Doc. Film "TIM'S VERMEER" Shed's New Light on Vermeer's Paintings

"Tim's Vermeer" is the unexpectedly entertaining quest by Tim Jenison, a successful Acad. Award inventor, techno-expert, that asks the question, how did Vermeer paint in a photographically exact style 150 yrs. prior to photography being invented.  I thought this delightful & thought provoking film was going to be as rousing as watching paint dry.  Despite shallow expectations, I was duly impressed with  Tim's tenacity, ingenuity, devotion and amusing personna.  Tim describes himself as a "techno geek"and believes Vermeer utilized a mechanical camera obscura & mirrors to capture the image onto a canvas enabling  him to capture identical colors, light & objects.  There are no "documenations" linking Vermeer as an apprentice painter, no underlying lines found on his paintings & he produced less than 3 doz. works.  Documentation is not merely defined by writings "paintings are documents" as stated by British artist David Hockney.  Hockney was consulted in regards to Vermeers' pearly, magical use of light in his paintings.  Tim chose to replicate Vermeer's "The Artist's Studio" which hangs in Buckingham Palace.  A hilarious scene shows Penn, Teller & Jenison outside the Palace pleading to gain viewing access from Queen Elizabeth.  The Queen granted Jenison 30 glorious minutes viewing time.  He shares his reverance for this rare opportunity.  The project was over 3 yrs. in the making with 200 days of actual painting.  Asked if he ever wanted to quit  he candidly admitted "if we weren't filming, I would have quit by now and found something else to do."  The film is directed by Teller of Penn & Teller; magicians/entertainers fame.  Tim was very emotional upon completion of the painting which is an excellent facsimile proving that smoke, mirrors & technology are viable tools of art.  The mystery still remains -  how did Teller direct this ingenious doc. without speaking a word?