Vincent & Theo
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Movie Reviews of Vincent & Theo
Movie Review: Terribly sad to find this underrated masterpiece out of print
Summary: 5 Stars
A woefully overlooked film, this is one of my very favorite by Altman. Amazing acting by Tim Roth and Paul Rhys, and the whole film is tremendously moving.
For me, Altman achieves a sort of dream state far more interesting than in the more critically acclaimed `3 Women'. He manages to make you feel the whole story as completely real, as if you were there in history, and yet, it has a fractured, dreamlike quality, with moments left unexplained and mysterious, but always making emotional sense.
I don't know any film that better captures the pain of being an artist, or the pain of being unable to save someone you love. Also, the whole film looks gloriously like a painting.
There is a longer version, originally made for European TV, but I actually think the rhythms are far better in the US theatrical cut. The Euro version mostly adds tons of exposition that takes away from the mysterious, subjective tone that makes this work so well.
Movie Review: The Best Biography of Vincent Van Gogh
Summary: 5 Stars
Robert Altman is best known for his ensemble films with large casts as well as the use of people speaking on top of each other. Vincent and Theo does not follow either of those precedents. In fact this is the story of two brothers, beautifully filmed. It portrays Vincent painting in Provence and Theo a Paris art dealer and their relationship.
Don't miss the commentary by Altman. He says that his use of actors talking over each other,a technique used in his 1971 western McCabe and Mrs. Miller, did not originate with him. He cites numerous instances of the technique by Howard Hawks in his westerns. Some younger film directors, such as Sofia Coppola, have made recent films using the technique. You can see her effective use of it in the 2006 film Marie Antoinette.
Movie Review: Vincent and Theo
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent rendition of the relationship between Vincent Van Gogh and his brother, Theo, who was also patron of his art. Their lives were so intertwined that one could not live without the other. We owe a great debt to Theo's widow who carried on the mission to gain recognition of Vincent's art for the sake of her husband, son, and her brother-in-law. It was a very poignant and moving story.Movie Review: The Best
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is powerful, poetic and highly evocative of the most likely real relationship between Vincent and Theo. You constantly feel the underlying stress and yet great love between the two brothers.
It takes an artist like Robert Altman (and his son Stephen the set designer) to make great film about a great artist.
Movie Review: Van Gogh
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a very dramatic account of Van Gogh's life. To my knowledge not everything is totally historically accurate. I've been to Vincent and Theo's grave and room where Vincent died. Some of the things I learned on that visit don't exactly match the portrayal in the movie. However, it is a great movie for Van Gogh fans.