Stolen
by Rebecca Dreyfus
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DVD details
Actor: Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Harold J. Smith, Susan Vreeland, Tracy ChevalierDirector: Rebecca Dreyfus
Brand: HART SHARP VIDEO
Cinematographer: Albert Maysles
Cinematographer: Rebecca Dreyfus
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Arts Alliance Amer
DVD Reviews of Stolen
DVD Review: Fascinating topic made imminently boring.
Summary: 1 Stars
Although the Gardner art theft is a fascinating topic, this documentary is imminently boring. This film has an odd, depressing pace with an equally depressing soundtrack. Much footage is shot with a shaky, handheld, video camera and the film is poorly edited. It smacks of an amateurish documentary - a film student's first attempt at his craft - with every cheap film transition and filter in the editing software trotted out to try to add interest via special effects because the film itself is so utterly lacking.
The presentation is somewhat disjointed. It doesn't give the viewer a particularly good account of this famous theft, but sort of jumps between interviews with some of the peripheral players in the story. Along with the discomfort imparted by the the shaky camera, bad composition and poor editing, it is often hard to watch in part due to an exceedingly strange looking cast of characters.
If you wish to learn about this famous and still unsolved art theft, you would do better to pass on this movie and to read instead The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft.
Description of Stolen
In 1990 in the early morning hours after St. Patrick s day thieves disguised as policemen gained access into Boston s Isabella Stewart Gardner museum and successfully executed the largest art heist in modern history. Among the thirteen priceless works stolen was Vermeer's The Concert one of only 35 of the masters surviving works. To date not a single work has been recovered.Stolen is a full exploration of this unusual crime and the fascinating disparate characters involved: from the 19th century Grand Dame Isabella Gardner to the 17th century Dutch masters to a 21st century terrorist organization with a penchant for stealing Vermeers.At the heart of the film is the unlikely hero Harold Smith the renowned art detective. Stolen follows Mr. Smith as he pursues the mystery of the stolen works. Despite his lifetime battle with skin cancer the cunning and witty Smith has made this case his personal obsession working with what hope remains. With Mr. Smith as a guide Stolen journeys into the mysterious and surreal world of stolen art and examines the many possibilities as to where the art might be.Interwoven with Smith's investigation are noted contemporary authors discussing the power of Vermeer's work as well as collector Isabella Stewart Gardner's turn-of-the-century correspondence (read by Blythe Danner) with her advisor Bernard Berenson (read by Campbell Scott.) These subplots give the film a larger context and help illuminate just what the world has lost.Stolen brings the audience on a journey to understand not just a crime but also the nature of beauty itself its fragility and its power.System Requirements:Run Time: 90 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 829567040621 Manufacturer No: 670406Bestsellers in DVD
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