18 minutes / B&W
French / English subtitles
Release: 1948
French New Wave director Alain Resnais’ early film VAN GOGH won an Oscar for best short documentary film.
Recently restored, this 1948 boundary-pushing short brilliantly evokes the life of Vincent Van Gogh, using only his paintings as visuals. VAN GOGH traces the great painter’s life and work, from his early days as a realist in the Netherlands, to his stay in Paris, the peak of his career in Provence, and then the dark days of madness that descended on him.
The black-and-white renderings of Van Gogh’s paintings, coupled with a dramatic musical score, are surprisingly evocative.
Select Accolades
Five newly restored early short film masterpieces from the legendary filmmaker.
Alain Resnais | 2022 | 80 minutes | Color | French | English subtitles
An exploration of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
Alain Resnais | 1956 | 21 minutes | French | English subtitles
Uses the famous painting by Picasso to bear witness to the atrocities of the Spanish civil war and fascism.
Alain Resnais and Robert Hessens | 2021 | 14 minutes | French | English subtitles
Paul Gauguin's life, from Brittany to Tahiti, is illustrated by his paintings and extracts from his diary.
Alain Resnais | 2021 | 13 minutes | French | English subtitles
