Lust for Life
A vivid, anguished plunge into an artist's obsessive mind, beautiful and suffocating, with a raw central performance that burns.
- About
- 1956 film by Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor
- Class
- Movie
- Year
- 1956
- Runtime
- 122 min
A vivid, anguished plunge into an artist's obsessive mind, beautiful and suffocating, with a raw central performance that burns.
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| Scale | Value | 0 to 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Action | 1 | |
| Horror | 2 | |
| Humour | 1 | |
| Realism | 8 | |
| Romance | 3 | |
| Tension | 5 | |
| Darkness | 7 | |
| Complexity | 5 | |
| Emotional weight | 8 |
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