Willem Dafoe's Academy Award®-nominated performance as Vincent van Gogh highlights this Julian Schnabel film that journeys 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 the artist's letters, common agreement about events in his life that present as facts, hearsay, and moments that are just plain invented.