THE FINAL DAYS OF THE DUTCH PAINTER IN THE FILM LOVING VINCENT

Text topic: Media Interpretations

Text author: Дејана Прњат

The fascinating work, life full of creative passion and the dramatic death of Vincent Van Gogh, have not only been a frequent topic of scientific papers, but have also sparked the imagination of a number of artists. In the art of film making alone, dozens of short and feature-length, documentary and live action films have been dedicated to the Dutch painter. In the film “Loving Vincent”, based on correspondence between the artist and his brother, the events that had preceded his tragic end have been interpreted in a way that arguably questions the viability of the official version of his death. At the same time, the “revival” of his canvases before the viewers’ eyes represents an attempt to interpret the way in which the painter had perceived the world. The aim of this paper is to examine these two interpretations.