The New Rijksmuseum - The Film ( Het Nieuwe Rijksmuseum - De Film )

The New Rijksmuseum - The Film (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Het Nieuwe Rijksmuseum - De Film
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
132 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Oeke Hoogendijk

Written By:
Oeke Hoogendijk

Actors:
Taco Dibbits
Wim Pijbes

Synopsis:

If you've visited Amsterdam, you've probably been to the Rijksmuseum, one of the world's preeminent art museums - home to masterpieces by Rembrandt and Vermeer - itself a vast, magnificent structure, built in 1895 by architect Pierre Cuypers. The renovation of the museum (it reopened this past April) went on for 10 long, expensive years, so it is fitting that a documentary on this torturous (and often, inadvertently hilarious) process should turn into not one but two feature-length movies: Spanish architects Antonio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz have designed an ingenious new entryway, but the Dutch Cyclists Union won't tolerate reduced access for the 13,000 bicyclists who ride through the passageway daily. The museum's magisterial director, Ronald de Leeuw, and his successor, the younger, scrappier Wim Pijbes, battle with curators, politicians, designers, city bureaucrats, and the public as the price of construction soars to $500 million. It's a messy, complicated story that New Yorkers will relate to, but fortunately, one with a glorious ending.

A documentary about the fascinating and complicated process of the rebuilding of Holland's most famous museum, The Rijksmuseum. The film shows the people behind the scenes during the years of demolition, restoration, and political and financial debate. We witness their efforts, joys and struggles with one goal in common: the love of art.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 29 January, 2016.

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