Burning - Van Gogh and Cobain

Eveline 2022-03-26 09:01:09

37-year-old Van Gogh and 27-year-old Cobain both took up guns at themselves one day.

Cobain wrote in his suicide note: "It is better to burn calmly than to survive." Van Gogh wrote in his letter to his younger brother: "A person must never let the fire in his heart go out, but let it continue forever. burning."

At the moment when the trigger was pulled, these two warm but sensitive and sad people will stay in that moment forever, but if you can see the common flame in their paintings and songs, then you will know that they The paintings and singers of , will burn forever like starlight in the endless galaxy.

Similar to Van Gogh's homicide theory, Cobain's suicide also has homicide conspiracy theories, but it doesn't matter how they died. The Rashomon-esque narrative method in "Love Van Gogh" perfectly expresses this layer. Meaning, what matters is not the moment they end their lives, but how they ignited themselves while they were alive.

Van Gogh's colors, Van Gogh's brushstrokes, are the best proof that he is alive. Cobain's lyrics, Cobain's scene, is the best proof that he is alive.

The ending song is indeed Vincent. It's a pity that the subtitles didn't translate the lyrics. I remember when I first heard Don McLean sing softly in high school, I felt a little superficial and quirky in my heart. Now that I got the story, the emotion has become real. It is recommended that everyone read the lyrics before watching the movie. In this case, maybe you will secretly wipe a tear like me at the end of the film.

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Loving Vincent quotes

  • Doctor Gachet: Son of the great Joseph Roulin, giant of the South with Dostoevsky's soul. That's what Vincent called your father.

  • Doctor Gachet: Two weeks later, I am sitting at his bedside, and he is dying. The only words he said, Maybe it is better for everyone.