van Gogh: Painted with Words
Oh, ow. I just re-watched Vincent van Gogh: Painted with Words. I think I cried slightly less this time because I knew what was coming, but it didn't make it any easier. If anything knowing how it ended and seeing the signs way off made it more gut-wrenching. And the impact his illness must have had on Theo ... *sigh* So tragic. It's really scary to think that without medication he just had to ride out every episode - I am frankly surprised and impressed that he survived them for so long. I know he tried several times near the end of his life to kill himself, but he did astonishingly well to ride things out up until that point.
My head's a mangle, though nothing like van Gogh's must have been. He seemed an interesting character; I look forward to meeting him - and Theo, who nearly had the proverbial patience of a saint - in the resurrection.
On a technical note, I found a subtitles file for it - they need a few corrections but they are on the whole quite accurate. Which is a relief because it means I won't have to attempt to subtitle the whole thing from scratch!