" Taking them?" " No" "Dr. Gachet's place?" "He won't arrive until the 7 o'clock train Know a cheap boarding house?" "Ravoux's." "That's the only one You needed the next stop, Ravoux's is closer to Auvers" " Glass of wine?" " I don't drink Wait!" "Don't go like that." "No suitcase? I'll store all this and go with you." "You're no talker." "I am..." "What are you doing in Auvers?" "Nothing" "That's restful" "You're in Auvers for the air." "I'm the railroad company agent in Chaponval" "Whole family's on the railroad." "Trains put me to sleep as a baby" "Dad was a stationmaster I couldn't pass the test." "There's Ravoux's." "If there's a room she'll take you." "But it's simple." "I'm not picky Buddy here needs a place" "3.50 francs room and board, drinks extra." "I don't drink" "He lives off his rotgut." "Want to see the room? Bread and wine... Here you are." "Clean." "Fresh sheets once a week, you make your own bed" "A big cloest for your stuff" "A view of the sea?" "Lean out, you see the beach" "Pretty port Auvers-sur-Oise is a charming town Vessenots Street There's Dr. Gachet Tightwad took a cab! "A handsom went trotting along..." ""Hippety-hop..."" "Taking it?" "It's fine..." "Going to Gachet's?" "Yes, where is it?" "Vessenots Street, And the bags?" "I'll send for them tomorrow." "Still the right hand... Change your pedal...hold it..." "There!" "Then it shifts... Right hand..." "There..." "Let up on it...softly... Very good, Marguerite." "You have talent Too bad you stopped I stopped when mother died." "I'll start again" "I hope so Play "Lakme" for me" "I can't play "Lakme"" "Play "Lakme" Marugerite You won't play it?" "It makes me cry I had a monkey named Lakme" "And?" "It's gone?" "Dad put it in a zoo, said it was too dirty" "Let the teacher play it" "No" "Odd, to love a monkey" "It's not for tonight" "No, tomorrow" "They stink" "I bathed her every morning" "Like a baby" "Let's go on We'll do staccatos You're a bit late" "I took the 3 o'clock train" "I mean late in the season The lilac's going to leaf Come in Sit down I expected you in my office...in Paris" "I don't see patients here I've a note from my brother I'm not set up here We'll manage with what's at hand Undress My drawers too?" "Keep them on Need a napkin, Dad? Smells good..." "Stew?" "It's not for tonight" "No, tomorrow Lie on the couch Sit on the table Stare at me Describe your fits Go on" "They vary" "Recall the strongest?" "The last one" "How long ago?" "Nearly 3 months" "Time of day?" "At night. 2 or 3 a.m. I'd just fallen asleep" "How long before?" "Half and hour I woke with a raging headache" "Where?" "There." "I'd never felt such pain" "It lasted at least 20 minutes A cold compress helped a bit Did it return?" "Not entirely" "Bearable." "And now?" "I have a steady dull cahe Now and then it vanishes, for a while" "No pain...behind the eye?" "Back of the neck?" "Always on the side..." " ...you showed me?" " Yes, there I have others, like everyone but they're different How do you know?" "Who's that guy?" "I'm not kept informed A painter, I think That so?" "Here for rest and treatment" "Can't he rest here?" "We have room" "Must I spell it out? Great engraving." "First printing See how the blacks stand out?" "Superb! And the central figure, remove it and it's a routine picture I needn't tell you that It's by Meryon I'd like to have treated him He was really sick" "Dad, I took some of your books" "My son, Paul, "Coco" to us Do I...inform your brother?" "What do I owe you?" "I'll settle it with him" "He's not here." "How much?" "7 francs all right?" "Need lodgings?" "It's done" "Where, if I may ask?" "The cafe near the station" "Ravoux's, It's simple." "How much?" "3.50 francs" "I understand Let's eat Your sister's late, as usual He's odd I showed him my Renoir" "What's for dinner?" "Rabbit" "Where's the wine from?" "Duval's It's not the greatest I was saying he ignored my Renoir" "A doctor shouldn't always discuss painting" "He should think of other things" "What? You haven't eaten?" "I can serve you some soup" "I'd like that Dinner here's at 7 o'clock Sit on the other side, it's quieter" "You still here?" "I haven't budged I don't drink" "Your napkin ring It's the prettiest You don't dose it? People think that means pouring wine in the soup and stirring" "No, you save just a bit of broth ...add a good spoonful of wine That's how I do it" "It's called dosing in my Mom's town, spiking in my Dad's Yet they're only 20 miles apart" "Dad calls a funnel a "fontel"" "In Mom's town it's a "tunner"" "Where's your Mom from?" "She's dead and buried Life's funny" "My brother's first post was at Penglon, near the grave site..." "The big curve before the river." "There's a railroad crossing" "The Clermont express roars by." "Every year it runs over someone No, don't" " I thought you were asleep" " No, I needed some air What'll I do with this?" "You'll see God any soup?" "Here's some It's easier to wash at the pump in the yard Did you hear me?" "." "I heard you" " I'm Adeline." "I'm 13" " I'm Vincent What're you writing?" "To my brother" "You write often?" "May I read it?" "Too bad... My grandson wants to chat" "My grandson wants to talk to you I'd like you to do my portrait" "What?" "I want you to paint me" "Go home, grandpa" "Come have a drink" "Your health" "And yours To health and wealth Wealth Here he comes... What's up? What?" "My portrait Like it?" "The blue? Want your portrait in blue? Smile Life isn't so bad, there's even room for the village idiot." "I'll cost you 2 sous" "I got no money" "Take it and scram Scram! ...Cezanne can't stand me." "Called us "Gauguin and Van Gag"" " Among aritists, that's mild" " I don't call him "seize-anes"" ""16 asses" I never thought of that That's my house" "Cezanne throws a lot away, like all great painters." "Do you?" "Never My family does it for me" "My Guillaumin but I've no frame for it" " You don't paint nudes, right?" " I can't afford models A little Seurat How'd you get it?" "He doesn't let sketches out of his studio" "It's a copy I made In scret." "I'm proud of it" " The scret or the work?" " Both The hanged man's house" "It's called that but no one hanged there." "It had to do with the owner's name He's improved since then I'll show you... ...the finest.. That's really painting!" "And how!" "Cezanne was about to scrape it." "I stopped him" "I never scrape" "Only once, "Christ in the Garden of Olives"" "That so?" " My daughter, Marguerite" " Nice flowers in your room..." "What?" "The painting" "I want one of yours soon" "Well, they're cheap" "Mrs. Chevalier!" "My Paris friend let me down tonight." "Come to my room? You get what I mean?" " What's this dirt?" " It's a spot" "I can see that!" "It's rust Don't worry, you can't see it" "I can." "A new dress! Lovely old lace from Aunt Francia" "Hand-me-downs" "You're pretty as a princess If only your Mom were here" "She's not! Want some tea?" "I don't like it" "We never see you It's so long since you came 2 days ago" "Seems like ages to me You're so hesitant" "I've watched you." "You hesitate over the simplest things" "In fact, you do as you please How do you want me?" "Like that." "Play I've a headache" "Want some quinine? Bring Mr. Van Gogh some quinine All right." "Let's go on Don't feel like painting?" "No, I don't Yet I was told.." "Who told you?" "I'm not a machine" "Sorry I mean it." "Your simpering bores me." "Play At least you don't pull faces like a virtuoso" "Maybe bacause you're not one" "You mean I play badly?" "That's not for me to say My sister Mina plays well." "Or so I thought at home" "Is she pretty?" "What do you care?" "Feminine rivalry "She's prettier than me?"" "You're cranky with everyone Must be a strain" "No, I'm happy as a lark." "Now play Hold that pose" " You smiling?" " Yes" "Not too much" "Why are you here? Simplicity is so difficult We'll lunch outside ...in 15 minutes" "Never changes! At home, my mother and sister always interrupted my work To eat their lousy Dutch chow" "Mother yelled "It's cold" or "It'll burn!" My sister came never looked at my work" " Women only care about material things." " Don't be unfair" "My late wife valued painters' work" "She adored Cezanne" "It hurt her that I was just an amateur The "chow" here's not bad." "Mrs. Chevalier's quite the cook except for my mother It's ready" "Marguerite's posing Mr. Van Gogh's painting Eating's more important than painting" "You can live without painting but without food...you die If I had a cook, I'd let her cook I'd rather listen to you So you say, but it's not true When the food's ready you chomp at the bit Lunch is served! Come anyway Coming Each year he takes Coco and me to the company fair The railroad band plays classics It's a bit boring Last year there were ballet stars from the Opera" "They danced to Grieg's "Solveig's Song"" " You like Grieg?" " Don't know him My life's silly." "I've the right to read, Dad's liberal" "Using what I learn is another matter A girl's called a tomboy on her looks, not how she feels We have to hide our feelings." "Men are lucky They aren't restricted We spend all those days shut in wanting to live." "All we can do is... Is...? Embroider Painting's my embroidery Go on, make fun!" "Idle rich girls are the worst" "At least working girls work" "You've lived in England" "Seen those suffragettes protest? I don't like those marching women" "I don't like to bite or being bitten I wage my revolt in private" "Much good it does me! I'm tired of playing Take the pose! No more piano!" "Take the post" "Then it's no pose Want to know what I think?" "I don't care I love grouchy painters! My dress isn't like that You made it leaden." "The train drags and my hands are claws! It's all nonsense The colors are like puke!" "And your landscapes!" "You serious?" "Is this a pictorial disagreement?" "Pose and shut up." "Models have no say in how pictures are exucted" "The very word!" "You're a pest!" "Our guest kindly offered to paint you..." "I'm not talking to you!" "Enough!" "Sure, treat me like your dog! Hotblooded, like her mother" "MY late wife treated our painter friends better" "This generation is hopeless Admirable!" "That's the word! The muted mauve, the rhythem, background, hands, the swirling skirt..." "It weighs a ton!" "...like a wave, Vincent.." "may I call you Vincent? Painting is making a great leap with you How can we keep up with you? Good news." "I went by the gallery and invited your brother The whole family's coming Sunday I met your sister-in-law Johanna" "Theo's a lucky dog Admirable woman!" "Such a gentle look yet strong, almost violent" "In a positive sense, of course I venture to think their marriage troubles you You fear it may affect your close realtions .with your brother so fruitful for your work" "....will strengthen your ties" "Or in fact, restore them in a calmer, more ample situation" "I truly feel this" "It's what I wish for the three of you I don't like mauve." "I wasn't wearing mauve Neither was the wall" "You paint me from behind Never look at me head-on" "Why not from the front? Don't I inspire you?" "I'm no goddess, but am I that purple lump on a purple ground? Look who's here!" "We meet again" "We met in Arles I'm glad to see you" "Stop, that's mine!" "Yours?" "Impossible" "It is." "I just paid her for it" "All the more reason.." "She forgot her belt It's a small world." "When I heard I thought, "it must be him" How's your illness?" "It's OK, Cathy" "I'm glad" "It's OK" "How we talked!" "I love talking to you You bored here? I can come and see you It's better in the country Am I still so stingy? Give me another, that one's..." "It's wet." "Want your shirt? There... Leave the bottle" ";" "It's Tockay" "But warm" "I put it in the spring but the heat... Here What've you been up to?" "A 5-year Legion hitch 4 really" "I was discharged I tried to enlist in the Legion You wouldn't have lasted a week" "You like bang-bangs" "I like weapons." "You scared?" "Gives me a laugh Best thing for blowing your brains out" "For cowards It depends... My captain Captain Longot surrounded by Germans, with the dead around him knowing what they'd do to him, he didn't hesitate! What's going on? You scared me." "Takes guts! Coming?" "Big-hearted Most whores rush the client" "I'm no whore Three lays at my age, the monster's tired How old are you?" "Guess -40-45 37" "You burned yourself out" "And how!" "You put it all into your work left nothing for the rest" "The rest counts most! You a philosopher, too? Not at all, but..." "I've my way of talking" " And Sonia, in Arles?" " You liked Sonia, eh?" " Well?" " She went like that, phtt!" " You mean..?" " She's dead" "I love being naked in the country" "Especially in summer, the rain's warm, I roll in the grass" "It's terrific! The leaves stick to the skin I didn't want to tell you in Arles..." "What? Spit it out!" "But that night when you..." "I god a bad name!" "But I know how you really are And last year, remember?" "When you scared me so? I should't have let you go like that." "I wonder how you got home." "I do, too." "You were alone" "I remember nothing" "You could've let me know." "I thought you'd died" "We do nothing for fear of scandal" "We're cowards, it makes me sore!" "That's how the worst things happen, which you regret forever" "But you can't always face up to trouble" "I'm not the remorseful type, but when I think of it..." "I'm ashamed" "Never mind, it's over now" "Were you on something?" "I said it's over" "Hey, I can't see a thing!" "I just went..." "Aren't you ever happy with a man? Why not?" "My husband..." " Your husband?" " Yeah, I was married" "It was fine, now it's over I can't do it with the guy I live with" "You're the only one" "I'd like to" "All men want that." "They all want that with whores" "But women hate that, they hate men" "You never liked men?" "I don't give a shit" "That's the way I live" "You can't always live that way" "I can" "Well, what's it to me?" "At least you're genuine Looking for someone?" "No, thanks How did you find this place?" "Everyone knows it" "Men do." "But women?" "Depends which ones How can they manage?" "All those costumes!" "And they take them off with such ease.. You think I'm silly, like all women I don't know you" "You probably don't get to talk much" "True." "Dad says I'm introverted." "I don't speak for hours There are no trains at night It's a local line" "I often hear the last train, but not the first When I sleep poorly, I rise late" "In Arles I lived by the station" "I love trains, like a kid" "You're still a kid in many ways" "Lots of trains went through Arles Shall we sit or stand?" "You'd rather lie down!" "It's not that time I have to get my gear" "I have to go too Won't you join us for lunch?" "Friends are coming.." "Sorry, I can't" "I have a family lunch" "It was a last minute idea A pity, I would have loved to I'll play you something You have a lovely voice" "That's going too far You should visit me more often." "We could sing that" "I can't read music" "I never studied it" "You sing wonderfully" "My dad wouldn't let me." "And I work in the bar" "You have some free time" "See, they want me! I've made a spot" "'Bye! Hurry!" "What are you doing? You've got work to do!" "I know Chaponval! Next stop, Auvers! All aboard! Here he is" "How are you?" "I wanted to rent a carriage" "You've got no money..." "It's not far.. Give him to me I'll carry him Chocolate! Here they come! My daughter, Marguerite My son, Paul He got little or no care there." "The doctor at St. Remy worte me that he got.." "...no specific therapy, nor regular supervision I can't believe he had epileptic fits" "That word is used to cover up ignorance Your brother was exhausted, overworked." "He works too much Still now." "It was drink, too." "Absinthe" "And bad food That's all it takes with over-sensitive people like him His pulse is good, as are his circulation blood pressure, and arteries He's tough and in good shape But any over-excitement becomes an attack..." "I'd say of hysteria" "It's not confined to women" "He is too concentrated, monomaniacal... The seating layout!" "It's on the sideboard" "You crazy?" "It was harmless... Well, lovebirds? She connived to serve here today" "Keeps tabs on you" "You painted the pest?" "Yes, why?" "She's cute, but a bit vulgar" "She's an innkeeper's daughter Not your class You're mean! It's the champagne To little Vincent! I like him very much" "And to the complete recovery of big Vincent Vincent the great" "Let's be serious..." "Homeopathy's not a serious topic Homeopathy has one great virtue" "It put an end to the barbaric practice of draining" "That sounds good." "But I read and unconvincing homeopathic treatise" "It listed 350 types of headaches" "I only know of one" "There's a remedy for the fear of being cuckolded!" "Charlatanism!" "A very widespread fear!" "Come on, that doesn't exist In allopathy, we did little to cure patients I soon realized and I wasn't alone that we hadn't learned enough to heal..." "...the sick" "Has that changed?" "I've changed" "The are of 1870 did it" "I saw real suffering" "Not just the usual hypochondriacs" "Men who'd been butchered We had to do something" "We couldn't handle these men in real pain.." "...with the usual phony palliatives" "Someone in pain is alone" "Good intentions won't help Sorry, madame, we're boring you... Not at all." "I'm never bored with painters" "Painters?" "I'm not much of one..." "Theo must become a painter." "I insist." "We're all talented..." "Why else did I marry him?" "He'll paint." "We got our talent from Mother" "We shouldn't have become art dearlers You're right, but for yourself For a somple man like me..." "Not so simple, Mr. Van Gogh" "You've carved a name in the art market, almost cornered it There's Durand-Ruel" "You have more taste and courage" "But less money" "You sponsor Impressionists.." "Except his brother You've championed Monet and Renoir" "Others will follow" "I can't wait!" "Right, Theo? Enough laces." "OK?" "Not too tight?" "Not too tight..." "Wait.." "Don't move One, two.. "My name's Toulouse-Lautrec, I'm a handsome wreck," ""I get my inspiration, In places of damnation" ""Although I'm short of leg, all the ladies beg" ""So hide your wives from the meanie" ""They all want to taste my wienie!"" "In front of my kids! I'm choking! Once more?" "Shall I do a number? "After he entered a monastery... "...the King of Beggars.." ""It's not really Quasimodo, but it's quasi him!"" "Dad, do the camel! "The little mountain dwarfs..." ""Do all the dirty work, while the shepherds sleep..." ""from the witch they save the sheep..." The Auvers ballet I'd have liked a poem There are lovely ones" "I don't know any" "Then a song." "Jo, sing us "Cherryblossom Time" Everyone knows that song!" "Don't insist, Theo" "You, Madame" "I don't dare" "Please do You can't turn us down.." "A little song I'll need the first note" "We'll accompany you "When we'll sing of cherryblossom time..." ""all the nightingales and blackbirds" ""will come out to rejoice... "Lasses will have ribbons in their hair.. "and lovers unshine in their hearts" ""When we'll sing of cherryblossom time.." ""But who of us can match the blackbird's song?" What about my poem?" "I don't know any" "It can't be" "Is that true, doctor?" "No, she just won't recite one..." "Search your memory I can't remember any" "Let's go for a walk by the river Why not.. But the train's at 5:50" "You've time" "It'll do us good You'll see, it's a lovely spot That's why so many painters come Jo has a fine face My brother's lucky" "So paint her" "She scares me Meet my fiancee." "She's fallen for him" "Idle girls fall easily" "If Vincent was a chic painter Gachet would... Let's get back to homeopathy" "It's all contradictions" "You can interpret it any way you want" "Like your brother's fine works" "People reject them today.." "..as an outrageous, clumsy mess" "Soon those same "learned" people.." "..will claim they're sublime But they are now!" "I hope you're right Sorry..." "Shall we dance? He's so clumsy" "You wonder if he really does those things" "His many weaknesses add up to strength" "So do ours How can you stand him? You don't dance? My father disapproves." "I practice secretly Don't kiss a girl's hand!" "He's a bumpkin We sorely missed you for lunch" "Still want me to sing?" "A friend, Mrs. de Marigny" "You've been hiding her?" "I don't recruit for anyone!" "I didn't mean that..." "Are you a lady killer?" "As with Lakme?" "Good idea Sing Lakme." "The pianist will accompany you Our friend has a lovely voice" "Accompany her?" "Absolutely That was wonderful Remarkable voice It's hard to find a woman at least for me" "For everyone You're a wild man" "I'm shy especially with women Meaning? I don't dare But I can also be bold" "Really? You never paint water?" "No, I don't like to It's too fluid the reflections are tricky It's one thing, then another... Cezanne can't paint the sea" "It looks like cardboard, but people dote on it In a short time, the gentlest of men has become.." "..irritable and bitter" "There are constant fights Within a year... Sorry to tell you... My husband isn't the Theo I once knew" "He's more like you They way he says you are" "You don't love him?" "Are you mad?" "I love him more than ever" "To see him like this..." "He tries to be cynical.." "He forces himself.. He's sick, that must be it Something's going on." "But he won't tell me" "He always was fragile." "But, unlike me, never complains I can feel it..." "He's still considerate, but... You'd better.. I feel like a stranger" "He rejects me" "As for our child.." "He's worried by the tiniest bruise..." "But he's also distant At times wholly absent" "What's wrong?" "Is it another woman?" "Not his style Don't say that" "He told me of your sprees, the three of you" "Ages ago!" "I was forewarned" "All that's past Theo's faithful as can be I'm sure of it" "You don't see him that much One's faithful or not" "I don't agree But he feeds the whole family!" "You, the baby, our mother .one sister, and me." "That's a lot of worries" "Not you, Vincent." "You work If you say so.." "I do" "But he's wearing himself out." "I tell you, it can't go on" "Things must change Listen to me I don't want my brother's death on my conscience" "He can't die for my smudges that'll never be worth a cent" "No, I say that things will change" "I must do something." "Theo, you and the baby can't go on this way" "What can you do? What's he doing? Don't worry He did it on the ferry with Mom" "Can he swim?" "He did it through our youth There.. Pretty good He'd really upset Mom" "Come along..." "You'll catch cold.." "How smart of you! Very clever! I'll get in first" "My hat We spent a nice day, right kids? Come back, I'll paint the baby You'll be a monster" "Come visit" "Come to Paris soon" "On a Sunday" "Where is he?" "Gone." "He always does that We can't abandon him Who said we will? We never discuss things Don't bother to ask! Now I've got to go refill it! You could say thanks He gets on my nerves! Now you water the wine!" "So, who taught me?" "Shut up! You did!" "Hear how she talks to me?" "So much laundry!" "I told my hudband we need bigger vats!" "He never listens! I'm sick of it! That's too much.." "Shit! It's musty in here" "I thought it might storm Not a breath of air Is the baby restless?" "No, he didn't get much champagne" "You're being so nice." "Can't you always be this way?" "It won't last You haven't had a real talk with your brother for a year All last year.. Never You were around Yes, I was But I was selfish I thought only of us That's all I ever do When Vincent starts to paint, I sell other painters." "That's what destroys him You can't deny it ...his life's a disater You're part of it Your life's a disaster, too" "You don't love me? Of course I do If you don't udnerstand that..." "I can't explain" "You sling a lot of mud at me Why? I don't know Let go of me Some water?" "It's cool Can I take it? How will you paint? Wait! The milk's boiling..." "You leaving?" "I've got things to do." "Be back later You won't eat with us? I lost" "Six and one, seven Almost eight There.." "No, a nine" "A nine would be nice Fice and four is nine! Your turn Call it" "What number?" "One! Will you draw the sand-merchant for him? Mr. Van Gogh will draw you the sand-merchant" "Come beside me" "Go on Well? It's nice Thanks, Mr. Van Gogh Look! See the nice sand-merchant? You're not kind" "What's it for?" "What? Kiindness" "To get on witih people..." "To live happily, have friends Some more? Bread and butter?" "I never eat in the morning I was looking at this... She's like my mom in her youth, You did it?" "No, Gilbert did That's not like your other work More like paper for books Mom used to say one loves only one person in life It's true." "Mom loved Dad, Dad only loved her, Coco loves Dad." "And you?" "I don't know yet" "And you? You love no one Strange, my fire's lit Who lit it?" "Did you?" "So do it everyday, and bring me breakfast" "I'm not Gilbert! Don't joke." "He had a fever last night" "How do you know? Snopping again? I never get to see you I should've brought my embroidery Garlic sausage." "What a treat! Want some? I needed a pick-me-up I enjoy a rest." "Mountain guides eat slowly, in silence You don't need a rest You haven't started work I'm all done So paint me... I Dad knew, he'd kill me Him?" "No chance You think everything's funny No, I don't You've got strength" "Who, me?" "A real strongman Your arms aren't very muscular" "A woman's shouldn't be" "Well, a little shape... Only Dad exercises in our family Glass of wine?" "C'mon Coming?" "Good wine from my brother's vineyard We'll soon see If we don't drink too much! It's nice here You want another? Seen my daugher?" "Ah, doctor.. I see it's real party... Sort of.." "Can I have a shot? Well, 'bye" "Can't I come to Paris?" "I was waiting..." "I'm left at home alone like a little kid" "And me at Ravoux's staring at a great wall?" "So why live there? "Week" takes two e's" "There's also "w-e-a-k"..." "That's what I am with you two" "This is "w-e-e-k" What's got into him?" "Think he doesn't know?" "You were gone all day." "It's not done!" "Look at you! You'll get pregnant How would you know?" "I had a baby boy at your age" "Really?" "You never told us He joined the Commune in 1870 We never saw him again When it was over.." "..the army moved into Paris He didn't come home" "They summoned me" "I was his body laid out with the others." "He was 15 Poor you That's all past" "No, nothing's ever past It's past..." "But Van Gogh may not be a reliable man I was behind you." "Where'd you go?" "I had me a drink King size." "Overdoing it again! Damn fairy! You could help me Your folks out?" "Dunno where they are It's paid" "I owed you for one Go right ahead!" "Want my wife too? No." "Your daughter maybe." "But she helps herself, like us" "You're some guard keeper!" "What?" "The train nearly ran a man over" "Ran a man over?" "In 20 years I never saw it happen Hello, maestro Could I? I wanted a peek..." "if you don't mind" "It's in the back One more, and I'll be there What changes since you left Paris!" "Such a daring approach to pointillism!" "It's exquisite My paintings are there I'm relieved I was being hypocritical As if I told you that thing was the future of art But with that.." "I can be sincere" "If I could do that Look! Your St. Remy self-portrait You often finish paintings in the studio? Happens..." "Bits and pieces.. That's my garden and Marguerite... Coco's favorite acacia... That's good too Hello." "Are you better?" "The oozing stopped? Two portraits of me!" "I'm honored" "I always do a copy" "Which do I prefer?" "You'll only get one." "What a treat!" "My models always get the copy" "Really? Teach me your cut-reed technique" "It's ismple you just cut a reed" "Theo doesn't push your work Dear Theo is being retentive" "I know" "You laugh, but it shatters me I told him to see you" "Is he ill? I meant your career." "It's coming along." "Aurier's piece was fine" "He's an idiot" "Very literary." "Writers don't understand painting My daughter said you were worried..." "That stinging pain?" "Please, I'm her father" "I'm here to help you No, to cure me" "You're in fine health, but a hypochondriac" "At St. Remy you thrived on your illness" "I'm no expert But my fits weren't imaginary" "You doctors aren't patients When you are, then what?" "We cease to be doctors You should be on a diet" "I'll wrap it up" "I'll parade with your masterpiece You're muscular, like me" "Exercise!" "I don't laze in my studio" "My legs go in my art, too" "Your painting hasn't found its price, only its pace! What the hell are you doing?" "That pink haze there upsets the balance" "I'm removing it It's a big mistake" "That's much better I like fluid airy things like Turner I soar above this earthbound art" "Earthbound" "Those mechanical strokes Your paintings are too big! Too big?" "How come you copied them 5 times? Mine are ecstasy...fluidity... Look what you do?" "It's so thick the leaves are like the water or the sky." "It's all the same" "There's no glaze You don't know how to glaze" "All those layers all those strokes" "It's all bunched up There's no feeling..." "You through?" "Look at that..." "You through? I saw his paintings.." "Superb!" "I'm proud, he's like family" "He always will be" "We have 6 rooms and you won't take him in." "His room isn't a room" "You've seen it?" "No, but I can imagine" "You'd like him sleeping nearer to you" "The insane can be dangerous company" "What do you mean?" "I mean in general" "You said he's normal, in good health." "Make up your mind!" "He cut his own ear." "The fits at the asylum in St. Remy..." "Lock me up and I'd have fits too." "His brother never visited him" "His real trouble is the syphilis he's had for years" "Mom had it too, She died of it." "You have it to her" "Don't talk like that!" "Not in that tone!" "His influence again! They said she'd go blind she was put in a dark room" "Aunt Francia told me I was sent away to Lille" "Your mother was always in poor health." "What is this?" "I read bits of your medical books." "You hid things from us" "I was young, kids notice things." "Unhappiness affects them What's got into you?" "You're hysterical, like your mother" "To you Vincent's hysterical we all are." "It's fashionable" "You aspire toliberal thinking but you wind up a bigot" "You can't cure him." "You do nothing!" "He came to be cured!" "It's as wrong to say he's mad, as to say he's not" "I'm in love with him!" "What?" "I'm in love with him! You'd marry that..." "Who said marriage? You'd live with a madman..." "No madder than you." "He loves me, wants to live with me" "He told you?" "No, but I know it" "So much for your liberalism!" "You apply it to others, but not me" "You're like everyone else I have no set ideas, but this..." "In theory, you're considerate, modern...free love and all that..." "But in practice, forget it." "You're a coward" "That's why you can't paint! What you just said is unforgivable Good news, I convinced Theo" "Jo and the baby will spend the summer here Glad? It's unfair to slave and earn no money from one's work" "You earn something from your work You're going to support me?" "I know Theo won't help me any more" "Some days painting revolts me Maybe it's just as well" "I write Theo that all's find He doesn't realize what I'm doing Maybe he does." "What can he tell?" "That it's no good?" "He can't" "You always defend him!" "I try to understand" "I know what's up" "Don't talk about things you don't know" "The Van Goghs aren't an artistic family" "The way my father looked at me" "My work had to be really ugly and dirty to him for me to get that look" "I just went on painting in my own way." "That's all I Keep at it.. But what's the use True, things are chaning." "You help me more than Kate..." "Thanks alot!" "Maybe if I'd met you instead of her..." "You're lucky she didn't work out People say her rejection of you drove you to paint great art" "I say, with a decent girl you'd have done even better work" "If that's what you think" "Yes, I do Stop complaining!" "you're gifted!" "Forget your brother and his wife Forget all that" "Only you can make the name Van Gogh famous!" "Are we married? You sound like my wife" "Look, they're not pushing you you're towing them all" "They're jealous of what you've got" "Nothing was good enough for your Kate" "Those women always marry the idiots they deserve! And you're moping over her Why are you going to Paris Sunday?" "To get sloshed" "You can't do that here?" "To get sloshed! Notice anything?" "I konow them by heart We're out of the woods." "Theo will soon smother you with jewels" "I'll sell for less There's only 30 And the rest?" "At Tanguy's I'll go to Clauzel Street" "Watch out if you run into people." "You scare everyone He picks fights in Paris He's a grown man He's eccentric..." "But like anyone else.." "...he need help.." "We can't do anything except relieve our own guilt Like charity, that makes the donors feel good Those 50 franc bills..." "They relieve you more than him Am I right?" "Get rid of this for me" "What?" "There" "I hate that.." "Go on, squeeze" "That's it He should've been one of the best painters of his time But he started late and rushed things" "He always does like when he wanted to be a priest He never learned" "I don't understand him" "The truth is ...deep down I don't like his painting I wish he painted like Renoir I'd love that No, I don't want him to paint like Renoir Not that, either." "But if Renoir painted like Vincent I'd like it because my brother hadn't done it." "See?" "What nonsense" "You complicate everything" "Life just happens, that's all Shall I rinse you down? Vollard's wrong to play the crafty dealer" "Clever people act dumb" "No, people prefer to deal with the craftiest" "Come here..." "Look at these marvels" "Very nice" "Beautiful That painting grows on me" "All those shades of blue" "As perfect as a Tiepolo He painted it when the baby was born It's there so I can see it from my bed when I wake up" "Here's to both Vincents" "In a Japanese mode like the painting! Rene is so talented" "I know That awful sun, the green sky.." "Who are those creeps?" "They help sell you!" "I doubt it" "Remove my paintings from Tanguy's It's a pigsty." "They'll rot!" "Where do I put them?" "Under your bed!" "Or can't the maid sweep?" "Jo sweeps!" "If Saint Jo does it... Why are they in there?" "I don't know" "I'm a pain, right? No, Vincent Theo's not well Dr. Gachet's not good enough for him How will it all end?" "You're the only one I feel close to One must be selfish Theo doesn't know how to be That's what I am, selfish I can't whistle" "Pity you made two holes in the painting You touched my wife?" "And you're so out of touch You don't paint ones like her You like sluts!" "And you? See you soon." "We'll settle in all.." "Thanks for coming You're awful You quarrel with everyone Even Gachet." "You fought with him" "You're rude to Aurier You know ciritics like Aurier sell art" "Buyers are more influenced by.." "what they read than what they see" "You know it" "Yes, they read a alot of gibberish about beauty and have their minds all set" "Critics praise good and bad so buters lap it all up" "It's called eclecticism" "Shit! You got it made! And you neglect the best painter of our time!" "You're the best?" "Yes, I am." "You sleep on my work." "It's under your bed" "Where do I put it?" "Show it!" "You wrote me not to!" "All my work!" "You got it for nothing!" "How can you say that?" "You're awful" "One day I'll stop supporting you" "You're just a dealer who exploits artists, a slave driver" "You buy cheap, anyway From me you get.." "20 works a month for the price of one second-rate impressionist" "You're vile" "You must be revolted by your own words!" "You've ruined our relationship" "Good." "I'm not scared" "I'll be better off I've been sponging" "All those paintings are yours Forever!" "Fine words! "Forever!" If I died, who'd get my paintings?" "Who?" "You might destroy them like Mother did at home!" "No one in the family believe in me." "No one!" ""Get rid of these" She said" "She didn't Who told you that? I happen to know it I was a coward to accept your money." "I became a drone" "What's worse, I feel I'm being kept" "The shame!" "better to be a dock-worker" "One can't work and paint Those who tried stopped painting" "Gauguin painted for years as a stockbroker You smothered me" "I'd have worked harder, better I've done nothing great And life's too sad" "I'm at the end of my tether" "Haven't you noticed?" "My painting is shit Seen my portrait of Marguerite Gachet?" "Crap!" "It's a transition Don't exaggerate" "You've been there 2 months You can't always be on top" "On top?" "You've never liked what I do" "A kind word here and there but I know your taste" "You've never spoken this way." "Never" "I'm sick I can't keep this up for long" "No, not for long I've never had pains like this" "Seen a doctor?" "He didnt' understand me" "You in pain now?" "You are harder to bear We've had our problems but your present mood.." "What?" "You're healthy and close to success!" "But my painting's worse!" "Aurier's piece has made you And your fits" "They're over!" "Listen, Theo" "There are no fits" "I never had any" "There were tricks, like a squid spurts ink to hide" "I'm telling you, it won't be a fit but a calm decision, if I can... to put an end to what's unbearable for me and all of us I'm not as selfish as you say I do think of others I didn't come to settle a score, just to say hello Lautrec's always late Vincent?" "Come eat Really! Hare? Will you stay in Auvers?" "I'll leave" "Where?" "With no money?" "Who do we paint for?" "Rich collectors connoisseurs... assoholes...the worst We paint for them" "Dump all my stuff" "You've got over 200 that's 20,000 francs" "I can't unload all that by an unknown artist" "Who's to blame?" "Make up your mind" "I'm off Hear of Schubert? What about him?" "Yes, Schubert Didn't you know?" "All his friends dumped him.." "to avoid catching his disease" "What's the connection?" "Don't you see? You notice too late you have no friends.." "if you can still notice things.. Just as well You're crazy! Stop that! It's weakness, Vincent When there's no more hay horses fight I can't stand them" "Find some buyers." "I can't stand them." "Get rid of them! Look, I didn't do that! Did I paint that eye?" "Those shaded greys, the contour of the eyes.." "I did that?" "Impossible" "I paint receding chins in banal complementary colors" "Dump them or sell them Selling is dumping for money!" "I can't" "You can't? NO one wants them, right? What?" "Nothing, Vincent" ""Nothing, Vincent" I bet if I throw them out the window.." "..they'll be there tomorrow No one'll touch them Even garbage men and bums Here, Mr. Van Gogh, your onion soup You well, Vincent? What's up?" "I'm having my soup" "Glad you're back in Paris What're you up to?" "Having my soup Here's big Suzanne V Back in Paris? I just want to eat my soup" "You know I paint now" "Dear Suzanne.." "Everyone paints now, even women How would he live without you?" "Maybe he'd die!" "He'd die!" "He'd get a job like everyone else" "I've known men as talented as he who wanted to live off their art" "They took jobs Like everyone." "Real jobs Being an artist is a luxury" "You must be able to afford it I'm sick of hearing of their sufferings The poor really suffer They have no work, no food" "Vincent is your showgirl!" "You can't afford him!" "I've managed" "It has to change You have a family now Not just yours." "Ours! You'll support that wreck all your life? Shut up!" "Stop that!" "You're vulgar, Johanna" "Yes, I am!" "Stop that! Coming! What's happened?" "He wasn't on the train He's not back." "Where is he?" "You must have crossed him..." "He's not back." "I'm sure He can only be one place" "You know it." "Take her there A drink?" "No, Thanks Have you eaten?" "I'm not hungry Let's go It'll be like the good old days You're heavy! You look content You're new here I don't know you You're married, right?" "Brought your wife?" "She was too tired She had her baby?" "3 months ago." "He's big" "Should've brought her." "She's teasing She'd love it here!" "Your name? Cathy" "Pretty name." "You have nice rings, pretty hands" "How are things, Suzanne?" "All right" "How's Puvis de Chavanne' Kid? He's 7 now" "Time flies Did you wipe out Henri?" "He always naps after it." "Not wearing socks?" "I left in a hurry" "Your wife kicked you out?" "Sort of.. Play something more...more.. I'm busy I came to Paris just for that" "I always did you well..." "Don't touch me You crazy? I looked for you in Auvers, left you a note Can we meet?" "Hands off!" "Tomrrow...the day after.." "Sure..." "You can't be bothered.." "Let go... Hands off! Your sweetness is phony Asshole!" "Go home!" "Who needs you! The whore with the heart of gold!" "You're so romantic you're a goner! She's shy Sing "Red Hill" "It's called Red Hill.." ""...and here's why." "All who fought here were doomed to die" ""Now it's a vineyard like so many others..." ""But when you drink its wine, you drink the blood of your brothers" ""There were no pretty maids on that hill..." ""...no swains, no laughter and mirth" ""It's far from Montmartre and Paris, the hub of the earth" ""That hill is soaked in the blood..." ""...of farmers and workers who answered a call" ""Those who start wars never die of them..." ""...only the innocent fall" ""Red Hill.." ""...is its name..." ""...and here's why." "All who fought here were doomed to die" ""Now it's a vineyard like so many others..." ""But when you drink its wine, you drink the blood of your brothers May I" "Here, taste It's good" "Drink.. More... You love me? Say it Come, brother." "Time to parade!" "Look sharp!" "Will you buy my paintings?" "I did..." "Which ones?" "Those I paint! You're known as a model!" "No one wants your paintings!" "Bastard!" "Now you're like all the dealers I need sleep before I open my gallery I'll go snooze with my old lady Third class is narrow" "Sure, the poor have smaller asses This is living Tickets please Kiss again, it's the milk-train!" "Have a nice trip! What's wrong? I so wish you loved me... I know you don't Doesn't matter What have I done? Answer when I ask you! You can't take paintings to the grave! Painting!" "It's a disease You're sick, you hear!" "You grovel in your shit!" "Your shitty paintings! From your sick mind! Let go of me!" "You're not normal! You're insane!" "Stay there! Sit down! Here You're alone?" "Where's my daugher?" "Your ugly face!" "She vanished yesterday" "What happened?" "Nothing" "What did he do to you?" "Nothing Answer Are you ill? There's no need to destroy to create! You sow despair A great artist but a loathsome man You're twice her age!" "Aren't you ashamed? I've known many painters They weren't like you" "You're vulgar It's in everything you do You don't love me You don't care If you knew how I love you... You forgot your package Go out onto the platform The young lady's unwell" "Get help!" "A doctor?" "I'm a doctor, idiot!" "A carriage Take her feet..." "Climb up and lift her.." "What are you eating?" "A bun Can I have some? Good, huh? Here, take that Come on.." "Where you off to?" "To watch him paint Matching loonies!" "Why's that here? Do other hotels let'em paint indoors?" "Soon it'll be in the bar!" "It won't be a bar but a paint store! You didn't do my ear Move over Some day we'll do this for free Normally..." "Right, it'll be nice Let's start now What?" "For free" "Really? That send you?" "What?" "When I kiss your neck" "Well it does me." "So do it." "Are you eating me? Where's La Mouche?" "In Paris" "Hurry, I'm bushed It'll be all right Don't you want any?" "She doesn't" "Why not?" "What's wrong?" "Glass of wine? Who was that?" "Mr. Van Gogh." "Why isn't he eating with us? Go look." "See what he's up to Coming? Go see what's up Wants none Just like your sister Mom, come quick! What is it?" "Suicide's great for a hotel!" "Some hotel!" "Three rooms! Is it a bullet? Yes, it is Does that hurt? Help me turn him over" "Gently You in pain?" "Want a shot? No shots They scare me Shall we operate? Well, doctor? He needs hot compresses And clean his bed Very well, doctor An overdose of barbiturates is easier to deal with When your daughter said it was suicide..." "I brought my stomach pump We'll look after you Doctor, where were you?" "I was away, Where is he?" "Upstairs" "May I?" "Go ahead" "Sorry..." "The casualty's next door You won't let me examine you? Well, doctor? He's breathing normally" "As if he wasn't hurt I'll open the door They're doing nothing? Don't say that But they aren't! Little one... Dear Theo... You shouldn't have come..." "till I'd croaked Is that position all right? He chose it." "Leave him in it No, don't... It's good for him" "Isn't drinking bad for him?" "Don't give him a thing They've readied a room for you Get some rest." "I'll watch him How is he? Get me a brandy He must be moved to a hospital in Paris." "And operated on." "Never..." "He can't be moved It'd kill him But he'll die if he lingers here We can't do nothing and let him die He'll die of nothing! If he's still alive after 12 hours his organs must be intact Even a surgeon would damage his organs extracting the bullet The journey alone may kill him I agree with my colleague... I think it's hopeless All right? I'm hungry It's all over I'll settle up Board and lodging for June is due." "And Dr. Masery's two visits Did he give you any paintings? Two Keep them." "They're yours Run along." "Don't tell your sister I'll return the paintings he left with me" "My portrait and my daugher's" "We were just storing them..." "You must keep them." "He'll become known through your collection" "If you mean it..." "I'm very touched." "Mr. Van Gogh, I've done the death certificate My foot!" "I didn't mean to! My foot's crushed and you laught!" "I'm not laughing Doctor! My foot! I'll massage you I have a healing hand Better?" "Feels good So good... I never let anyone touch my feet That's much better I'll help you It'll take months... ...to heal Hi." "You from here?" "This the hanged man's house?" "No, it's on Pylon Street No one hanged himself there First time you've painted here?" "No, I come often" "It's like all the greats are still here" "Pissarro, Cezanne Daumier, Millet..." "Millet never came Daumier lived in Valmondois" "He painted a studio door here" "The owner will show it to you What's the motif? Don Quixote... Van Gogh liked it a lot" "You knew Van Gogh? Yes." "He was my friend."