It's 1891, one year after the death of Vincent van Gogh. Armand Roulin is assigned by his postman father to hand deliver a recently found letter from Vincent to his brother Theo. Armand's quest leads him to connect with various Vincent acquaintances and question the validity of Vincent's supposed suicide.
This is purported to be hand-painted by 100 artists. It's very effective in evoking van Gogh's art. It's an amazing achievement and artistic triumph. The story suffers from one main drawback. This is a van Gogh biopict but it's told through other people's points of view. There is the standard questioning of the unreliable storytellers. There is also a lack of stakes. It's not like anybody is getting arrested for Vincent's murder by the postman's son. On top of that, the recall of these witnesses leads to black and white flashbacks. This robs the movie of van Gogh's need for intense colors. It robs the audience of Vincent. The movie would probably work better as a straight forward film of his last days from Vincent's point of view. It would be a better character study of Vincent who is the only person anybody cares about in this movie.
This is purported to be hand-painted by 100 artists. It's very effective in evoking van Gogh's art. It's an amazing achievement and artistic triumph. The story suffers from one main drawback. This is a van Gogh biopict but it's told through other people's points of view. There is the standard questioning of the unreliable storytellers. There is also a lack of stakes. It's not like anybody is getting arrested for Vincent's murder by the postman's son. On top of that, the recall of these witnesses leads to black and white flashbacks. This robs the movie of van Gogh's need for intense colors. It robs the audience of Vincent. The movie would probably work better as a straight forward film of his last days from Vincent's point of view. It would be a better character study of Vincent who is the only person anybody cares about in this movie.