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Lust for Life

Lust for Life

1956
Drama, Biography
2h 2m
Vincent Van Gogh is the archetypical tortured artistic genius. His obsession with painting, combined with mental illness, propels him through an unhappy life full of failures and unrewarding relationships... (imdb)
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Lust for Life

1956
Drama, Biography
2h 2m
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Rated 31 Jan 2015
68
45th
Painters do the ca-raaaziest things!
Rated 20 Jan 2012
76
57th
starts off as a slam bang smash movie, but once he gets into painting it goes down hill. it's still a pretty decent watch, and included a lot factual aspects of van gogh's life, but that second half could have been a hell of a lot better.
Rated 02 Mar 2010
78
89th
Kirk Douglas probably acts nothing like the real Vincent Van Gogh, but his performance has a life of its own and a stirring vitality.
Rated 23 Nov 2012
60
38th
Beautiful, but bit boring. I try to avoid movies as well as girls like that.
Rated 22 Oct 2015
100
0th
"Bad and the Beautiful explicity makes of filmmaking an artistic, passionaite, soul-crushing labor." http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2014/09/episode-29-vincente-minnelli-melodramas.html
Rated 29 Dec 2013
70
90th
This movie is Van Gogh's life story, it's told in a very dramatic and realistic fashion. Each scene provides a stark portrait of a mentally disturbed man and the beautiful art he created. I was surprised to see that Anthony Quinn won an Oscar for his performance as Gaugin. This movie made me sad, but is worth seeing.
Rated 12 Mar 2019
87
49th
87.00
Rated 13 Jun 2007
70
61st
An extremely romanticized portrayal of Van Gogh, but Douglas is fun to watch.
Rated 16 Apr 2016
60
58th
This shouldn't have been an epic. Partial viewing.
Rated 08 Mar 2012
60
54th
watched: 2012, 2023
Rated 11 May 2012
57
50th
And for next week's lesson: An easy to make cheesecake with turpentine and pigment flakes.
Rated 29 Mar 2009
70
41st
Fairly enjoyable, despite the predictable overacting by Douglas and the overwriting. The interaction between setting and actual paintings was especially nice, and the film gives a sense of what makes Van Gogh's painting so unique. In that sense, it's definitely a success.
Rated 25 Dec 2016
71
66th
Kirk Douglas showed again his skills to act though the film itself was highly dramatised and the output draggy.
Rated 03 Dec 2022
80
54th
...lets send your friend Paul to go and live with you Vincent. He has many of the same hobbies: Painting, absinthe and completely failing to cope with anger management issues. I am sure it'll be the best thing for both of you...
Rated 27 Apr 2007
80
68th
I don't believe this is very historically accurate, but it's an engaging film. Kirk Douglas does really well with what is, for him, a very different kind of role
Rated 18 Jun 2012
87
81st
This exploration of the last decade of Van Gogh's life is a superb piece of filmmaking; stunning color cinematography, much of it of the European locations where he lived and worked, and spot-on sets and costumes, as well as Miklos Rosza's gorgeous score, Vincente Minnelli's thoughtful direction, and Norman Corwin's intelligent screenplay. The acting is good, too, although Kirk Douglas, for all his force and sincerity, seems just a bit off at times; James Donald, as Theo, makes up the balance.
Rated 02 Mar 2016
77
54th
The film looks good but doesn't manage to excite.
Rated 11 Mar 2019
58
27th
Can't be too hard on this cuz it looks beautiful in a way that like is easy to describe as GOOD LOOKING FILM. Why is there like a zillion movies about Van Gogh. Nice ending
Rated 09 Jun 2018
80
37th
Viewed June 8, 2018.
Rated 09 Dec 2018
91
89th
Em honra dos 102 anos completados hoje por Kirk Douglas. Há tempos esse filme estava no meu computador, mas eu sempre o adiava, estupidez da minha parte porque ao mesmo tempo que sempre tive um pé atrás com as cinebios da Hollywood clássica, esse filme se converte em um filmaço do período e uma das obras primas do Minnelli. Além de tudo é sempre bom ver a Pamela Brown em cena. WEBrip no MakingOff.
Rated 05 Mar 2019
3
25th
A snoozer
Rated 21 Feb 2020
80
77th
The 'best Van Gogh' i've seen, Kirk Douglas is amazing.

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