Past Run
National Gallery
Frederick Wiseman’s NATIONAL GALLERY takes the audience behind the scenes of a London institution, on a journey to the heart of a museum inhabited by masterpieces of Western art from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century. NATIONAL GALLERY is the portrait of a place, its way of working and relations with the world, its staff and public, and its paintings. In a perpetual and dizzying game of mirrors, film watches painting watches film.
“This is one of Wiseman’s richest and most thought-provoking films, and easily one of his best.” –Budd Wilkins, Slant Magazine
“…It’s beautifully organised, and there’s no way you could possibly watch it without learning all kinds of stuff.” –Tim Robey, The Telegraph
“Like most of Mr. Wiseman's work, the movie is at once specific and general, fascinating in its pinpoint detail and transporting in its cosmic reach.”
— Manohla Dargis, New York Times
FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 3 engagements
- EncinoTown Center 5Fri, Dec 12 – Thu, Dec 18, 2014 · 1 week
- West L.A.RoyalFri, Nov 21 – Tue, Dec 9, 2014 · 3 weeks
- PasadenaPlayhouse 7Wed, Nov 26 – Thu, Dec 4, 2014 · 1 week