# "LUST FOR LIFE"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust-for-life/444716>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 10, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust-for-life/444716 "2008-04-10T02:04:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust-for-life/444716/1 "2008-04-10T02:04:29Z")

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I saw Vincente Minelli’s great movie about Vincent Van Gogh. Great movie!  
A few years back, I saw the clip with Kirk Douglas explaining how the movie was made. The clip was most interesting, becaue when the film crew was shooting a scene in a local cafe (in Arles, France-where Van Gogh lived and painted), an old woman saw Douglas and almost fainted-she thought he was Vincent Van Gogh.  
Anybody know where the clip can be obtained? The DVD I bought doesn’t contain it.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust-for-life/444716/2 "2008-04-10T04:54:14Z")

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So…not an Iggy Pop thread?

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust-for-life/444716/3 "2008-04-10T05:21:21Z")

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The featurette about the making of _Lust for Life_ is called _Van Gogh: Darkness into Light_. It has been shown several times on Turner Classic Movies. You can watch it on TCM’s website, [here](http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index.jsp?cid=32134).

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust-for-life/444716/4 "2008-04-10T18:10:02Z")

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[QUOTE=Little Nemo]  
So…not an Iggy Pop thread?  
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I thought it would be about Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust-for-life/444716/5 "2008-04-10T23:49:52Z")

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[QUOTE=pinkfreud]  
The featurette about the making of _Lust for Life_ is called _Van Gogh: Darkness into Light_. It has been shown several times on Turner Classic Movies. You can watch it on TCM’s website, [here](http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index.jsp?cid=32134).  
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I just saw it-man, the movie recreated Arles ca. 1890 perfectly!

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lust-for-life/444716/6 "2008-04-10T23:56:33Z")

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I haven’t seen _Lust for Life,_ but I’ve seen and recommend [_Vincent and Theo._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_%26_Theo)