The movie "Beloved Van Gogh" was finally released.
It was the world's first full-oil animated feature film, hand-painted over seven years by 125 artists from 15 countries; up to 65,000 frames of oil painting recreated the last days of Van Gogh's life.
A clip from the movie "Beloved Van Gogh"
I believe that the artists involved in the creation, it is precisely out of love for Van Gogh that they are willing to exhaust their efforts to paint this 95-minute chapter in one stroke.
Van Gogh has become a symbol, a belief. People adored him and loved him, mostly because of his paintings that were very alive.
This movie tries to restore a real Van Gogh in the colorful oil paint and put together a real "person".
Van Gogh self-portrait
Over the years, Van Gogh became an overconsumptioned idol.
The artist is keen to delve into his extraordinary impressionist paintings, psychologists explore his incredible madness, forensic experts try to unravel the mystery of his death, writers and screenwriters infinitely interpret his alternative life...
Van Gogh's letter
But no matter how people render it, it seems to hover on the edge of the whirlpool, unable to enter his heart.
As Jiang Xun said in "Cracking the Mystery of Van Gogh", "Van Gogh's beauty is too dangerous, we can only face his paintings, do not dare to face his real life."
Van Gogh's Sunflowers
The film "Beloved Van Gogh" is also exploring, leading the audience to find clues into his inner world from those fragments.
In the film, we see Van Gogh as a child. The day he was born was the day of his brother's death. His parents named him Vincent, the same name as the dead son, as if they wanted him to be a substitute for the undead.
Van Gogh's Starry Sky
However, in the eyes of his parents, he could never replace the child who had passed away.
Van Gogh grew up in the disappointed eyes of his parents. He became introverted, autistic, sensitive, and felt lonely and fearful in the crowd. Only when he is in the embrace of nature will he feel at ease and free.
Van Gogh, 13 years old
Later, he came into contact with painting. He found that the brush could express his emotions more vividly than the pale and hypocritical language. He picked up a paintbrush at the age of 28 and quickly fell in love.
Fragment of "Beloved Van Gogh"
Van Gogh failed to live as his parents wished. Even in the eyes of the people, he became a freak. He was silent and cowering, his eyes strange, and he was crazy in the eyes of most people.
Only his younger brother Theo, his only confidant, gave him lifelong support.
Van Gogh and Theo
Later, he traveled to Paris, where artists gathered, and then to the small town of Arres in the south of France, where he spent some quiet time.
Al's sky, fields, sun, moon and stars gave him infinite tolerance and made him feel the ease of interacting with heaven and earth alone.
But the townspeople have always regarded him as a madman. Especially when his friendship with Gauguin broke down and he cut off one of his ears, people even petitioned en masse to expel him from the town.
He had to go to a nursing home near Al and undergo a year of treatment.
Van Gogh's ear-cutting self-portrait
He then went to the small town of Auvi, north of Paris, where he met his best friend, Dr. Gachet.
In Ovie, he spent the last two months of his life.
Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Orvie is a desperate situation and a paradise. Here, he is still ostracized, and the local gangsters, who have been playing pranks on him, dr. Gachet's housekeeper, also believe that he is a demon.
But here there are fields with rolling wheat waves, quiet and brilliant starry skies, and brilliant and charming flowers.
Van Gogh's Iris
Also, there are kind people here. Dr. Gachet gave him a lot of help, and his daughter regarded him as a genius, and the young waitress in the inn thought he was a gentle man...
Van Gogh's Margaret Gachet in the Garden, the woman in the painting is dr. Gachet's daughter
He came out early and returned home every day, painting in the field all day. The paintings of this period are brilliant and bright, and it seems that every brushstroke carries the tension of life.
However, on July 27, 1890, a gunshot rang out from the wheat field. Van Gogh clutched his bleeding chest and staggered back from the wheat field back to his residence.
Theo hurried to see him for the last time. Van Gogh told him: Don't blame anyone.
On the 29th, this eccentric genius, the madman of art, passed away forever.
Van Gogh tried to become a priest but failed to pass the exam. However, he used amazing paintings to preach to countless hearts in future generations.
Some people say that he is a harmful demon, such as the people of The town of Al. But the only thing he hurt was himself, and he was so kind that even before he died, he had to tell his brother Theo not to blame anyone.
After his death, Dr. Gachet's daughter, who was unmarried for the rest of her life, hung the painting he had painted for her in her room for 44 years.
Van Gogh, "Miss Gachet playing the piano"
Miss Gachet played by the actor in the movie "Beloved Van Gogh"
Jiang Xun said: "I don't know much, I know Van Gogh in art, or Van Gogh in the essence of life. "We are the same.
During his lifetime, Van Gogh created 864 oil paintings, 1,037 drawings, and 150 watercolors, including 35 self-portraits.
However, we still can't piece together a real Van Gogh. Yes, how can he depict his pure soul with earthly paint!