# Loving Vincent - oil painted animated feature film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103 "2017-10-06T12:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/1 "2017-10-06T12:40:04Z")
I’m seeing this tonight, the trailer looks amazing. Anyone seen it yet? It’s in limited run in a small number of theaters. It’s only at the theater near me for 1 week. > **[Home](https://lovingvincent.com)** > > Written by Vincent van Gogh in a letter the week before his death ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/2 "2017-10-06T13:10:33Z")
I have to be honest, while I appreciate the time, effort, and skill involved in doing such a thing, it’s actually kind of distracting. I’m not sure I could actually watch all 90 minutes of that in one sitting. Even _A Scanner Darkly_, in which the animation was uniformly smooth, the effect was quite bothersome (granted, that was its intention). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/3 "2017-10-06T13:23:46Z")
Interesting concept but I was bored about 10 seconds into that trailer. Also, the whole oil painting thing is a conceit; this could have been done with a mouse click on a computer using footage of live action. I’m unsure why painting 65,000 oil paintings on a single canvas is “better” than just letting a computer render everything in Van Gogh’s style. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/4 "2017-10-06T14:38:34Z")
Let me know if the story, writing and acting are any good. The effects are obviously awesome, but that’s not why I go see movies. I am a Van Gogh fan though. I’ll probably get around to seeing it eventually. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/5 "2017-10-06T15:23:49Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Interesting concept but I was bored about 10 seconds into that trailer. > > Also, the whole oil painting thing is a conceit; this could have been done with a mouse click on a computer using footage of live action. I’m unsure why painting 65,000 oil paintings on a single canvas is “better” than just letting a computer render everything in Van Gogh’s style. Because a computer cannot do art. And Van Gogh evolved as an artist so what exactly is his style? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/6 "2017-10-06T15:28:12Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Because a computer cannot do art. Probably not. But it can [simulate it pretty good](http://cdn.ndtv.com/tech/images/prisma_main.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/7 "2017-10-07T02:03:15Z")
It was amazing, highly recommended! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/8 "2017-10-07T03:41:05Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Probably not. But it can [simulate it pretty good](http://cdn.ndtv.com/tech/images/prisma_main.jpg). Imo, art is reality seen through a human being. Until AI are sentient, I’m not sure they can create real art. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/9 "2017-10-23T05:31:15Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > It was amazing, highly recommended! Just saw this, liked it quite a bit, highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/10 "2017-10-23T06:38:32Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Just saw this, liked it quite a bit, highly recommended. Just out of curiosity but isn’t this movie based on the new theory about the circumstances behind Van Gogh’s death? I won’t go into further detail for those who don’t want the movie spoiled but the story was in the news about five years ago and was featured on segment of “60 Minutes”. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/11 "2017-10-23T11:14:00Z")
It does explore that theme, but doesn’t dwell on it. In the end the circumstances of his death aren’t the important part. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/12 "2017-10-23T14:00:25Z")
I’d not heard the theory before, and wouldn’t have known that it was a new one. I came out of the theater thinking it was an old fringe idea being used as a literary device to give it a sense of narrative. Either way works for me, neither one detracts from the experience, IMHO. ETA I agree with telemark, they conclude that it doesn’t matter how he died, how he lived is what’s important. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/13 "2017-10-23T14:46:07Z")
I thought it was done very well. I was worried the artistic ‘gimmick’ would be annoying (I have trouble watching A Scanner Darkly), but it wasn’t to me. They artistic style switches during transitions, establishing shots, close-ups, and flashbacks in a way that keeps you engaged. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/14 "2017-10-23T19:39:57Z")
I saw it on Saturday and enjoyed it. The animation was gorgeous and worthy of its subject. I thought it was interesting that a movie about a famous person was set a year after he died. I’m glad I saw it in the theater. Such art needs the biggest screen possible. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loving-vincent-oil-painted-animated-feature-film/798103/15 "2018-01-21T04:47:34Z")
I watched it two days ago, firstly the art work animation was down right cute. I keep getting amazed how different animated movies are out there!! Coco, now this. I did not find it distracting from the movie, it was sad yet a crime drama of some sorts. While I knew of Van Gogh’s story(I did a biography of him in 3rd grade class), I did not know there was a mystery about his death. I always assumed that his death was a suicide, and not potentially a murder. I also recently read that he had Paul Gaugin were roommates and had a tumultuous relationship. I forgot about those details or or was never informed of it. There is a theory that Gaugin actually cut off his ear during an altercation, and that Van Gogh made up the story of cutting his own ear to protect Gaugin’s reputation. Anyways I highly recommend this movie.