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[pyroyale]

I got back from Osaka a few hours ago (will post about that tomorrow - in short, a good time was had by all) and have just watched this week's Doctor Who episode.

It made me cry :-(

I didn't cry when Ten regenerated or at any other episode yet this episode managed to make me cry over a one off character.

The Doctor: Between you and me, in a hundred words, where do you think Van Gogh rates in the history of art?
Curator: Well, um...Big question, but to me, Van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Certainly the most popular great painter of all time, the most beloved. His command of colour the most magnificent. He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty. Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy and joy and magnificence of our world...no one had ever done it before. Perhaps no one ever will again. To my mind, that strange, wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world's greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived.

Damn you Bill Nighy and Tony Curren for your wonderful acting.

Damn you Richard Curtis for your snappy and touching writing (but thanks for writing Love Actually)

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[shazz-chan.livejournal.com]

I too found myself far more emotional than I thought I'd be over that scene. Just seeing Van Gogh overwhelmed with everything around him and moved to tears.

(I had a similar love for the scene from Two Towers where Saruman show Grima the 10,000 strong army of Uruk'Hai and he cries one tear xD.)

I really liked how they handled the depression issue with Van Gogh too, how quickly moods can shift from one moment to the next,and I do love a bit of angst in my Who.