The Last Vermeer (2019), based on a book (The Man Who Made Vermeers, by Jonathan Lopez) about the trial of Han van Meegeren, a painter and art forger who became rich after selling a fake Vermeer painting to Hermann Göring during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
It's a departure from both the book and the real facts, but still enough close to them. The real story, though, is far more interesting, complex, and compelling.
Hiperurànion SobiràdelReialmeHiperurànic «S’admet, perquè se sap. Però no es coneix pas.»
The Machine. Sort of fell apart at the end. Set itself up as a more personal and honest examination of self and then fell into wish fulfillment fantasy land. Mark Hamil is a highlight.
"...I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season." -MLK Jr.
CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision. Ambrose Bierce
by Riam » Wed May 31, 2023 2:14 am 
