One could teach a master class on this film, it is that rich. For anyone who loves art, literature, and film, "The Peasants" is a must-see.

Shot as live action and then transferred to oil paint, the visuals don’t always feel essential to the narrative.

The Welchmans’ visual style is eye-popping — how they did it is shown during the end credits — but to what end?

The Peasants is still a technical marvel of filmmaking and no one is doing quite what Hugh and D.K. Welchman have been able to accomplish. But an important stretch of material gets lost in translation during the remarkable artistic transformation.