Lust for Life (film) Lust for Life (film) Lust for Life is a 1956 American biographical film about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Irving Stone which was adapted for the screen by Norman Corwin. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by John Houseman. The film stars Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh, James Donald as his brother Theo, with Pamela Brown, Everett Sloane, and Anthony Quinn. Douglas won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his performance, while Quinn won the Academy Award for
John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers including British indie sensation, Callaghan. Cate's work with Durrill yielded a 2016 side project, "The Next Great American Song," for which they wrote and recorded 4 songs including the first in a series of songs about the life of Vincent van Gogh. In 2017 Cate began co-producing and writing a solo project for Scarlet Rivera. John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers have, to date, released twelve albums, including "Painting With van Gogh" from the spin-off project, Voices of van Gogh, with the earliest, "Set Free", released in 1996, and the most recent, "<nowiki>"'Painting With van Gogh"</nowiki>", released in October,