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I've been away and am a bit late in responding this, but the most self-consciously Vermeer movie of all is of course Greenaways Zed and Two Noughts. He saw something cinematic in the way Vermeer sought to capture a subtle movement in the course of some everyday action such as pouring milk. More about this can be found in Wood, Being Naked Playing Dead, p. 57. The book also includes Greenaway's interview, where he discusses Vermeer. Henry Jeffrey Longacre wrote: > I think Godard makes several references to Vermeer in either _Le Mepris_ or _Pierrot Le Fou_, or perhaps both. I have vague memories of a character reading excerpts from a book on Vermeer in one of those movies, but I am not in a place where I can verify that right now. > > Jeff Longacre > Book Review Editor > James Joyce Quarterly > University of Tulsa > 600 S. College Ave. > Tulsa, OK 74104 > > > > > I recently read online that Godard once referred to the 17th > > Century Dutch > > artist Vermeer as the first cinematographer, however there was > > no reference > > within the text with which to verify this claim. Does anyone > > have any > > information as to whether Godard did in fact say this, and if > > so, where? > > Many thanks > > > > Adriana Cerne > > PhD candidate University of Leeds