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Lust for Life (1956)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:9

Rotten:0

Average Rating:7.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Biography about artist Vincent Van Gogh, and how his zeal for life and knowledge affected his artwork, and led to his insanity.

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown, Everett Sloane, Niall MacGinnis, Noel Purcell, Henry Daniell

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Producer: John Houseman
Screenwriter: Norman Corwin
Composer: Miklos Rozsa

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Horrifying - but informative - tragic biography of Van Gogh, with a look at his painting technique and location filming of the places he lived.

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Derek Elley
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A competently made and acted biopic on the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh (Kirk Douglas), that's nevertheless uninspiring.

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Dennis Schwartz
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Minnelli's most visually evocative and most personal film--the only project he initiated during his tenure at MGM--centers on Van Gogh as a tormented, uncompromising artist, magnificently played by Kirk Douglas.

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01/24/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
Screendaily

The movie, attractive as it may be, never 'breaks through the iron wall' between what is felt and what is expressed, the very wall that van Gogh himself strove to overcome.

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