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Luchino Visconti's striking adaptation of Thomas Mann's DEATH IN VENICE follows the sickly composer, Gustav von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde). As the film begins, Aschenbach is arriving by steam boat in Venice from Munich. He is deeply distracted, nervous, uncomfortable, and conflicted. Nonetheless, he settles into a breathtaking .. Read more
| Starring | Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Silvana Mangano, Mark Burns |
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| Director | Luchino Visconti |
| Genres | Gay/Lesbian |
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Bogarde's appearance was based on Gustav Mahler, whose behaviour had helped inspire the novella. His part was a gruelling one, almost silent and requiring everything to be expressed by the eyes. Mahler's music adds a depth to this extended fable, enriche
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Beautifully done
'In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach (loosely based on Gustav Mahler) travels to a Venetian seaside resort ... read more »
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A visual masterpiece
A visual masterpiece, painted with a delicate, sensitive touch, Death in Venice presented a challenge for both Visconti, who had to convey meaning in long ... read more »
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Beautifully done
Very beautiful, a poignant vision of a treasure of a city. Lovely music. You will remember this film for a long time. Very sad portrayal of a troubled mind in ... read more »
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For fans of Venice and Bogarde only
Dirk Bogarde puts in a stirling performance and the views of Venice alone are worth watching the DVD foe. However, I must agree with other reviewers that there ... read more »
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Superb
Superb music by the greatestcomposer who has ever lived, pity the sound track was not better. Seen before, but well worth a second viewing.
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Mime and Mahler, Mostly
Dirk Bogard is given so much time (and music) to wallow in the delicate and ailing composer von Aschenbach. With so little dialogue his performance is ... read more »
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One of the best ever
There isn't much you can say about this that hasn't been said before. One of the most beautiful films ever made. Been years since I last watched this ... read more »
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Death on the couch too
Overlong, tedious, over-rated. An unpopular view of this 'classic' perhaps but that was my honest finding. I'd never seen it before and believed all... read more »
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The Pestilence of Youth
If I had realised beforehand how little dialogue and how little plot there was going to be in this film, I may have been reluctant to add it to my list, which ... read more »
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Considerable patience required
There are certainly things to like in this film - the acting, the setting (Venice and the Lido are beautiful) and the music - but it is almost unbearably slow-... read more »
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A male Lolita
An ill, ageing composer (Dirk Bogarde) convalesces in Venice at just the wrong time, 1911, when a cholera epidemic is taking over the town. There, at an elegant... read more »