Genre: Animation/ Drama
Runtime: 95 minutes
Year: 2017
Starring: Douglas Booth, Josh Burdett, Holly Earl, Robin Hidges, Chris O’Dowd, John Session, Helen McCrory, Eleanor Tomlinson, Aidan Turner, Saoirse Ronan, Joe Stuckey, James Greene, Martin Herdman, Bill Thomas
Description: In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Review: The works of Vincent van Gogh are recognizable. They used Van Gogh’s paintings for “Loving Vincent”, the first hand painted movie.
I always appreciate and respect people who make animated movies. Hand drawn, computer animations, stop motion, claymation, it always leaves me thinking about all the work, love and passion that went into the project. For “Loving Vincent” it took 125 painters to create about 65 000 frames for this 95 minute animation.
For the story, they mixed truth and fiction. We meet the son of Van Gogh’s mailman, who has to deliver the painter’s last letter a year after his death, to his brother Theo. The young man, Armand, travels to Paris to investigate Van Gogh’s legacy.
When it comes to styles, it’s divided in two parts. The here and now is based on Van Gogh’s painting style. Flashbacks are shown un black and white drawings/ paintings. This last isn’t Van Gogh’s style.
The film is being very clever in ‘thinking outside the frame’ so to say, to imagine what happened outside the frames of Van Gogh’s masterful paintings. And how it would have looked from someone else’s point of view.
The result is a dynamic film, where Van Gogh’s paintings show an unique world. This is combined with an educating and exciting story. I really want to see a making-of of this film, because this cost so much effort and energy.
Rating: 4/ 5
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