Douglas as Van Gogh was a reincarnation of the artist himself. Van Gogh was an eccentric and tormented soul. Douglas manifested all the elements needed to descibe and fullfill the artist's message. Like all the great artists, Modiliani, Gauguin and Van Gogh were haunted by the demons of their past, which inevitably lead to their self destruction. An excellent film to all, not just art historians.