Film biographies of Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Van Gogh.

"If I have some confidence in my work, it is because it costs me too much effort for me not to believe that nothing will be gained by it or that it is done in vain."
A film about the painter, made in the places where he lived and worked, with a commentary taken from his letters.
"His pictures spoke for themselves, wringing from the flicker of the screen a tough and unusual vigour." (William Trevor)

An N.B.C. News film
Written by Lou Hazan.
(First shown on BBC-2)