Escher's Infinite Perspective

Escher's Infinite Perspective

52 mins | Documentary | Sept. 1, 2007

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?

Escher's Infinite Perspective

52 mins | Documentary | Sept. 1, 2007

Escher's Infinite Perspective
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?
Producers Locomotion Films
Original title MC Escher: Achieving the Unachievable
Directors Jean Bergeron
Writers

Cast

Denys Arcand

as Self

Joost Batenburg

as Self

Hendrik Lenstra

as Self

M.C. Escher

as Archival Footage