Lust for Life (Blu-ray)

Vibrant orange sunflowers. Rippling yellow grain. Trees bursting with white bloom. 'The pictures come to me as in a dream,' Vincent Van Gogh said. A dream that too often turned to life-shattering nightmare. Winner of Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Best Actor Awards, Kirk Douglas gives a fierce portrayal as the artist torn between the joyous inspiration of his genius and the dark desperation of his tormented mind. The obsessed Van Gogh painted the way other men breathe, driving away family and friends, including artist Paul Gauguin (1956 Best Supporting Actor Academy winner Anthony Quinn). Directed by Vincente Minnelli and saturated with the hues of Van Gogh's sea, field and sky, LUST FOR LIFE captures the ecstasy of art. And the agony of one man's life.

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown, Everett Sloane, Henry Daniell, Madge Kennedy, Noel Purcell, Niall MacGinnis, Jill Bennett, Lionel Jeffries, Laurence Naismith, Eric Pohlmann, Toni Gerry, Wilton Graff, Isobel Elsom, David Horne, Noel Howlett, Ronald Adam, John Ruddock, Julie Robinson, David Leonard, William Phipps, David Bond, Jay Adler, Laurence Badie, Anthony Sydes, Anthony Eustrel, Jerry Bergen, Belle Mitchell, Alec Mango, Fred Johnson, Mickey Maga, Henry Corden, Gordon Richards, Marc Snow, Aaron Saxon, Ralph Smiley, George J. Lewis, Paul Bryar, Lester Sharpe, Marion Ross, Claire DuBrey, Roy Gordon, Rex Evans, Alex Frazer, John Dodsworth, Betty Blythe, Len Lesser, Karen Scott, Delia Salvi

Director: John Houseman

Rating: TVPG