At Eternity's Gate

2018

PG-13

1h 51m

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Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

Directors

Julian Schnabel

Writers

Julian Schnabel(writer by)

Jean-Claude Carrière(writer by)

Louise Kugelberg(writer by)

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Willem Dafoe

Rupert Friend

Oscar Isaac

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Vincent van Gogh

Theo van Gogh

Paul Gauguin

The Priest

Dr. Paul Gachet

Madame Ginoux

Madman

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Johanna van Gogh-Bonger

The Director

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Gaby

Artists Tambourin

Doctor Felix Ray

René

Gaston

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Emile Bernard

Directors

Julian Schnabel

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Jean-Claude Carrière(writer by)

Louise Kugelberg(writer by)

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Okay, I will freely admit up front that I rolled my eyes around about the third or fourth time we were given a top-down angle view of Van Gogh walking, walking, walking. And some of the shots went a bit too long, though I suspect there was a point being made. I do not mind being challenged by a movie's content or style, as long as it doesn't insult my intelligence. I found this movie to be interesting enough to stick with it, though we watched it at home and didn't swallow it in one sitting. Rather we watched a half-hour and then went back to it later that day. I didn't notice the shaky camera work that others have commented on, and even though in my own novels I take pride in creating realistic dialogue, I had no problem with the dialogue here that bugged still others. Except maybe for the episodes of repeated dialogue they use to try to highlight Van Gogh's slippery state of mind at these times. It didn't seem very effective to me, so perhaps a bit more subtlety might have been less of a distraction to the viewer. This movie is based on a newer biography that offers an alternate description of the painter's last few years. There is probably no way to be sure if this new theory is correct, but it at least gives one pause for thought. And thought isn't a bad thing to be inflicted with, is it?

narrator5605 Apr, 2020