We have been following along with the group that created the film “Loving Vincent” for several years now and finally yesterday we SAW it! It is an amazing film. Many artists painted for several years to created the 65,000 painted frames that made up the film. They painted 853 shots in the film. They began by painting a scene on canvas and then continued to paint over it as each frame was shot in order to make the painting “move and come to life”. WOW!
Here’s what their website says about the film: “Loving Vincent is the world’s first fully painted film. We painted over 65,000 frames on over 1,000 canvases. We shot the film with actors, and literally painted over it frame by frame. This is a very laborious and time-consuming process. It has taken us 4 years to develop the technique, and it took us over 2 years with a team of over 100 painters working at studios in the Polish cities of Gdansk and Wroclaw, and a studio in Athens to complete the film.
The reason we made the film is not because we want to be the first, or that we want to set any records, it is because we believe that you cannot truly tell Vincent’s story without his paintings, so we needed to bring his paintings to life.”
If you appreciate Van Gogh’s art you MUST go see the film. Watching his paintings move…come to life is amazing. For those in our area it is playing at The Avalon in DC, where we went yesterday to see it but it will be opening in Winchester at The Alamo on October 27th. Go see it! There is a lot of information on the production’s website. Take a look.
(The photos above are an exterior shot of the Avalon Theatre on Connecticut Avenue in DC and the poster outside the door. There is also a photo of the group from The Studio who went to see the film yesterday. The final two photos are the ceiling inside the theatre at The Avalon and a shot of a advertising banner about Loving Vincent.)
If you do nothing else today you HAVE to watch this film trailer. I’ve been seeing a short video on Facebook the last few days promoting a new film about Vincent Van Gogh. It is and animated film about his life being made entirely using paintings in his swirling-choppy style and based on his letters. It is AMAZING!
The Studio 