Achieving the Unachievable
Achieving the Unachievable

Achieving the Unachievable

5.0(3 votes)
2007
0h 52m
Documentary

M.C. Escher is among the most intriguing of artists. In 1956 he challenged the laws of perspective with his graphic Print Gallery and his uncompleted master-piece quickly became the most puzzling enigma of modern art. Fifty years later, can mathematician Hendrik Lenstra complete it? Should he?

Production

Locomotion Films

Cast

Denys Arcand

Denys Arcand

Self

Joost Batenburg

Joost Batenburg

Self

François Bergeron

François Bergeron

Self

Hendrik Lenstra

Hendrik Lenstra

Self

M. C. Escher

M. C. Escher

Archival Footage

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