[tbirdz]

I saw the film and I thought the ending was interesting. What was it about the ending that made you think it was impossible to make interesting?

[brianmcdonough]

Anyone who has seen a Vermeer painting up close, knows how hypnotic the experience can be. Is it true that in the movie Tim never gets to see the original and is reproducing based on a poster?

[tbirdz]

Tim gets to see the original Vermeer, but they weren't allowed to film it. However his reproduction is not based exactly on the poster or the original. Instead what Tim did was build a replica of the room Vermeer painted in, including all the props, and make his own painting by using his mirror device to observe this replica room.