Vainglory and the Oscars 2— “At Eternity’s Gate”
Another calculated Oscar gamble fails, because it lacks a compelling narrative.
5 min readJan 17, 2019
In early 2017, when Julian Schnabel decided to commit millions of dollars to putting the last few years of Vincent van Gogh’s life on film, “Loving Vincent” was still in production. Had Schnabel and his star, Willem Dafoe seen what would eventually…
