Vincent and Theo

The relationship between the obsessive, brilliant painter Vincent Van Gogh and his more practical brother Theo is at the center of director Robert Altman's well-received biography, originally produced as a miniseries for European television. Now universally acknowledged as masterpieces, Vincent Van ...more

Robert Altman's moody, grungy vision of the brothers van Gogh, made for British television, opens with televised footage of the historic, multi-million dollar auction of van Gogh's "Sunflowers" and proceeds to de-mythologize van Gogh, from his ear-slashing incident to his impudent relationship with Paul Gaugin (Vladimir Yordanoff). In the hands of Tim Roth, van Gogh's legendary eccentricities (paint-eating, epileptic twitches) are reduced to mere mannerisms, as natural to the character as his ...more