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Post by alittlebirdie on Dec 16, 2018 18:27:01 GMT
I thought Tim Roth was great as Vincent in "Vincent & Theo"
But I hear Willem Dafoe is amazing in "At Eternity's Gate"
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Post by hi224 on Dec 16, 2018 19:27:39 GMT
I need to see Eternity's but Lust for life.
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Post by Sulla on Dec 17, 2018 0:59:59 GMT
I think the only one I've seen is Lust for Life (1956). But I have Loving Vincent (2017) waiting in my Netflix queue. I like Dafoe and Roth, so I will look into the two named in the op.
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 17, 2018 19:46:21 GMT
Here is a title that needs to be better known and have a wider audience.
Loving Vincent / Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman (2017). Vincent Van Gogh would rise early and leave for a site to paint. He would stay all day at the site then come home and sit up late writing long letters to his brother, Theo. His salutation was often, “With a warm handshake, loving Vincent.” According to this film, Vincent’s last letter before his death was never mailed. The landlord at the inn where Vincent died, held on to it for two years before turning it over to a friend of Vincent’s, the postmaster Joseph Roulin (Chris O’Dowd). Roulin turned the task of delivering the letter to his son. Armand (Douglas Booth). Armand rebels at first, but after arriving at the French village where Van Gogh last lived, he becomes obsessed with how the painter died.
All of this would be interesting enough, but the story is presented in rotoscope animation and then each frame hand painted in Van Gogh style, based on the master’s real life paintings of the scenes and people.
This is a must-see for lovers of Van Gogh’s art.
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 17, 2018 19:47:33 GMT
I think the only one I've seen is Lust for Life (1956). But I have Loving Vincent (2017) waiting in my Netflix queue. I like Dafoe and Roth, so I will look into the two named in the op. . I posted a few comments about "Loving Vincent" just above on this thread. I hope you enjoy it. |
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Post by alittlebirdie on Jan 5, 2019 20:02:32 GMT
Thanks for the recommend Mike, hope you get a chance to see "At Eternity's Gate" with Dafoe |
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Post by WarrenPeace on Jun 11, 2019 23:10:26 GMT
Here is a title that needs to be better known and have a wider audience. Loving Vincent / Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman (2017). Vincent Van Gogh would rise early and leave for a site to paint. He would stay all day at the site then come home and sit up late writing long letters to his brother, Theo. His salutation was often, “With a warm handshake, loving Vincent.” According to this film, Vincent’s last letter before his death was never mailed. The landlord at the inn where Vincent died, held on to it for two years before turning it over to a friend of Vincent’s, the postmaster Joseph Roulin (Chris O’Dowd). Roulin turned the task of delivering the letter to his son. Armand (Douglas Booth). Armand rebels at first, but after arriving at the French village where Van Gogh last lived, he becomes obsessed with how the painter died. All of this would be interesting enough, but the story is presented in rotoscope animation and then each frame hand painted in Van Gogh style, based on the master’s real life paintings of the scenes and people. This is a must-see for lovers of Van Gogh’s art. That bit about the last letter.... Is that real or made up for the movie? The only way I would consider seeing it is if it is NOT fiction. I really hate historical fiction.
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 12, 2019 1:03:09 GMT
Here is a title that needs to be better known and have a wider audience. Loving Vincent / Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman (2017). Vincent Van Gogh would rise early and leave for a site to paint. He would stay all day at the site then come home and sit up late writing long letters to his brother, Theo. His salutation was often, “With a warm handshake, loving Vincent.” According to this film, Vincent’s last letter before his death was never mailed. The landlord at the inn where Vincent died, held on to it for two years before turning it over to a friend of Vincent’s, the postmaster Joseph Roulin (Chris O’Dowd). Roulin turned the task of delivering the letter to his son. Armand (Douglas Booth). Armand rebels at first, but after arriving at the French village where Van Gogh last lived, he becomes obsessed with how the painter died. All of this would be interesting enough, but the story is presented in rotoscope animation and then each frame hand painted in Van Gogh style, based on the master’s real life paintings of the scenes and people. This is a must-see for lovers of Van Gogh’s art. That bit about the last letter.... Is that real or made up for the movie? The only way I would consider seeing it is if it is NOT fiction. I really hate historical fiction. As far as I can tell it is a fictional way of putting Armand on the spot of Van Gogh's death. The section of the Wikipedia article on the Roulin family about Armand, for example, describes the letter delivery only as part of the plot of the movie, although the writer doesn't say explicitly that it is not historical. However, the implication seems pretty plain to me.
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