"Loving Vincent" is a Visual Masterpiece and a Sensitive Bio of Vincent Van Gogh I LOVED the FILM

"Loving Vincent" is a stunning film of grandeur and depth.  The film's Polish born director Dorota Kobiela is an artist & filmmaker.  She's received Warsaw's "Minister of Culture scholarship" multiple times for outstanding achievements in painting & graphic design.  "Loving Vincent" is truly an outstanding work of art.  The film brings Vincent Van Gogh's (VG) magnificent paintings to life.  It also evokes empathy for this tormented genius & delves into the uncertainties surrounding his death.   There are quandaries pertaining to VG's death attributed to a self-inflicted gun wound to his stomach.  Had this been a silent film, it would be compelling for its stunning beauty that captures the people, places and perceptions as seen through the eye & works of VG, an artistic genius.  More than 100 painters were enlisted to achieve this astonishing & creative personification of VG's paintings.  The phenomenal artists behind the scene gave life to VG's paintings & to the man himself.  Postmaster Roulin whom VG has immortalized in a portrait, asks his son Armand to ensure the delivery of VG's letter to his beloved brother, Theo, posthumously to Theo's widow.  VG first began painting in his late 20's never having had any formal training.  In the 8 years VG painted, he was prolific having created more than 800 works in less than 8 years.  During his life, VG battled mental illness & the strains of poverty.  The postmaster (Chris O'Dowd) was familiar with the painter & epistolarian.  VG wrote daily letters to his beloved brother.  Theo was VG's lifeline & art dealer although he only sold 1  painting during VG's life.  While assuming the solemn task of delivering the letter to Theo's widow (Theo died 6 months later of syphilis) Armand  uncovers inconsistencies in the stories he hears from the locals.  The postmaster disbelieved VG would have taken his own life.  At the time VG appeared stable and eager to return to his art.  What could have caused such a dramatic shift in such short time?  The movie pans into an intriguing mystery.  It raises doubts as to the veracity of VG taking his own life (true he cut off his own ear).  Many of VG's iconic paintings take on a life of their own: VG's room, town's pool hall, local landscapes & portraitures of locals.  In the town where VG last lived & perished, Armand pursues a line of questioning that debunk the supposition VG shot himself.  The portrait Dorota paints of VG is both tender & troubling; lonely & misunderstood.  "One day, I'd like to show what this non-entity has in his heart".  The inhabitants VG captured on canvas are astonishingly personified.  Actors blended into the colorful palette are Acad. nominee Saoirse Ronan and Aidan Turner & Elanore Tomlinson (both starring "Poldark" on PBS).  I can't conceive of a more loving tribute to one of the greatest painters of all time than this crowning achievement.  VG signed his letters to Theo, Your Loving Vincent.  I was starry eyed with every frame.