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Girl With a Pearl Earring.(eye on the Oscars the look)
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In "Girl With a Pearl Earring," director Peter Webber and his production team created a living, breathing, fully dimensionalized portrait of the 17th-century Dutch town of Delft on a budget of just $10 million.
The secret to their success lay in the angle of attack. Webber is a passionate admirer of Stanley Kubrick's 18th-century epic, "Barry Lyndon." But upon reading Olivia Hetreed's screenplay for "Pearl Earring," Webber saw a key difference between Kubrick's film and the one he was about to make. "Kubrick was obsessed with the spectacle and manners of the period," says Webber. "So he staged these elaborate and expensive set pieces. My film was about the intimate relationships within a single household."
"Pearl Earring" focuses on painter Johannes Vermeer (Colin Firth) as he forms a covert relationship with 17-year-old servant girl Griet (Scarlett Johansson).
"The characters who pass through Vermeer's house come from a broad spectrum of society, from the very…
- U. Kentucky: FILM REVIEW: 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' aesthetically pleasing.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 28, 2004 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety McCarthy, Todd September 2, 2003 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Koehler, Robert November 11, 2003 700+ words
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- Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier, New York, Dutton, 2000; 242...
- Magazine article from: Art in America SCHWARTZ, GARY March 1, 2001 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire March 8, 2001 700+ words
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- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 1, 2004 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Journal of Popular Culture Cibelli, Deborah H. May 1, 2004 700+ words
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