Lust for Life
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Detroit Film Theatre
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(USA/1956—directed by Vincente Minnelli)
Vincente Minnelli’s lavishly colorful, widescreen biography of Vincent Van Gogh is powered by Kirk Douglas’s Oscar® nominated performance as the brilliant, tormented artist.
Though it shaped Van Gogh’s story to fit within the framework of a big-studio Hollywood blockbuster, the enduring popularity of Lust For Life – if not its absolute accuracy – is considered by many to be one of the principal factors that propelled Van Gogh’s art into America’s popular consciousness in the fifties.
Co-starring Anthony Quinn as Paul Gaugin, and James Donald as Vincent’s brother Theo. (122 minutes)
Lust for Life
Ticket Details
Detroit Film Theatre
Follow the signs for the Theater Entrance from the parking lot.
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