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Vincent: The Life & Death of Vincent Van Gogh
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Written, Edited and Directed by
Paul Cox Australia-Netherlands 1987 / Documentary / Biography / 95 min / Color / Dolby Digital 2.0 / 1.33:1 / NTSC / English Language |
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| As can easily be ascertained by the
title, this Australian documentary focuses upon that most tortured
of artistic geniuses, Vincent Van Gogh. Filmmaker Paul Cox utilizes
Vincent's "Dear Theo" letters to his brother as the dramatic
spine of this visual feast. Van Gogh's fiercely impressionistic paintings
alternate with "real life" images of the places and faces
that the artist wished to convey. John Hurt reads Van Gogh's words
in a manner than can be characterized as controlled turbulence. Vincent:
The Life & Death of Vincent Van Gogh would make an excellent companion
piece to Robert Altman's like-vintage Vincent and Theo -- or, for
that matter, the 1955 Hollywood romanticization Lust for Life. -
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