Robert Altman
Very fine biopic focusing on the intense, fraught relationship between the great painter and his long-suffering brother and patron.
Film is visually ravishing, realistic in setting and tone. Vincent is presented as difficult, tormented yet capable of great love and devotion. Tim Roth excels...with his blackened teeth and flickering eyes. Paul Rhys is Theo...who suffers from his own torment as a syphilitic in love with a beautiful young woman.
Altman succeeds in bringing both these men to life, places them in a believable social context and helps us understand where this astonishing work came from.
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