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Lust for Life (1956) 720p x264
Lust for Life (1956)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049456/
122 min - Biography | Drama - 15 September 1956 (USA)
Ratings: 7.4/10 from 6,233 users
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor (uncredited)
Writers: Norman Corwin (screen play), Irving Stone (based on the novel by)
Stars: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald
Format MP4
Video: H.264/AVC 1280x502
Audio: AAC 2ch (Dolby ProLogic II)
Language: English
Subtitles: English internal; External French / Spanish / Portuguese / German/ Dutch / Czech
NOTE: This is a Handbrake recode of Amiable's 2/1/2015 release,
reducing the filesize from 5.6 GB to 560 MB. CRF=26.
ALLMOVIE GUIDE
http://www.allmovie.com/movie/lust-for-life-v30494/
synopsis
This filmed biography of Vincent Van Gogh was adapted by Norman
Corwin from the best-selling novel by Irving Stone, which was in
turn inspired by the written correspondence between Van Gogh and his
brother Theo. Kirk Douglas plays the tormented genius, whose
obsessive devotion to his art engulfs, consumes, and finally
destroys him. James Donald costars as Theo Van Gogh, who provides
financial and moral support to his brother from the time Vincent
leaves his Holland home in 1878 to his death in Auvers in 1890.
Anthony Quinn won an Oscar for his eight-minute turn as Van Gogh's
fast friend and erstwhile rival Paul Gaugin. Nearly 200 of Van
Gogh's original paintings were borrowed from private collections for
brief display in the film: some are "recreated" before our eyes, as
the artist stands before his easel, spattered with paint and with a
look of white-hot intensity burned into his countenance.
review
In agreeing to direct Lust for Life, director Vincente Minnelli had
to make several painful compromises, including the use of
CinemaScope (which robbed some scenes of their intimacy) and
Metrocolor (the vibrant hues of Technicolor would have been far
better suited to the subject). Still, the infamous ear-slashing
scene is handled with impeccable taste by the director, as is Van
Gogh's climactic wheat field suicide. Likewise, star Kirk Douglas
had to give in on several creative points; for example, the actor
wanted to emphasize Van Gogh's latent homosexuality, but the MGM
brass would hear none of this. Nominated for an Academy Award,
Douglas lost out to Yul Brynner for The King and I. Miklos Rozsa's
haunting musical score is the crowning touch on this superlative
film. Also see Robert Altman's treatment of the same subject in
Vincent and Theo (1990).
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