Leonard Nimoy renders a tour de force performance as Theo Van Gogh, the long-suffering and loving brother of Vincent and Theo and Vincent speaking through Theo. It is not properly a two-character play, although it comes quite close.
We see, primarily, the tortured, loving and extraordinarily beautiful relationship between two brothers. Remarkably alike and strikingly different, they present, as it were two sides to one coin, and as such is no easy task for the actor. Nimoy handles this with the highest of craftsmanship (although Vincent's "voice" is tough to take at times) and his disciplined and restrained emotionalism is so powerful that if you are not in tears at the end, you're missing something inside you, something that unites all humans and speaks to the nature of the Divine spark within us all.
Bravo, Mr. Nimoy.
Do what you can, really, to find the video and watch it, comfortably, and uninterrupted, and, if possible, not alone, but with someone with whom you can trust with your tears.
We see, primarily, the tortured, loving and extraordinarily beautiful relationship between two brothers. Remarkably alike and strikingly different, they present, as it were two sides to one coin, and as such is no easy task for the actor. Nimoy handles this with the highest of craftsmanship (although Vincent's "voice" is tough to take at times) and his disciplined and restrained emotionalism is so powerful that if you are not in tears at the end, you're missing something inside you, something that unites all humans and speaks to the nature of the Divine spark within us all.
Bravo, Mr. Nimoy.
Do what you can, really, to find the video and watch it, comfortably, and uninterrupted, and, if possible, not alone, but with someone with whom you can trust with your tears.