I realize there are going to be times a film will consolidate a relationship to include just the most dramatic points.
However, Gauguin was a jerk here. Not the kind of roommate a troubled man needs for certain.
Well, Gauguin was also an artist, so I guess that comes with the territory.
shareYou could do a quick research on Gauguin yourself, you know. That's what Google is for.
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In one scene Theo is explaining to his new wife that Vincent wants him to persuade Gauguin to go to Arles to join Vincent -- and tells her it might work because Vincent is one of the few people Gauguin didn't "attack" (verbally) while in Paris. The implication is that while Gauguin was a combative, confrontational type of person in general, he made time for Vincent, probably recognising his genuine mental problems. This is reinforced by Vincent preferring Gauguin to all the others he met in Paris, to come and live with him. Vincent invited Gauguin (and for a selfish reason), not the other way round. Having said this, Gauguin wasn't his caregiver, refused to take Vincent's (Theo's) money -- and couldn't abide Vincent's constant "whining" just as many other of his own relatives and friends couldn't tolerate this in Vincent. Unless you've lived with a seriously mentally ill person -- as I have, and as Gauguin did for a commendable two months -- I wouldn't give an opinion.
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Thanks for the insights. Both myself and Gus-69 learned something today.
This film portrayed Van Gogh as needy, and that is one of the reasons why I preferred the film Vincent and Theo. In V & T Van Gogh is portrayed as obsessive and a certain amount of being needy but without the histrionics of Lust for Life.
sounds like he needed a vacation.
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I liked Gauguin. Van Gohg needed some sense knocked into him. Tough love.
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