Lust for Life

He had a lust for life. Sometimes he was brutal, sometimes delicate – always he lived with insatiable passion!
Lust for Life
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item number:  354GE
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DVD Details

  • Widescreen Version
  • Commentary by Film Historian Dr. Drew Casper
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Languages: English & French
  • Subtitles: English, French & Spanish (Feature Film Only)
  • Audio: English (Dolby Surround Stereo), French (Mono)
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 31, 2006
  • Originally Released: 1956
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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Directed by
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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1956 - Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 3,261
Rating: 3/4 -- Kirk Douglas could be a little much, but that proves to be the right amount in Lust for Life... Full Review
LarsenOnFilm
Mar 29, 2018
Rating: A -- One of Minnelli's best pictures, a visually stunning portrait of Van Gogh, splendidly played by Kirk Douglas Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Apr 3, 2011
Horrifying - but informative - tragic biography of Van Gogh, with a look at his painting technique and location filming of the places he lived. Full Review
Classic Film and Television
Jul 18, 2009
4 stars out of 5 -- Minnelli's vivid palette, all burnished yellows and turbulent blues, conveys something of the artist's fiery intensity.
Uncut
May 1, 2006
Rating: B -- A competently made and acted biopic on the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh (Kirk Douglas), that's nevertheless uninspiring. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Apr 25, 2009
Rating: 3.5/4 -- The Best Actor Oscar that year went to Yul Brynner for his broad emoting in The King and I, but Douglas -- in one of the defining performances of his career -- would have been a far more deserving winner. Full Review
Creative Loafing
Jun 24, 2018
Rating: 7/10 -- 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. Full Review
Movie Metropolis
Jan 28, 2006

Description by OLDIES.com:

Vibrant orange sunflowers. Rippling yellow grain. Trees bursting with white bloom. "The pictures come to me as in a dream," Vincent Van Gogh said. A dream that too often turned to life-shattering nightmare.

Winner of Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Best Actor Awards, Kirk Douglas gives a fierce portrayal as the artist torn between the joyous inspiration of his genius and the dark desperation of his tormented mind. The obsessed Van Gogh painted the way other men breathe, driving away family and friends, including artist Paul Gauguin (1956 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winner Anthony Quinn). Directed by Vincente Minnelli and saturated with the hues of Van Gogh's sea, field and sky, Lust for Life captures the ecstasy of art. And the agony of one man's life.

Product Description:

A vivid, stylish portrait of tormented painter Vincent Van Gogh, based on the biography by Irving Stone.

Description by Warner Home Video:

Lust For Life
Vibrant orange sunflowers. Rippling yelow grain. Trees bursting with white bloom. "The pictures come to me as in a dream," Vincent Van Gogh said. A dream that too often turned to life-shattering nightmare.
Winner of Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Best Actor Awards, Kirk Douglas gives a fierce portrayal as the artist torn between the joyous inspiration of his genius and the dark desperation of his tormented mind. The obsessed Van Gogh painted the way other men breathe, driving away family and friends, including artist Paul Gauguin (1956 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winner Anthony Quinn). Directed by Vincente Minnelli and saturated with the hues of Van Gogh's sea, field and sky, Lust for Life captures the ecstasy of art. And the agony of one man's life.

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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 119,160
  • UPC: 012569698826
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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