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Loving Vincent

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Loving Vincent

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Summary

Animated biographical drama examining the life of painter Vincent van Gogh, focusing on the circumstances of his death. The production, which utilised 65,000 oil-painted frames, features the voices of Douglas Booth, Robert Gulaczyk and Eleanor Tomlinson

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Seven years in the making and composed of some 65,000 frames produced by 120-odd artists, Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman's portrait of Vincent Van Gogh is billed as "the world's first fully painted feature film". As labours of love go, it's peerless and the way the co-directors slip some 130 Van Gogh canvases into the action often feels inspired. But, as biography, this audacious project is somewhat unreliable, as frequent sitter Armand Roulin (Douglas Booth) explores the theory that Van Gogh's death was murder not suicide. The shifts between ravishing everyday colour and the monochrome Citizen Kane-like flashbacks are neatly handled, as Roulin questions the painter's acquaintances in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise. But purists will be troubled by the pseudo-rotoscopic technique that seems so completely at odds with Van Gogh's distinctive brand of Post-Impressionism and even those prepared to grant the film-makers a degree of artistic licence will find the novel charm of the oil-painted pastiches beginning to pall, as the psychological rawness of Van Gogh's disconcerting style assaults the senses.

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7.8/10

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Cast

rolenameArmand RoulinDouglas BoothMargaret GachetSaoirse RonanAdeline RavouxEleanor TomlinsonDr GachetJerome FlynnPostman RoulinChris O'DowdThe boatmanAidan TurnerLouise ChevalierHelen McCroryPere TanguyJohn SessionsVincent Van GoghRobert GulaczykRavoux regularRichard BanksLandlordShaun Newnham

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Crew

rolenameDirectorDorota KobielaDirectorHugh Welchman

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Theatrical distributor

Altitude

Released on

2017-10-09

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, a sex scene.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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