There are a lot of things about Vincent Van Gogh's life I did not know about. He started painting at the age of 27 and left this world at 37. This means he painted for 10 years only. Only one of his paintings was sold in his lifetime, and today he is considered as one of the best painters of all time.
From wiki, One year after Vincent van Gogh's suicide, postman Joseph Roulin asks his son Armand to deliver Van Gogh's last letter to his brother, Theo. Roulin finds the death suspicious, as merely weeks earlier Van Gogh claimed through letters that his mood was calm and normal. Armand reluctantly agrees and heads for Paris.
Each of the film's 65,000 frames is an oil painting on canvas, created using the same techniques as Van Gogh by a team of 125 artists drawn from around the globe. This is a feat in its own right, but even without this, the movie worked well for me as an independent story. There is a lot of charm in the painter's works but the movie goes beyond that and tries to understand the painter. The movie tries to read between the lines in the circumstances of his death.
The paintings are surreal. The painters needed real world actors to portray characters and that has come to life exceptionally well. I could see Saoirse Ronan in these painted frames.
There is a lot to unpack in this and although the protagonist is reluctant at the start, he gets pulled into the situation and towards the end, he takes it as his mission to uncover the truth. This journey comes out very well.
I was in Amsterdam many years ago for one day. I could not fit the Van Gogh museum in that day, but if I ever go back, it will now be one place I surely want to visit.
Review by SolBlockedParent2024-02-28T07:46:04Z
There are a lot of things about Vincent Van Gogh's life I did not know about. He started painting at the age of 27 and left this world at 37. This means he painted for 10 years only. Only one of his paintings was sold in his lifetime, and today he is considered as one of the best painters of all time.
From wiki, One year after Vincent van Gogh's suicide, postman Joseph Roulin asks his son Armand to deliver Van Gogh's last letter to his brother, Theo. Roulin finds the death suspicious, as merely weeks earlier Van Gogh claimed through letters that his mood was calm and normal. Armand reluctantly agrees and heads for Paris.
Each of the film's 65,000 frames is an oil painting on canvas, created using the same techniques as Van Gogh by a team of 125 artists drawn from around the globe. This is a feat in its own right, but even without this, the movie worked well for me as an independent story. There is a lot of charm in the painter's works but the movie goes beyond that and tries to understand the painter. The movie tries to read between the lines in the circumstances of his death.
The paintings are surreal. The painters needed real world actors to portray characters and that has come to life exceptionally well. I could see Saoirse Ronan in these painted frames.
There is a lot to unpack in this and although the protagonist is reluctant at the start, he gets pulled into the situation and towards the end, he takes it as his mission to uncover the truth. This journey comes out very well.
I was in Amsterdam many years ago for one day. I could not fit the Van Gogh museum in that day, but if I ever go back, it will now be one place I surely want to visit.