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  1. theconversation.com › guy-pearce-shines-but-theGuy Pearce shines, but The Last Vermeer paints over the ...

    Mar 24, 2021 · A new film ignores some of the most striking details of the man who sold a fake Vermeer to the Nazis. Guy Pearce shines, but The Last Vermeer paints over the remarkable true story of the world’s ...

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Last_VermeerThe Last Vermeer - Wikipedia

    The Last Vermeer is a 2019 American drama film directed by Dan Friedkin from a screenplay by John Orloff (under the pen name James McGee), Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby.It is based on the 2008 book The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan Lopez, and tells the story of Han van Meegeren (played by Guy Pearce), an art maker who swindles millions of dollars from the Nazis, alongside Dutch Resistance ...

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  4. www.artnews.com › art-news › newsWhy Did a Nazi Buy a Fake Vermeer? New Film Dramatizes ...

    Director Dan Friedkin structures the story as though it were a mystery, ending it with a courtroom sequence that lasts nearly a third of the film’s runtime. But if only Friedkin had van Meegeren ...

  5. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-last-vermeerThe Last Vermeer movie review (2020) - Roger Ebert

    Nov 20, 2020 · 4 min read. Bear with me. I'm going to have to get a little meta for a minute. "The Last Vermeer" is based on a novel that is based on the true story of Han van Meegeren, the Dutch artist and dealer. He was charged with collaboration with the Nazis for selling a Vermeer masterpiece to Hermann Göring, one of the most powerful leaders of the ...

  6. www.factmole.com › movies › is-the-movie-the-lastIs the movie The Last Vermeer (2020) based on a true story?

    Jul 17, 2023 · The Last Vermeer (2020) is a historical drama film directed by Dan Friedkin and based on the book “The Man Who Made Vermeers” by Jonathan Lopez. It tells the true story of Han van Meegeren, a Dutch art forger, and the investigation surrounding his famous forgery of a Vermeer painting during World War II. In the film, Captain Joseph Piller ...

  7. www.avclub.com › the-last-vermeer-tells-anThe Last Vermeer tells an irresistible true story… after a ...

    Nov 17, 2020 · Shortly after World War II, Piller is on hand when a Vermeer painting, Christ And The Adulteress, gets recovered from the Nazis. It had been sold to none other than Hermann Göring, and Pillar ...

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  9. povmagazine.com › close-to-vermeer-review-theClose to Vermeer Review: The Question of Authorship

    Jun 2, 2023 · The choice is attribute the painting to someone else or to agree that Vermeer didn’t always produce masterpieces. Similarly, Close to Vermeer observes the subjectivity entailed in these high stakes conclusions. The film finds great drama when the Dutch experts clash with the American curators over Girl with a Flute.