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Tim's Vermeer

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Tim's Vermeer  (2015) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by: Raymond Teller Written by: Raymond Teller, Penn JIllette Starring: Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette,                Martin Mull Rating: G Release Date: February 21st, 2014 Martin Mull & Tim Jenison watch paint dry in Tim's Vermeer © 2013 - Sony Pictures Classics      How can we define art? In a globalized world, the subjectivity of what defines art is ever increasing. Like Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam famously remarked at the 1996 Grammy's ""I don't know what this means ... I don't think it means anything." Art is what you make it, and what moves you. Conversely, like music, there are a certain set of notes, tempo, keys and the like which make a song work well together, or else it falls out of place and just becomes static noise. So true art is a middle ground between the subjective and prescriptive schools of artistic thought. Analyzing and dissecting art is important