Loving Vincent

Loving Vincent is a animated biographical drama film about the life of painter Vincent Van Gogh, and in particular, the circumstances of his death. It is the first fully painted animated feature film. the film is written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman.

 

The staring cast includes Robert Gulaczyk, Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Saoirse Ronan, Helen McCrory, Chris O' Dowd, John Sessions, Eleanor Tomlinson and Aiden Turner.

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This film is based around Vincent's death as a postman Joseph Roulin (Chris O' Dowd) and his son Armand (Douglas Booth) look into the death of Vincent Van Gogh. This film also explores what caused him to take his own life and why he was such a misunderstood character. Vincent Van Gogh was treated badly by other individuals which caused him to feel depressed as people described him as a nut. I feel this film conveys how badly other inviduals can treat others and how cruel people can be no matter what age they are, even elders who you would expect to be more respectful as they would have more experience in this world. Before Watching this film, I thought Vincent Van Gogh would have been a disturbingly dark character which he was but this film explains why he was as I have mentioned before, the way he was treated by others and felt like an outsider, but this film showed more of a human touch to Vincent as he wasn't so dark and shallow as he was very much like any other human being as it showed him being humble and kind towards other people and minding his own business while doing a hobby that he loves which was painting. 

 

This film is the first full feature length film done by paint and as I was watching this film it felt like I was looking at a painting which I obviously was, but I can see the texture move in each frame and I can imagine standing in a gallery, looking at a painting while the painting tells the story. I have to say the amount of effort that was put into this film is unbelievable as it has taken over 100 artists to create 65,000 paintings for each frame is absolutely breath taking, so for that reason this film definitely gets 5/5 for the amount of effort to create a unique piece of cinema and an experience to inspire others, which is my goal as an artist and I would love to create something as special as this film one day.