At Eternity's Gate
Willem Dafoe is Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh in this biographical drama from the director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Follows the artist's time in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France. Co-stars Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac, Mads Mikkelsen and Diving Bell lead Mathieu Amalric.
- Director:
- Julian Schnabel ('The Diving Bell and the Butterfly', 'Before Night Falls', 'Basquiat')
- Writer:
- Julian SchnabelJean-Claude Carrière
- Cast:
- Willem DafoeRupert FriendOscar IsaacMads MikkelsenMathieu AmalricEmmanuelle SeignerNiels ArestrupAnne Consigny
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Adam Fresco
flicksWillem Dafoe is Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh in this biographical drama from the director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Copacetic
A very interestingly shot movie - opening with a shaky cam and lots of close ups and echoing dialogue for added effect to capture Vincent's inner turmoil. As good as Loving Vincent - Willem Dafoe gives a compelling performance that seems sincere to the subject material surrounding Vincent Van Gogh's life.
Variety
pressThe film's vision of van Gogh is honest and incisive and, at the same time, unabashedly romantic. You might call it a portrait of the artist as the world's first flower child.
Time Out
pressAn incomplete exercise that lacks crucial emotional brushstrokes despite a rich palette and a piano-heavy score, At Eternity's Gate still offers the thrill of being inside an artistic process, adoringly interpreted.
The New York Times
pressThis man, much like the real one, is acutely aware of his fragilities. Yet by adamantly focusing above all else on van Gogh's work - and its transporting ecstasies - Schnabel has made not just an exquisite film but an argument for art.
The Guardian
pressA strong, valuable and intelligent performance from Dafoe, capably captured by Schnabel.
Stuff
pressAt Eternity's Gate, in its best moments, is an intoxicating experience. For the very few moments Schnabel over-reaches, there are a dozen others where he will drop your jaw in wonder. I loved this film.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAn unbridled portrait of the painful but productive final years in the life of Vincent van Gogh, a role inhabited with the acrid lucidity of madness by Willem Dafoe.
Flicks, Adam Fresco
flicksWillem Dafoe is Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh in this biographical drama from the director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Variety
pressThe film's vision of van Gogh is honest and incisive and, at the same time, unabashedly romantic. You might call it a portrait of the artist as the world's first flower child.
Time Out
pressAn incomplete exercise that lacks crucial emotional brushstrokes despite a rich palette and a piano-heavy score, At Eternity's Gate still offers the thrill of being inside an artistic process, adoringly interpreted.
The New York Times
pressThis man, much like the real one, is acutely aware of his fragilities. Yet by adamantly focusing above all else on van Gogh's work - and its transporting ecstasies - Schnabel has made not just an exquisite film but an argument for art.
The Guardian
pressA strong, valuable and intelligent performance from Dafoe, capably captured by Schnabel.
Stuff
pressAt Eternity's Gate, in its best moments, is an intoxicating experience. For the very few moments Schnabel over-reaches, there are a dozen others where he will drop your jaw in wonder. I loved this film.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAn unbridled portrait of the painful but productive final years in the life of Vincent van Gogh, a role inhabited with the acrid lucidity of madness by Willem Dafoe.
Copacetic
A very interestingly shot movie - opening with a shaky cam and lots of close ups and echoing dialogue for added effect to capture Vincent's inner turmoil. As good as Loving Vincent - Willem Dafoe gives a compelling performance that seems sincere to the subject material surrounding Vincent Van Gogh's life.
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