At Eternity's Gate

Independent director and painter himself, Julian Schnabel, took a lot of creative risks with At Eternity’s Gate. I think in his own way, Schnabel’s artistic choices in this film are misunderstood, just as Vincent van Gogh was. People criticize the film without realizing that it is told exactly in the style Van Gogh would have experienced. It strays away from the normalities in Hollywood, and showcases its own original techniques in order to properly embody the world through Vincent van Gogh’s eyes.

This is a truly beautiful film, with a phenomenal performance by Willem Dafoe, I love the camera work in this film it follows you around constantly moving and it was very unique and something that I loved, although I don't think it would work with any other movie. The directing felt like a sense of art itself, like we were seeing the world through Van Gogh's eyes.

This film, like Van Gogh's paintings are described in it, is most appealing to your senses. It's a vision, it's all consuming, There were moments that made me feel so calm, others that made me so anxious, others even made my head ache, and all of them solely because of the colours, the mise-en-scène, the juxtaposition of images, the music, the overlap of the audio, the shakiness of the camera. Technically, it's one of the most interesting, visually gorgeous and intense films I've ever watched.

I'm not usually a fan of films that get too experimental with the camera, or the editing, but in this film it worked perfectly because of its subject: Vincent Van Gogh whose mind was perturbed, and his paintings, that were some of the most beautiful art work ever created. And the way the film is made accompanies that, and him, brilliantly.

It was also a great combination of artistry and storytelling, because in the end, not only have you watched a painting in movement - because that's what this film feels like - but you actually learn so much about Vincent Van Gogh, which you don't usually get in films like these. They usually lose themselves in their attempt to make an experimental film and end up not telling you a story, but this movie does, and it does it through incredible dialogue too.

Dafoe is absolutely brilliant in it. His face is magnetic and really pulls you in.

8/10

Madman: "Are all painters crazy?"

Vincent Van Gogh: "Only the great ones."

I hate kids, but I love Dafoe and Gogh.

'At Eternity’s Gate' is a flawed movie with questionable editing choices and a disjointed narrative, but I wish more biopics was presented as poetic as this, because this connected with me on a personal level. No words can explain that mysterious feeling.

Willem Dafoe is so good it's jaw dropping. Dafoe lives and breathes as the melancholic painter Vincent Van Gogh. The intensity and humanity is felt, sometimes without words.

The cinematography is impeccable with the use colors stripped from Vincent's paintings. Beautiful, still and often peaceful. The close ups and POV shots mix with hand-held camera would occasionally make me feel unease with a sense of claustrophobia, which I imagine an unstable person would experience.

Not for everyone as I've already seen both sides, yet there's a lot to appreciate and admire. This is pure art, rather than a movie.

Willem Dafoe is absolutely brilliant in his interpretation of a disturbed Vincent van Gogh. I don't like most of his films because I feel him very theatrically but in this one I really connected with his performance. Something I cannot say about Oscar Isaac's, he is not bad but I didn't believe his Gaugin. I cannot tell why.

The editing is good in his juxtaposition of sounds and dialogues at some moments, I am glad the director didn't use too much of this. But the brilliant thing here is the cinematography which is absolutely enveloping and connect the audience with the painter's point of view. I just didn't like the half blurred lense they used to capture Vincent's eyes.

I understand some people found the film too author-made for their taste but I liked it. And ot helped me know more about van Gogh's life.

Willem Dafoe gives an outstanding performance as the troubled painter, Vincent van Gogh, in this artful and somewhat unconventional biopic.

At Eternity's Gate beautifully captures Van Gogh's internal compulsion to create art that leads to his external plunge into madness. Director Julian Schnabel is able to expertly paints his interpretation of Van Gogh's final years to the screen, using the camera lens as his brush. While not a perfect film, It's worth watching if you are interested in Van Gogh.

Overall, this film is as inspiring as it is sad. Shaky Cam haters beware!

_"Maybe God made me a painter for people who aren't born yet."_

Visually, this is a very compelling film that drips vibrance and grit like one of Van Gogh's paint brushes. Yet, I was left without an emotional conclusion — some scenes which are supposed to carry weigh were short and then abruptly transitioned to the next event. As an ardent fan of the artist, this fell slightly short for me.

Wonderful casts tho.

A painterly reconstruction of the last months of Vincent's life. Slow, occasionally abstract. but not unrewarding.

El movimiento de cámara es aturdidor a veces, pero sin duda la actuación de Dedoe es impecable

It was pretty. It was well made. It was boring. It covered material that's been well covered in the past. I wish I could like it more.