Vincent Van Gogh : painted with words /
Benedict Cumberbatch portrays Vincent Van Gogh to perfection in this powerful and critically acclaimed docudrama. Based on years of painstaking research, with every single word of dialogue sourced from his original writings, this is the artist's story, in his own words. For 18 years from 1872,...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
| Published: |
London, England :
BBC Worldwide,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Benedict Cumberbatch portrays Vincent Van Gogh to perfection in this powerful and critically acclaimed docudrama. Based on years of painstaking research, with every single word of dialogue sourced from his original writings, this is the artist's story, in his own words. For 18 years from 1872, Van Gogh chronicled his eventful life through some 900 letters to his younger brother Theo. Now, this film weaves together the painter's recorded experiences into a compelling story. What emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilized, and yet tormented man. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (51 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:50:08 |
| Production Credits: | Words spoken by actors taken from Van Gogh's letters and correspondence and testimony of contemporaries. Adapted for the screen by Andrew Hutton and Alan Yentob; producer, Alan Yentob; director, Andrew Hutton. |