his blog saying how much his experiment, "Better fucking work!" Which it did. It fucking worked. Tim was able to fully recreate "The Music Room." After reinventing the instrument that is similar to a camera obscura , the basis for modern cameras today. Then totally recreating the room that was to be painted. Tim traveled the world in order to learn the skills which he would need to know in order to pint in the renaissance style, then conversing with several people who have theorized similar things that helped inspire Tim.

             Just from the camera that was recording the whole process of 121 days of painting. That included snippets of swearing and cursing, but most "Dots." And after it was all done Tim was in tears he was so utterly proud of himself. Penn and Teller incorporated a really powerful message that technology and art are not polar opposites, but in fact go together hand in hand. Since from what we were led to believe is that Tim had no prior experience in oil painting. That this device could allow anyone with great patience to paint something that so closely resembles a photographic image. Yet Tim isn't saying that art is not a simple thing, its tedious and difficult. Like everything else. Which is what we see in this film, Tim has to under go several lessons in order to hone new skills that would allow him to pursue this experiment. Which I admire. Tim was very inspirational and was able to record his hobby that was more then creating a very plausible theory, or recreating a piece that has been done over several hundred times. It was the process and his personal satisfaction which he received from this endeavor.
              So bravo Tim, Penn and Teller for a phenomenal film.