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Lust for Life

Movie · 1956 · 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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1956 film by Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor
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Year
1956
Runtime
122 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • art
  • madness
  • isolation
  • grief
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • hospital
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, biographical
Directed by
George Cukor, Vincente Minnelli
Written by
Irving Stone, Norman Corwin
Starring
Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Marion Ross, Betty Blythe, Lionel Jeffries, Madge Kennedy, Len Lesser, Everett Sloane
Music
Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography
Freddie Young, Russell Harlan
Runtime
122 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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