This Wednesday, July 18th at 12:30 PM, there will be a showing of Loving Vincent @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin community building.
Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman direct the one-hour, thirty-four-minute animated biography:
A year after the death of the artist, Vincent van Gogh, Postman Roulin gets his slacker son, Armand, to hand deliver the artist’s final letter written to his now late brother, Theo, 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, 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. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Filmmaking for “[e]ach of the film’s 65,000 frames is an oil painting on canvas, using the same technique as Van Gogh, created by a team of 125 painters.[10] The film premiered at the 2017 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[2] It won Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 30th European Film Awards in Berlin and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards.”
The cast includes Robert Gulaczyk as Vincent van Gogh, Douglas Booth as Armand Roulin, Jerome Flynn as Paul Gachet, and Saoirse Ronan as Marguerite Gachet.” The film is rated PG-13 by the MPAA.
One can find more information about Loving Vincent at the Internet Movie Database.
Enjoy.