Loving Vincent, the world’s first fully oil painted feature film, brings the artwork of Vincent van Gogh to life in an exploration of the complicated life and controversial death of one of history’s most celebrated artists. More than six years in the making with the help of 125 specially trained painters, Loving Vincent is a uniquely animated film composed of 65,000 painted frames. Drawn from meticulous research and inspired by Van Gogh’s masterpieces, subjects, and 800 personal letters, Loving Vincent captures the world of Van Gogh in a cinematic experience like no other.
A year after the death of the artist, Vincent van Gogh, Postman Roulin (Chris O’Dowd) gets his slacker son, Armand (Douglas Booth), to hand deliver the artist’s final letter written to his now late brother, Theo (Cezary Lukaszewicz), to some worthy recipient after multiple failed postal delivery attempts. Although disdainful of this seemingly pointless chore, Armand travels to Auvers-sur-Oise where a purported close companion to Vincent, Dr. Gachet (Jerome Flynn), lives. Having to wait until the doctor returns from business, Armand meets many of the people of that village who not only knew Vincent, but were apparently also models and inspirations for his art. In doing so, Armond becomes increasingly fascinated in the psyche and fate of Van Gogh as numerous suspicious details fail to add up. However, as Armond digs further, he comes to realize that Vincent’s troubled life is as much a matter of interpretation as his paintings and there are no easy answers for a man whose work and tragedy would only be truly appreciated in the future.
Blu-Ray Bonus Features
.Walking through Vincent’s Neighborhood
.The Making of Loving Vincent
.Interview with Douglas Booth
.3 Paintings in 1
.Interview with Eleanor Tomlinson
.Creating the Props
.Beginning the Animation
.Theatrical Trailer
DVD Special Features
.Interview with Douglas Booth
Loving Vincent Blu-Ray-$24.99
Loving Vincent DVD-$19.97
