by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
synopsis
Running nearly three hours, Maurice Pialat's Van Gogh is a leisurely paced look at the famous painter's final year. Pialat's portrait differs from many other films in that he shows Van Gogh (Jacques Dutronc) as being reasonably sane and he focuses on the everyday events of the painter's life and art.
characteristics
- Only Human
- Mental Illness
- Sibling Relationships
- Suicide
- Tortured Genius
- Life In The Arts
- In A Minor Key
- Bordello
- Syphilis
- Artist
- Whorehouse
- Brothel
- Painting
- Art-dealer
- Epilepsy
