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

More Like This

The Art of Incarceration
Hermitage: The Power of Art
Altamira: el origen del arte
I, Claude Monet
Im Land des Schamanen
The Mona Lisa Myth
Goering's Catalogue: A Collection of Art and Blood
Antonio López: apuntes del natural
Picturing the Presidents
Lino Tagliapietra: The Making of a Maestro
Your War (I'm One of You): 20 Years of Joan of Arc
Bone Wind Fire