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'Loving Vincent' Paints Van Gogh Into A Murder Mystery

Loving Vincent is a murder mystery animated a unique way — with 65,000 oil paintings in the` style of Vincent Van Gogh.
Robert Gulaczyk as a Vincent van Gough self portrait in <em>Loving Vincent</em>

It would be hard to pay homage to Vincent Van Gogh with more fervor or devotion than filmmakers Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman bring to Loving Vincent, in which they've not only created thousands of new oil paintings in his style, but also made him the subject of a murder-mystery.

It begins in 1891, a year

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