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Amazon.com: The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders | Narrated by Jeremy Irons | Documentary | Region Free : Valeria Parisi: Movies & TV
The first cinematic journey through the rooms, stories and emotions of one of the most visited museums in the world. Its wealth of over 8000 art treasures is a spell-binding experience drawing almost 3 million visitors to Madrid every year.
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NR (Not Rated)
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0.55 x 5.31 x 6.69 inches; 2.82 ounces
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Very compelling documentary about the history and significance of the museum, the art showcased there, and the artists who produced them. We watched just before visiting and our visit was so much more fulfilling as a result. I wish Jeremy Irons did a series for every major museum, I'd watch every one.
The Prado is my most favorite museum and I was fortunate to spend several days there over the years. I eagerly anticipated this movie after having read good reviews about it from Europe where is was shown in the theaters.
If you know a lot about the Prado the movie makes you want to be there again. If you have not been there it won't convince you why this is one of the greatest collections of the Western paintings.
The interviews with the museum's professional staff and other artists provide beautiful personal touches. There are tidbits about the history of the collection but the storyline is haphazard.
To be fair, it is impossible to give a comprehensive overview of such a grand collection in 1.5 hours but deeper details could have been given about more of the most famous and curious pieces. E.g., rather than explaining some of the mystiques of the composition of "Las Meninas" they focus on one of the painted personages being a dwarf. There are many spurious associations, e.g., how flamenco inspired Goya (and we have to watch otherwise fantastic clips of flamenco dancing) and the politically correct interpretation of Ribera's "The Bearded Woman of Abruzzi".
The otherwise beautifully filmed scenes are marred by questionable cameramanship - e.g., when showing Goya's "La Nevada" ("The Snowstorm") the frames flip between close-ups of the canvas and real ice-covered tree branches. I found very distracting that on many occasions before showing an entire painting it was approached from a low angle with close shots.
There is too much time spent on a lot of extraneous stuff which do not add to the understanding of the Prado.
If you want to do yourself a favor go to the Prado's incredible website and immerse yourself in the details of the artwork at your leisure.
I have quite a large collection of art documentaries, and this is the only one that I probably won't watch again. Not enough attention is paid to the fascinating artworks on display in the Prado Museum. I agree with a previous reviewer that the commentary is tedious and often pretentious. The 'background' music is loud and intrusive. I watched the second half of the documentary with subtitles and the sound turned off. In my opinion, this is a wasted opportunity to convey the wonders of this museum to a wider public.
Had to return this as there are no English subtitles. The audio is either Spanish only (dubbed over the Jeremy Irons scenes) or 'English' which is in fact a mixture of English (Irons) and Spanish (the rest), with no subtitles to help out.
I was very disappointed in this dreary documentary. I wanted to see more of the collection than religious art and Jeremy Irons narration adds to the generally pretentious and soporific tone of this film.
