This Van Gogh movie looks like his paintings
A still from the movie "Loving Vincent"
The new animated movie, “Loving Vincent,” is not only about Vincent van Gogh — it’s also animated in the style of his post-impressionist paintings.
Each frame was meticulously oil-painted in Van Gogh’s signature style, but based on live-action reference footage featuring actors Saoirse Ronan and Chris O’Dowd. In the words of Hugh Welchman, who co-directed, co-wrote, and co-produced the film with his wife, Dorota Kobiela, “We just invented the slowest form of animation … or probably filmmaking all together.”
Welchman and Kobiela talk about their new film, how it was made and the mysterious circumstances around Van Gogh’s death.
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