Lust for life is a beautifully shot film and a reasonably accurate portrayal of van gogh's troubled life! Kirk Douglas as the lead gives arguably his best screen performance - only his performance as the rebel slave Spartacus comes close i feel. But for me one of the things that stands out most about this film - which no one else appears to have commented on yet - is the exquisite score by the legendary film score composer miklos rozsa! This is one of rozsa'a richest and lushest scores - beautiful but at the same time haunting. If like me you're a fan of rozsa and his mesmerising work you'll enjoy this movie just for the score alone.
Rozsa is up there with morricone, barry and nyman for film score compositions, but sadly does not seem to have received the acclaim those 3 great film composers have.
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