Fly-on-the-wall documentary by Frederick Wiseman (La danse) goes inside London's National Gallery, home to nearly two and a half thousand...
Fly-on-the-wall documentary by Frederick Wiseman (La danse) goes inside London's National Gallery, home to nearly two and a half thousand paintings, exploring the relationship between painting and storytelling as it reveals some of the institution’s internal workings. Captures a wide range of gallery activities - children’s tours, boardroom debates, carpenters at work, and the painstaking work of restorers behind the scenes.
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95 %64 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
72 %2,137 reviewsAudience score rating
"The grand old man of hands-off documentaries studies paintings and bears witness to staff meetings, curatorial discussions and gallery talks."
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Variety
Variety"You may initially find yourself missing the emotional pull of the film's first sections, but it's all to an increasingly intriguing point."
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Time Out
Time OutNational Gallery | Details
- Runtime
- 180
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- France, USA
