First look: Willem Dafoe stars as Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel's biopic 'At Eternity's Gate'
With Oscar season just around the corner, we might be getting our first taste of a major contender in the form of Julian Schnabel's 'At Eternity's Gate', which stars Willem Dafoe as the famous tormented painter Vincent Van Gogh. While we only get a glimpse at Dafoe in what is sure to be another award-worthy performance, the official trailer should reveal more.
'At Eternity's Gate' is directed by Schnabel, who picked up four Academy Award nominations including Best Director for his 2007 film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'. The film is dubbed as "a journey inside the world and mind of a person who, despite skepticism, ridicule, and illness, created some of the world's most beloved and stunning works of art. This is not a forensic biography, but rather scenes based on Van Gogh's letters, common agreement about events in his life that present as facts, hearsay, and moments that are just plain invented."