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The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, the True Story (2012)
Mona Lisa, Her Thief, the True Story
What an enjoyable film! I came across this while looking for something interesting to watch last night. The mix of interviews, travel, graphic layout and story telling made this a film I would recommend to all of my art students and beyond. I think the interviews with family members, the peek into museums and archives (to see actual letters and documents) and interfacing today's France and Italy with 'yesterday's' France and Italy were the high points of the film. One needs to know historically what was happening when Mona Lisa was taken. This film reveals the climate of the era and the step-by-step background of why the Mona Lisa was stolen to the understanding of why she was returned. The music, and photo montage style of the video made this video super enjoyable. The tenacity of the creator (30 years in the making) is amazing. I am going to try to write him to thank him for his effort and success.