During the 17th and 18th centuries, Holland was one of the richest countries on Earth - and when there are rich people, there are artists and artisans who craft and sell to them. A new painting style emerged, the still life (or nature morte in French), that was all the rage. Sumptuous displays of...
(2.5) First off, I had to keep a list of characters noting who they were and how they were related to one another because there were so many of them. This was ugly, mean, surreal, vulgar, hellish - Hollywood as the bowels of humanity. Everyone's an opportunist, and anything can be exploited and r...