Baby Van Gogh - World Of Colours (DVD)

Mr Van Gogh I presume?

Advantages: Suberb acting, dynamic direction, original writing, excellent cinematography and very enjoyable.
Disadvantages: None

"Van Gogh" DVD directed by Maurice Pialat. Production year 1991. Classification 15 years and over. I love films from other countries and I enjoyed this one very much. It is a dramatization of Vincent Van Gogh's life, the Post Impressionist painter. It is not an attempt to depict the whole of his life but rather a part of it. There are other Van Gogh films out there and this one joins them as another interpretation that has it's own distinct flavour and and yet shares the similar merits of valuing this great artist. Van Gogh is played by actor Jacques Dutronc and his performance is a good and I thought a non stereo-typical Van Gogh. The only problem with that is if you have as I do a strong idea of what Vincent Van Gogh might be like you may feel at times in the film that that he's not playing him correctly. But I felt that ...

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Homefront DVD in Colour. World War 2 In Colour

Advantages: Interesting to see colour footage
Disadvantages: None, really

This DVD is part of the History Channel World War II in Colour. It is the story (shown in colour) of how the people of the USA and Britain coped on the homefront, whilst the service personnel of both countries were away fighting against the Axis countries in what must have seemed like the four corners of the globe. The Atlantic, the Pacific, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the far East, Australasia, and so forth. The first chapter of the DVD is entitled "making do." Because the programme was created for the American audience, it begins not at the start of the homefront in Britain, but with the homefront in America, which was basically created only when Pearl Harbour was attacked by the Japanese. Suddenly, America new what it was like to face a relentless enemy who seemed implacable and incapable ...

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Van will you be paying a visit?

Advantages: A well-presented exhibition and superb collection of works
Disadvantages: Can get very busy, especially at weekends

with whom he he surrounded himself. The first section covers the paintings executed in the Netherlands and includes one his most famous works "The Potato Eaters" (1885). This was his firt large scale work featuring multiple figures. The genral feel of these works is somewhat dull and gloomy. These works feature countryside and peasant scenes. The next section covers the works he produced whilst living in Paris. During this period, his brother, Theo, was also in Paris and working for an international art dealer. Theo introduced Vincent to the work of the Impressionist artisis such as Monet and this had qutie an effect on Van Gogh, causing him to use brighter colours and examining the effect of light on what he saw. In 1886 Van Gogh moved to Arles in southern France and this period forms the next section of works. He invited his friend ...

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