The artist is deeply lonely

Ernestina 2022-04-09 09:01:09

The lust for life
artist is deeply lonely. Van Gogh yelled "leave me alone" to the people outside the window, but you've been longly.


Van Gogh's madness comes from life, just like the title of the film, his passion for life and his fascination with nature. He is different from Gauguin, who is more rational and more dependent on his own rational thoughts, while Van Gogh is obsessed with nature and emotion. Gauguin pursued order and harmony, while Van Gogh favored capture and release. I like Van Gogh's yellow very much. It's gorgeous and dazzling, and it's not restrained. It's life under the sun.


Van Gogh was simple, believed in love, loved life, praised nature and accompanied painting. But he is also alone, not only in the field of painting, but also emotionally. Seeing the excitement and enthusiasm of him hugging Gauguin, I thought of Jackie in "She's Lonely Than Fireworks", they were all alone for too long, and the loneliness was too deep. In the movie, when Van Gogh tried to cut off his ear after Gauguin left, it was very much like Jackie running madly on the farm, with nowhere to vent their loneliness.


Paintbrushes and cellos, no matter how many miracles they bring to the world, cannot take away their tragedies. Whether it's a down-and-out eccentric tramp or a brilliant virtuoso performer, their worlds haven't been visited in too long, their joys unshared, their sorrows unheard. Jackie hated her cello, and Van Gogh chose to compose all the time. Jackie died young due to an incurable disease, and Van Gogh finally chose to commit suicide. Their last wish before dying was to be with their family and to go home. Go back to the origin, stop wandering, and lock the loneliness out.


At first they loved their career and life so much, whether they chose loneliness or loneliness chose them. . .

. . . The education instilled since childhood is that Van Gogh cut off his ears because of a woman. In the movie, it is Van Gogh because of Gauguin's departure. The latest information is that some scholars say that Van Gogh's ears were cut off by Gauguin. , also for that prostitute ~ unknowingly. . .

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  • Guido 2022-04-09 08:01:02

    Van Gogh was a sincere and kind painter.

  • Al 2022-04-14 09:01:07

    I watched this when I was in the sixth grade of elementary school, so I saw Kirk Douglas's movie so early.

Lust for Life quotes

  • Theo Van Gogh: Vincent, uh... it's all good, all of it. The important thing is that one day it could be... *sublime*. Well between then and now, there's one thing you can do for me, a little thing is all I ask: let me get a night's sleep.

    [turns and heads to bed as the scene fades out]

  • Paul Gauguin: How long have you been in Paris?

    Vincent Van Gogh: Over a year.

    Paul Gauguin: How can you stand it? I can't work here. It *strangles* me.

    Vincent Van Gogh: But where would you go?

    Paul Gauguin: Brittany. There's a place up there I can stay. It's just a hole, but it's all I can afford.

    Vincent Van Gogh: Wouldn't you miss your friends in Paris?

    Paul Gauguin: Friends? A woman or two maybe. When you start as late as I did you find yourself measuing who and what you give your time to. Friends, comforts, family - if they interfere with your peace to work you cut them off. And you spend the rest of your life wondering if it was worthwhile.