Kirk Douglas
Born
in Amsterdam, New York, The United States
December 09, 1916
Died
February 05, 2020
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I Am Spartacus!: Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist
33 editions
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2012
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The Ragman's Son
40 editions
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1988
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Let's Face It: 90 Years of Living, Loving, and Learning
16 editions
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2007
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My Stroke of Luck
23 editions
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2002
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Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood
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8 editions
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2017
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Dance With the Devil
26 editions
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published
1990
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The Gift
23 editions
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published
1992
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Climbing The Mountain: My Search For Meaning
21 editions
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published
1997
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The Broken Mirror
3 editions
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1997
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Last Tango in Brooklyn
21 editions
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1994
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“The biggest spur to my interest in art came when I played van Gogh in the biographical film Lust For Life. The role affected me deeply. I was haunted by this talented genius who took his own life, thinking he was a failure. How terrible to paint pictures and feel that no one wants them. How awful it would be to write music that no one wants to hear. Books that no one wants to read. And how would you like to be an actor with no part to play, and no audience to watch you. Poor Vincent—he wrestled with his soul in the wheat field of Auvers-sur-Oise, stacks of his unsold paintings collecting dust in his brother's house. It was all too much for him, and he pulled the trigger and ended it all. My heart ached for van Gogh the afternoon that I played that scene. As I write this, I look up at a poster of his "Irises"—a poster from the Getty Museum. It's a beautiful piece of art with one white iris sticking up among a field of blue ones. They paid a fortune for it, reportedly $53 million. And poor Vincent, in his lifetime, sold only one painting for 400 francs or $80 dollars today. This is what stimulated my interest in buying works of art from living artists. I want them to know while they are alive that I enjoy their paintings hanging on my walls, or their sculptures decorating my garden”
― Climbing The Mountain: My Search For Meaning
― Climbing The Mountain: My Search For Meaning
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