Tag: Arts

Loving Vincent

The film focuses on the artist’s final year in Auvers of 1890 where Van Gogh moved to recover from his breakdown. Under the supervision of Dr. Gachet he embarks on his last paintings including the portraits in which the various characters play out their part leading up to his death. As these subjects are portrayed in filmic animation they confess their role in the events in those final weeks. Continue reading Loving Vincent

Salyut 7

The tremulous roar of rocket engines followed by the slow ascension of the Soyuz rocket and moments later it punches through a bank of clouds.. The Soyuz launch while breathtaking, is portrayed as routine reflecting its reliability for Russian and later ISS missions. This filmic vignette provides a strong counterbalance to the Salyut 7′s unreliability. Continue reading Salyut 7