Loving Vincent is an experimental biography animated biopic of 2017 about the life of painter Vincent van Gogh, and in particular, the circumstances of his death. This is the first fully animated feature film animated. The film, written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, is a Polish production, funded by the Polish Film Institute, and partly through the Kickstarter campaign.
First conceived as a 7 minute short film in 2008, Loving Vincent was idealized by Dorota Kobiela, a painter himself, after learning the techniques and artist's story through his letters.
Each 65,000 frame film is an oil painting on canvas, using the same techniques as Van Gogh, made by a team of 125 painters. The film premiered at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2017. It won the Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 30th European Film Awards in Berlin and was nominated for Best Animation Feature at the 90th Academy Awards.
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Plot
One year after Vincent van Gogh's suicide, Postman Joseph Roulin asked his son, Armand, to send Van Gogh's last letter to his brother Theo. Roulin found a suspicious death, because just weeks earlier Van Gogh had stated by letter that his mood was calm and normal. Armand reluctantly agreed and went to Paris.
PÃÆ'¨re Tanguy, a Montmartre art supplier, told Armand that Theo actually died six months after Vincent. He suggested that Armand travel to Auvers-sur-Oise and seek Dr. Paul Gachet, who housed Van Gogh after he was released from asylum, shared his love of art, and attended the funeral. Once there, Armand finds out that the doctor is out on business. So he stayed at the same inn that Van Gogh had done while in the area. There he meets the temporary owner Adeline Ravoux, who likes Van Gogh and who is also shocked by his death. At his suggestion, Armand visits the local boatman, who informs him that Van Gogh remains close to Dr. Sheltered gachet, Marguerite. When Armand visited her, Marguerite denied and angered when Armand implied that Van Gogh's suicide mood could be caused by a fight with his father.
Throughout the investigation, Armand began to suspect a local boy named RenÃÆ'  © Secretan, who reportedly likes to torture Van Gogh, possessed weapons, and often waved them in the city. Dr Mazery, who examined Van Gogh, also claimed that the shot must have come from a distance of several feet, setting aside suicide. When Armand implicated Renà ©, Marguerite admitted that he was in close, but not romantic, relationship with Van Gogh, but he did not believe that Renà ©  © was capable of committing murder.
Dr. Gachet finally returns and promises to send Armand's letter to Theo's widow. He admits there is an argument between them - Van Gogh accuses Gachet of being a coward for not pursuing his dream, who angrily accuses Van Gogh of deteriorating Theo's health by relying too heavily on his brother. Gachet argues that this accusation made Van Gogh commit suicide to free Theo from the burden. After Armand returned, Postman Roulin later received word from Theo's widow, Johanna, thanked Armand for returning the letter. Johanna clung to her letter to Armand, one of her van Gogh's letters, signed, "Your loving Vincent."
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Cast
The main characters are as follows:
- Robert Gulaczyk as Vincent van Gogh
- Douglas Booth as Armand Roulin
- Jerome Flynn as Paul Gachet
- Saoirse Ronan as Marguerite Gachet
- Helen McCrory as Louise Chevalier
- Chris O'Dowd as Postman Joseph Roulin
- John Sessions as PÃÆ'¨re Tanguy
- Eleanor Tomlinson as Adeline Ravoux
- Aidan Turner as Boatman
Production
Filmmakers choose painters who are classically trained rather than traditional animators. Welchman says he wants to avoid animators with a "personal style" and chooses a person who is "a very pure oil painter". In total there are 125 painters from more than twenty countries, which are more than imaginable and due to difficulties in obtaining funding, resulting in a shorter schedule for the crew to work on the inside. In total there are about 5,000 applicants, many of whom become interested after watching the online "teaser recruitment" for the project.
Van Gogh's painting informs the storyboard for the project, which is modified for the screen. These modifications range from simple changes to re-imaginations that combine various weather effects or time of day. A total of 65,000 frames were painted, but since the artist painted multiple frames from the same shot on a single surface, only 1,000 paintings survived.
Production for a movie begins with a live-action film shot against the green screen. After the filming, the editor combines Van Gogh's paintings into the background of the scene, and finally cuts the movie together as usual. However, once the actual film is finished, they shoot each individual frame onto an empty canvas, and the artist paints each picture. The whole process, from the actual filming to the completion of the painting, takes four years to complete. Even Welchman himself admits, "We certainly do not hesitate to find the slowest form of filmmaking ever made in 120 years."
Reception
box office
At the end of American theatrical drama, the film has grossed over $ 30.5 million (in USD) worldwide with a budget of $ 5.5 million, with US revenues of $ 6.7 million. The film earned the most $ 3 million in South Korea, $ 1.5 million in Italy and $ 10.8 million in China.
Critical response
In the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 84% approval rating based on 131 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The important consensus of the website states: " Loving Vincent ' s fascinating visual achievements make this Van Gogh biopic film worth seeking - even if the narration is far less effective. " Metacritic reported a score of 62 out of 100 based on 21 critics, showing "favorable general reviews".
Awards and awards
The film won the "Most Popular International Feature" award at the 2017 International Vancouver Film Festival. It was nominated at Hollywood Music at the 2017 Media Awards for the Best Original Score in Animated Movies. It won the Audience Award at the International Annecy International Film Festival 2017 and the Gold Cup for Best Animated Film at the Shanghai International Film Festival. It won the XII Festival de Cine InÃÆ'Â © dito de MÃÆ' Â © rida (FCIM) after getting the highest score among the projected films and also the highest score earned in the event's history. On December 9, 2017, the film won the Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 30th European Film Awards in Berlin. The film also received Best Animation Feature nominations at the Academy Awards and Golden Globes.
References
External links
- Official website
- Loving Vincent on IMDb
- Loving Vincent at Rotten Tomatoes
- Loving Vincent Painter
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