It has been a doc marathon around these parts! and by that I mean we watched a doc last night and another the night before that. Two nights ago we watched Stolen which investigates the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist of several prized art works especially Vermeer's The Concert. This journey is taken primarily by an older gentlemen who is himself, extremely interesting. This is juxtaposed with Blythe Danner narrating Isabella's letters to her art collector/gallerist and his responses are narrated by Campbell Scott. It is clear that her art was her greatest love and her relationship with art contained all the juicy bits of any love story including the longing, the elusiveness and finally the fulfillment. The downside of this film is that it leaves lots of questions unanswered: Why weren't the guards who were on duty the night of the heist, interviewed? What percentage of stolen art is recovered? Undoubtedly and understandably the filmmaker made choices in order to create her story about this fascinating topic. Instead of a comprehensive treatment of art crimes containing all the interesting facts, it's a story about ISG, her collection and the people who have gotten pulled into the orbit of this crime from the journalist, the art historians to the art detective. Bonus: Camera work by Albert Maysles!