The Yellow House - John Simm (Van Gogh cuts off his ear)

(2007)

Q. [Channel 4 Interviewer] The drama concentrates on a very brief period of Van Gogh's (John Simm) life -- why that period specifically?

A. [Says John Simm] Well it's the nine weeks that he spent in Arles with Gauguin (John Lynch) and I don't think it's really been covered very much and it's such an incredibly important period of time as far as art goes.

Van Gogh had this idea of creating a studio of the south where all these artists would go and congregate and work. It only ended up being him and Gauguin. He begged Gauguin to come down so he wasn't on his own and bearing in mind Van Gogh had bi-polar disorder -- he was a manic depressive -- obviously he didn't know that then. He needed somebody there but he was such a strange little man and he and Gauguin were totally different characters that they just clashed, but within that clash they created some of the most important works of art ever.

They created some incredible work and the film culminates when he slices his ear off. Two years after that he's in mental home and then he kills himself so it's the beginning of the end really for him.

Full Channel 4 Interview:
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/Y/yellow_house/jsinterview.html

John Simm Society Website:
http://www.johnsimmsociety.com

John Simm Society on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/ActorJohnSimm

John Simm Society on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/JohnSimmSociety

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[karensaldana18]

dam !!!!i want to watch the whole movie wats it call??just makin sure okay !!

[JohnSimmSociety]

It's called "The Yellow House"

[Arteios1]

I didn't realize Vincent spoke with a British accent- wasn't he Dutch?

[theripper7675]

where can i buy the ear?

[bea1324]

@theripper7675 apparently the ear was offered to a prostitute by vincent.

[khoury0spider]

his ear was so heavy so he cut it

[falloutkid578]

OWWWW

[Itrofimoff]

no mamen esto de las películas de van Gogh ya parecen de diferentes argumentos y guiones como la versiones sacadas de las 1000 películas hechas de chuchin cristo y sus apostoles

[k1n5n]

Master: I'm soooo hungry!

Van Gogh: My bread!

*food fight*

[k1n5n]

Master: Dinner? Stew? Bread! I'm sooooo hungry!

Van Gogh: WTF!?

Simm: Settle down, settle down!

[Tehnubwaffle]

i thought the first guy who was cooking was vicent van gogh

[cheesecakerocks11]

ummmm........... 

[aditiboo]

where can i watch the movie? i've been wanting to show this to a friend in ages but I can't find a proper link to it....

[fallinmyhands]

Arteios, he did speak dutch but he master 3 launguges so he might have a different accent from time to time.