Peculiar of a post-impressionist artist, Vincent van Gogh’s works are a window into the artist’s mind. Breaking free from the canons of impressionism, he painted in solitude — with rage and deep pain — ecstatically responding to natural landscapes, producing an emotionally charged oeuvre. Many, many years later, as you stand in a sanitised museum with his works clinically arranged, it still overwhelms you in ways that can seldom be articulated.
It’s these paintings that aptly form the universe of Loving Vincent. Filmmakers Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman carve out settings and characters from Van Gogh’s popular works, creating an outstanding visual experience; one we’ve never seen before.