1956 · drama · biography
Lust for Life
Directed by Vincente Minnelli2h 2m1956
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.
Our read: Lust for Life (1956) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · biography entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / biography, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
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