My Rembrandt

2019 Directed by Oeke Hoogendijk

This is set in the world of the Old Masters and offers a mosaic of gripping stories in which unrestrained passion for Rembrandt's paintings leads to dramatic developments and unexpected plot turns.

Alternative Title

Mijn Rembrandt

documentary

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Review by Krommedijk ★★★★ 6

A person can intensely love (a) painting(s) by Rembrandt or get obsessed by it. In this Dutch documentary, Oeke Hoogendijk portrays a variety of people who who share a lifelong and burning passion for one or more paintings by Rembrandt. They need or want to own as many Rembrant paintings as possible - think of Thomas Kaplan, an American art collector. Some people really think they will discover a new one - or that they have - , such as art dealer Jan Six, member of a dynastic Dutch family. Some want to purchase two masterpieces, such as Rijksmuseum directors Wim Pijbes and Taco Dibbits. Director Hoogendijk shows the political fights between the Dutch and French governments in the purchase…
Review by Ashton Kinley ★★★

VIFF 2020: Film #5
This documentary isn’t afraid to follow the threads of one of humankind’s universal questions: do y’all ever just want to fuck a Renaissance painting?
Review by Lillian Crawford ★★★½ 2

In Frederick Wiseman’s 2014 documentary National Gallery, a belief is repeatedly returned to in the various board meetings shown, that the appeal of the Old Masters will never die. Perhaps it’s that popular appeal that some of the talking heads in My Rembrandt want control over, to take away an image millions flock to national art museums to see and give themselves exclusive access.
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Review by rosanairis ★★★½

O burguês tinha dois Rembrandt no quarto. DOIS FUCKING REMBRANDT NO QUARTO DELE. Puta que pariu urge uma revolução pra guilhotinar todos esses filhas da puta
Review by Susanne 🎭 ★★★★

De docu ging over veel meer dan enkel de vondst van een Rembrandt. Ik leefde mee met Jan Six. Interessant dat docu wel redelijk neutraal was, niet koos voor alleen zijn invalshoek. Toen aan het einde zijn oprechtheid aan twijfel werd gesteld, besefte me ik dat het een grote vergelijking maakt met Rembrandts leven zelf.
Review by Luna ★★★½

Rembrandt was geen vriendelijke man, zo wordt vastgesteld. Een geldsmijter, ruziemaker, leugenaar, snob, dronkaard en een arrogante gluiperd. Als hij in deze tijd had geleefd, was hij al lang gecanceld. Of zijn persoonlijkheid er toe doet, wordt gevraagd. Nee, zegt Jan Six, het is de kunst die telt. Of toch het geld? Of nog meer: wie er een Rembrandt in (particulier) bezit heeft.
Een aantal vermogende hoge witte mannen met een aantal Rembrandts in hun bereik worden in deze docu gevolgd. Sommigen zijn eigenaardig, anderen willen iets bewijzen en hun ego’s verrijken. Een enkeling is er voor de schoonheid in de kunst, en is ook de enige die ruimte geeft aan de twijfel en aan de onzekerheid. Dat is een…
Review by HW ★★★½

I've always felt a bit funny about being a lover of stereotypically "highbrow" Western art, and this documentary only exacerbated that. I couldn't be further from these obscenely wealthy European guys that obsess over 400-year-old portraits of random Dutch people. Thing is, I kind of get it. I love Rembrandt too, and when some of the film's subjects wax poetic about the art, that passion resonates with me. The doc brings some of its subjects down to earth in this way, as to not be completely alienating to watch. The Scottish duke featured in one of the film's less dramatic "plots" may own 80,000 acres of the land around his house, but when he talks about his Rembrandt, I totally…
Review by Isabel Wittmann ★★★★

As pessoas amam arte e nossa vida é constantemente mediada por obras ao nosso redor. Com uma reverência pela obras, o filme não deixa de rememorar a velha questão: o que faz o valor dessa arte? Porque fica claro que, apesar da fascinação pelos quadros, não é sua perfeição, especificamente, que cria o preço.
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E aí o documentário acerta ao retratar, não sem uma pitada de sarcasmo, o estranho mundo das pessoas absurdamente ricas, que gastam milhares de euros em um pedaço de tecido coberto de tinta pelo prazer de possuí-lo. Sim, porque toda a beleza descrita no parágrafo de abertura, nem sempre é algo compreendido por todos. “No final das contas tudo se resume a dinheiro”, comenta um…
Review by aka_a ★★★★

A delightful movie. This is not about Rembrandt, it is about the owners of Rembrandt paintings and their deep emotional relationships with the paintings. The director captures the tail-end of an era, getting inside the homes of the final few European aristocrats who are just about to sell off the Rembrandts from their ancestral family homes, as well as a young upstart aristocrat who wants to make his Rembrandt expertise into a big splash in the art world. The director's expert timing pays off as the documentary, despite being filmed with no premonition of what was to come, has complete inside access into two or three unexpected incidents. This is a great way to escape the world for an hour and a half.
Review by pinkolllie ★★★½

Interesting little case study of the art world. Men seduced by Rembrandt. Kind of bizarre thinking about how value is created. Obsession seems to fuel this value. Rembrandt is swooned over, and for good reason - he was very good at painting.
Rich people can afford to buy his stuff and often enough, rich people are boring or weird. Some of the men in this seem boring or weird. In particular the American - if you watch it, you’ll know what I mean.
What made this more enjoyable a watch was that this wasn’t merely people talking about Rembrandt, but about why they love him; what he means to them; and what Rembrandt and preserving his work means for the world. What is the point in caring about Rembrandt? This movie might help explain that.
Review by rena ★★★

the dutch museum vs. the french museum was the best drama i've seen all year. i do wish there was just a little more bite here - the film is very gentle with its subjects. for example, the drama with jan six definitely felt a little.... sanitised. as a discussion of how elitism and personal conflict relates to the publics understanding and relationship with art.... i found it really interesting. the handling of the art itself was great- i did genuinely feel the weight that is given to these paintings. did a few "wow"'s during the closeups and restorations. i do think the humans surrounding the films gave a fascinating insight into an elitist bubble, but i wish the film pushed them a little harder. you wish the brushstrokes where just a little more calculated (ok that was lame). there's nothing wrong with acknowledging some of the innate absurdism here. an engaging, if imperfect, use of 90 minutes
Review by cinemagazine ★★★★

"Ook in ‘Mijn Rembrandt’ (2019) toont Oeke Hoogendijk zich een goed verteller en adept van het cinematografisch gegeven dat het beeld voor zich moet spreken en het gesproken woord moet worden beperkt tot de essentie. Je mag van een film over beeldende kunst niet minder verwachten. Hoogendijk heeft een neus voor een goed verhaal, niet alleen lijkt zij overal op het juiste moment te zijn, ook weet zij in de achterkamertjes van de kunsthandel –in dit geval de grachtenpanden van Amsterdam en kapitale optrekjes van hertogen en baronnen elders– de kleurrijke personages tot intieme ontboezemingen of opvallende uitspraken te verleiden, die later soms weer een verrassend staartje krijgen."

Recent reviews

Review by 4141001 ★★★★

Wonderful--subtle storyline, beautifully filmed. Light on the art history.
Review by Susanne 🎭 ★★★★

De docu ging over veel meer dan enkel de vondst van een Rembrandt. Ik leefde mee met Jan Six. Interessant dat docu wel redelijk neutraal was, niet koos voor alleen zijn invalshoek. Toen aan het einde zijn oprechtheid aan twijfel werd gesteld, besefte me ik dat het een grote vergelijking maakt met Rembrandts leven zelf.
Review by Luna ★★★½

Rembrandt was geen vriendelijke man, zo wordt vastgesteld. Een geldsmijter, ruziemaker, leugenaar, snob, dronkaard en een arrogante gluiperd. Als hij in deze tijd had geleefd, was hij al lang gecanceld. Of zijn persoonlijkheid er toe doet, wordt gevraagd. Nee, zegt Jan Six, het is de kunst die telt. Of toch het geld? Of nog meer: wie er een Rembrandt in (particulier) bezit heeft.
Een aantal vermogende hoge witte mannen met een aantal Rembrandts in hun bereik worden in deze docu gevolgd. Sommigen zijn eigenaardig, anderen willen iets bewijzen en hun ego’s verrijken. Een enkeling is er voor de schoonheid in de kunst, en is ook de enige die ruimte geeft aan de twijfel en aan de onzekerheid. Dat is een…
Review by HW ★★★½

I've always felt a bit funny about being a lover of stereotypically "highbrow" Western art, and this documentary only exacerbated that. I couldn't be further from these obscenely wealthy European guys that obsess over 400-year-old portraits of random Dutch people. Thing is, I kind of get it. I love Rembrandt too, and when some of the film's subjects wax poetic about the art, that passion resonates with me. The doc brings some of its subjects down to earth in this way, as to not be completely alienating to watch. The Scottish duke featured in one of the film's less dramatic "plots" may own 80,000 acres of the land around his house, but when he talks about his Rembrandt, I totally…
Review by Paisonline ★★★★

Very enjoyable especially for art lovers
Review by Vincent (Coq. Kuleshov) ★★★

O mais interessante que a cineasta Oeke Hoogendijk faz em Meu Rembrandt é deixar as coisas acontecerem. Longe de um distanciamento deliberadamente político como é o de Frederick Wiseman (longe de ter essa pretensão toda também) ela sintetiza um filme mosaico muito pitoresco sobre compra e venda de quadros de Rembrandt na Europa.
Existe claramente também, um desenrolar bem estruturado do grupo de histórias e anedotas que fazem parte do filme. Sobre o encontro de um quadro inédito do artista holandês do século XVII; um incidente diplomático; rixas familiares e entre amigos; e um senhor solitário que só quer mudar um quadro de lugar. A diretora toca direta e indiretamente no poder sobre a arte, na dificuldade de restauração, num…
Review by Fabiano Liporoni ★★★½

330/2020 MEU REMBRANDT
Documentário fofo sobre uns caras coitadinhos que tem quadros de Rembrandt em casa e também sobre um holandês meio truqueiro que "descobre" um Rembrandt que ninguém sabia que existia.
Imperdível.
#1filmepordia
#mostrasp
NOTA: 🎬🎬🎬1/2
Resenha e trailer: javiu.wordpress.com/2020/11/25/330-2020-meu-rembrandt/
Review by Israel Matos ★★★

A vida dos podres de ricos europeus e a necessidade de insuflar seus egos com obras de arte. Um doc que além de escancarar o submundo dos colecionadores de arte, faz do sarcasmo sua melhor arma para contar a história.
Review by Alexandre Maccari Ferreira ★★★½

[São Paulo Int’l Film Festival 2020]
Review by Feito por Elas ★★★★

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Review by livyak ★★★

interesting enough if you have some interest in the art business
Review by Pedro Strazza ★★★

...digo, um dos entrevistados literalmente beijou um quadro do Rembrandt, é impossível ver esse filme fora do ângulo da comédia.