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Lust for Life (1956)
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A MAN AND HIS ARTISTIC VISIONS
Favorite Movie Quote: "The pictures come to me as in a dream."
The Agony Of One Man's Life.
VINCENT VAN GOGH painted the way other men breathe.
KIRK DOUGLAS puts in a dynamite performance as the archetypical tortured artist-genius.
After REMBRANDT, VAN GOGH is considered to be the greatest of all the Dutch painters. His obsession with painting, combined with serious mental illness, propelled him through a life full of failures and unrewarding relationships.
Throughout his life, VAN GOGH managed to earn some respect from his fellow painters, especially that of PAUL GAUGUIN, but he never, ever got along with any of these men. Surprisingly enough, in his entire lifetime VAN GOGH only managed to sell just one of his paintings.
VAN GOGH was born, the son of a pastor, in Groot-Zundert, Holland in the year 1853. At the age of 37 he died by his own hand with a bullet to the chest.
Released in 1956 - LUST FOR LIFE is a really fine movie-production. Many of the locations used for filming were actual places that VAN GOGH had visited during his short life.
LUST FOR LIFE was directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.
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