Bickerstaff / Van Gogh,vincent - Exhibition On Screen: Vincent Van Gogh - A New Way - DVD

Given complete and unprecedented access to the treasures of Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing is a major new ninety-minute film about one of the world's favorite artists. This film provides viewers with the moving and inspiring experience of seeing Vincent's iconic masterpieces close-up on the screen while presenting new insights and interpretations by specially invited guests and experts including V. Willem van Gogh, great grandson of Theo van Gogh, and contemporary artist Lachlan Goudie. Vincent's illuminating letters to his family and friends are brought to life through dramatization, putting flesh on the bones of his biography. Recent research questions the many myths surrounding Vincent's troubled life. We look closely at the life of a man who reminds us that, "Art is long and life is short." + "Enlightening, engaging, absorbing and riveting" (Globe and Mail) "A revolutionary 'gallery' experience" (Canberra Times)