《亲爱的梵高》

When speaking of Vincent van Gogh， which thing will jump into your mind？ The sunflowers？ The starry night？ Or his crazy lifetime？ As an artist of post-impressionism1， he is known for his unique style of painting marked by bold2 brushstrokes3. This gifted and crazy man devotes his life to presenting us a charming artist world instead of simply duplicating4 real life. Recently， a highly anticipated biopic5―Loving Vincent， which is directed by Polish painter Dorota Kobiela and filmmaker Hugh Welchman， is being undertaken. It will be the first entirely painted feature film.

The project was released in March and quickly went viral6， especially artists from all over the world， who applied for the chance to move to Poland and take part in the painstaking7 process .And the lucky one who has been chosen was then trained to master van Gogh’s skillful stroke8. Over 120 of van Gogh’s paintings are the source material for the film， whose plot was constructed from over 800 handwritten letters by himself. During the process of filming， the actors stand in front of green screens specially designed to look like van Gogh paintings， while a team of animators use reference9 material （made from live-action images plus some computer animation） to make the scene look more vivid.

One of the biggest challenges is to translate still painting into fluid film， rebuilding every frame of live-action footage into van Gogh’s signature style. Several brief clips have been released in public， and you will feel like communicating with one of the most creative mind in art history while watching these clips. The film―Loving Vincent will be shown in 2017. Let’s look forward to this unique and marvelous10 film together！

当谈及文森特威廉・梵高时，你们最先想到的是什么？向日葵？星空？ 还是他疯狂的一生呢？作为一位后印象派主义的艺术家，他以其大胆的绘画技巧和独树一帜的风格著称。这个充满天赋和激情的艺术家终其一生致力于为我们呈现一个迷人的艺术世界，而非对现实世界的简单复制。最近，一部备受瞩目的传记电影――《亲爱的梵高》正由波兰画家多洛塔・科别拉和电影摄制者休・维克曼筹备拍摄中。这部电影将成为首部完全以绘画为主的电影。

制片方在三月份的时候宣布了这个计划。一瞬间，这个计划引发大量关注，尤其是来自世界各地的艺术家。他们争先恐后地申请迁居波兰并参与艰辛的拍摄过程的机会。而被选中的幸运儿将接受如何巧妙演绎梵高中风的表演训练。电影取材于梵高的120多副画作，其情节的设计来自于800封梵高的亲笔书信。在拍摄过程中，演员们站在根据梵高的作品精心设计的绿色屏幕前；与此同时，动画组采用参照材料（由有动作效果的图像加上电脑动画制成）以增添电影场景效果的生动性。

拍摄中遇到的最大挑战是将静止的画像转化为流畅生动的电影片，其中包括重建每个现场动作脚本的框架，并将其与梵高的标志性风格完美融合。目前，制片方已经了其中的一些精炼的片段。当你观看这些片段时，感觉就如同与艺术史上最具有创造力的思想交流碰撞。 电影《亲爱的梵高》将于2017年上映，让我们一起期待这部独特的好电影吧！

Notes：

1. post-impressionism n. 后印象主义

2. bold [] adj. 大胆的

3. brushstroke [] n. 绘画技巧

4. duplicate [] v. 复制

5. biopic [] n. 传记片

6. viral [] adj. 病毒的

go viral 像病毒般传播开，形容消息传播的速度飞快

7. painstaking [] adj. （不辞）劳苦的

8. stroke [] n. 中风；

9. reference [] n. 参照物

10. marvelous [] adj. 不可思议的，非凡的