Writer-director-producer Pieter van Hystee takes the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Netherlandish painter’s death to make a film about...Bosch’s hometown museum’s attempt to mount a comprehensive exposition of his work in honor of the 500th anniversary of his death. So, yes, we are treated to tremendous close-ups of the alternately funny, frightening, and fascinating work of a man for whom “it is always hell — and a little bit of heaven.” And there is even some talk of his method and his mindset. But mostly, this is an introduction into the less visceral, more deadly nightmare of bureaucratic wrangling between various museums, technical experts, and historians. (There is even mention of the Bosch “brand.”) It’s enough to make one wonder what sort of awful fate the painter who transformed damned souls into human bell clappers would have cooked up for curators who can handle, discuss, and promote such wild, sensuous, and even alarming art with such bloodless affect. (2015) — Matthew Lickona
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