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The 1990s were a boom decade
for BBC docudrama, and Omniverse used Vincent's
missionary days as a way to dramatise the early signs
of a troubled mind. For... For He shall cover thee
with his feathers. Perhaps they were little
too dramatic. I'm sorry. It was the one period
in van Gogh's life when he really appeared an obsessive
to outsiders, and he found it
very difficult to communicate with the miners, but I
suspect he didn't behave like that. He does talk in the letters
about having visited a coal mine, but it wasn't to preach, so in fact I think that clip is
good drama but not necessarily true
for BBC docudrama, and Omniverse used Vincent's
missionary days as a way to dramatise the early signs
of a troubled mind. For... For He shall cover thee
with his feathers. Perhaps they were little
too dramatic. I'm sorry. It was the one period
in van Gogh's life when he really appeared an obsessive
to outsiders, and he found it
very difficult to communicate with the miners, but I
suspect he didn't behave like that. He does talk in the letters
about having visited a coal mine, but it wasn't to preach, so in fact I think that clip is
good drama but not necessarily true
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The 1990s were a boom decade
for BBC docudrama,
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and Omniverse used Vincent's
missionary days as a way to
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dramatise the early signs
of a troubled mind.
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For... For He shall cover thee
with his feathers.
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Perhaps they were little
too dramatic.
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I'm sorry.
00:00:22.096 --> 00:00:25.006
It was the one period
in van Gogh's life when
00:00:25.006 --> 00:00:28.004
he really appeared an obsessive
to outsiders,
00:00:28.004 --> 00:00:30.036
and he found it
very difficult to
00:00:30.036 --> 00:00:34.002
communicate with the miners, but I
suspect he didn't behave like that.
00:00:34.002 --> 00:00:37.064
He does talk in the letters
about having visited a coal mine,
00:00:37.064 --> 00:00:39.998
but it wasn't to preach,
00:00:39.998 --> 00:00:44.004
so in fact I think that clip is
good drama but not necessarily true.
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Movie Summary
Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our understanding of the world's greatest artists.
