At Eternity's Gate
Year of Release: 2018
Director: Julian Schnabel
Screenplay: Jean-Claude Carrière, Laura Kugelberg, Julian Schnabel
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Oscar Isaac
Running Time: 110 minutes
Genre: Biography, historical, drama
France, 1888: Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (Dafoe) moves from Paris to Arles, a city in the South of France. Van Gogh finds himself inspired by the nature around him and embarks ona period of feverish creativity. However his behaviour alienates the townspeople and his work is ignored by the wider artistic community, as his mental health increasingly deteriorates. However he is supported by his devoted brother Theo (Friend) and his friend and fellow artist Paul Gauguin (Isaac).
The film details the final period of Vincent van Gogh, and dramatises the controversial theory that his death was not the result of suicide. The film uses a range of cinematic techniques to portray the tormented mind of van Gogh and is anchored by fantastic work from Willem Dafoe. His van Gogh is a haggard man appearing to be bent under the weight of all the world and it's troubles. The film is ravishingly beautiful, because throughout it all, van Gogh is aware of the beauty of the world, as much as it's horrors. He is a man who despite mockery and ridicule and outright hostility, is compelled to paint the world as he sees it, to preserve what he found beautiful for the ages. It is helpful to know some of the details of van Gogh's life before you come to the film, because it is more like an attempt to depict his inner world than his outer world, it also shows the pains and pleasures of artistic creation.
Director: Julian Schnabel
Screenplay: Jean-Claude Carrière, Laura Kugelberg, Julian Schnabel
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Oscar Isaac
Running Time: 110 minutes
Genre: Biography, historical, drama
France, 1888: Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (Dafoe) moves from Paris to Arles, a city in the South of France. Van Gogh finds himself inspired by the nature around him and embarks ona period of feverish creativity. However his behaviour alienates the townspeople and his work is ignored by the wider artistic community, as his mental health increasingly deteriorates. However he is supported by his devoted brother Theo (Friend) and his friend and fellow artist Paul Gauguin (Isaac).
The film details the final period of Vincent van Gogh, and dramatises the controversial theory that his death was not the result of suicide. The film uses a range of cinematic techniques to portray the tormented mind of van Gogh and is anchored by fantastic work from Willem Dafoe. His van Gogh is a haggard man appearing to be bent under the weight of all the world and it's troubles. The film is ravishingly beautiful, because throughout it all, van Gogh is aware of the beauty of the world, as much as it's horrors. He is a man who despite mockery and ridicule and outright hostility, is compelled to paint the world as he sees it, to preserve what he found beautiful for the ages. It is helpful to know some of the details of van Gogh's life before you come to the film, because it is more like an attempt to depict his inner world than his outer world, it also shows the pains and pleasures of artistic creation.
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