Films About Tortured Artists

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"Lust for Life" (1956) -  about the troubled life and art of Vincent Van Gogh starring Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh and Anthony Quinn  as Paul Gaugain (who won an Oscar for best supporting actor).

"The Horse's Mouth" - about an aging artist who still wants to create, while everyone else is waiting for him to die so his earlier works will go up in value. Very funny film starring Alec Guinness, who adapted the screenplay from the novel of the same name. Very English sense of humor.

"The Agony and the Ecstasy" - about the feud of Michaelangelo and Pope Julius II during the painting of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison star.

"The Whole Wide World" - odd love story between aTexas schoolteacher and troubled "Conan" pulp writer Robert E. Howard. Rene Zellweger and Vincent D'Onofrio.

"Surviving Picasso" - Picasso isn't tortured but the people who have to deal with him are. Great performance by Anthony Hopkins as Picasso, who seems like a real monster to his wives, lovers, and friends. Also has a nice nude scene from Natascha McElhone.

[FearlessFreep]

Goya a Bordeaux

[Chopper]

I used to work at one of those "art-house" theatres that show independant and foreign films, and we had Goya playing at one time. I'll never forget some of the crazy cinema I caught, (like Keep the River on Your Right: a Modern Cannibal Tale). But anyways was Goya a good film?