"Van Gogh" is a French(-language) short film from 1948, so it will soon have its 70th anniversary. It runs for 18 minutes approximately and was directed by Alain Resnais. Gaston Diehl and Robert Hessens came up with the idea and they won an Oscar for it. The title already tells you what the film is about: legendary Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. We see paintings from him from start to finish while a narrator tells us a bit about his life. That's all there is to it. One major problem here is that if there is one painter who deserves a film in color because of how colorful his paintings and his life were, then it's Van Gogh. So it really hurts the topic overall that this is still a black-and-white film. In terms of the contents, especially the summary of his life, it was okay overall, but also could have been better. One of the weaker Oscar winners and I recommend the watch only to huge Van Gogh fans. This film will not turn you into one of these sadly.
Review of Van Gogh
