“It took me longer than I should probably admit to figure out that the manic camera movements are meant to mimic Van Gogh’s rapid brushstrokes, and the repeated words an aural stand-in for the artist’s layered overpainting. So basically Schnabel’s trying to make a movie about Vincent Van Gogh in the style of Vincent Van Gogh, which is pretty neat.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 11/21/2018