This is my favorite DW episode ever, but I'm really biased when I say that hahaha. Save for a few paintings showing up that he hadn't made at that point in his life, it really is a perfect episode. I don't think they understand how perfect making the Krafayis was, too. In a letter to his brother, Vincent wrote about a man (Dr. Gachet, there's a famous painting of him) who was helping him at his last asylum, but said he was just ill as he was and stated "when one blind man leads another blind man, do they not both fall into the ditch?" It's some depressing metaphorical foreshadowing there with the Krafayis being blind and scared and alone and Vincent feeling the same way until he takes his own life.
And oh God, when he gets to see and hear the impact his work has made - CUE THE TEARS EVERY TIME. So many artists have died never knowing the impression they've made on the world, and I oddly like the fact hearing that information didn't take away from his illness because it was an illness and not something curable with a little happiness like so many people think would fix his problem. It's just a beautifully tragic episode all around.
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Date: 2013-03-30 02:13 am (UTC)And oh God, when he gets to see and hear the impact his work has made - CUE THE TEARS EVERY TIME. So many artists have died never knowing the impression they've made on the world, and I oddly like the fact hearing that information didn't take away from his illness because it was an illness and not something curable with a little happiness like so many people think would fix his problem. It's just a beautifully tragic episode all around.