Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice)

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Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice)

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Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice)

Dirk Bogarde, Marisa Berenson, Carole André, Björn Andrésen

In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach (loosely based on Gustav Mahler) travels to a Venetian seaside resort in search of repose after a period of artisti...( read more  read more... )c and personal stress. But he finds no peace there, for he soon develops a troubling attraction to an adolescent boy, Tadzio, on vacation with his family. The boy embodies an ideal of beauty that Aschenbach has long sought and he becomes infatuated. However, the onset of a deadly pestilence threatens them both physically and represents the corruption that compromises and threatens all ideals.

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  • EarthlyAlien
    January 16, 2008
    EarthlyAlien
    One of the most breathtaking and perfect endings in the history of cinema!
  • ebs90
    July 4, 2007
    ebs90
    A classic of Italian cinema! It's very slow -VERY- but it's definitely worth it. The art direction and the cinematography are amazingly beautiful as in almost all of Visconti's films. On the other hand, since the plot is so slow and it requires such empathy to understand the cha...( read more)racter's motives and his strange attraction towards the boy, it's a love it or hate it movie, no in-betweens. Sometimes it´s hard to follow because the conflict (the inner conflict) that Bogarde's character has in regards of the concept of beauty as well as the awakening of his nostalgia for his family is occasionally unclear. It's a movie one has to feel and give patience to. Oh and don't be encouraged/discouraged by the alleged homosexual love plot, I personally put down that thesis. I think it's much deeper than that.
  • jmankas
    September 8, 2009
    jmankas
    I almost fell asleep with this, at least until the 30mins before the ending. I think I have to re-watch it someday to maybe give it the proper value, since this first time, it didn't really convice me at all. for what I've gathered, the story is very symbolistic, but too simple a...( read more)nd weird, I mean, c'mon why should a once-married man fall inlove with a 14 yr old boy? I know I know, symbolism, the chastity, the purity he was seekin, but still.. and the kid, weirdly, gives him feedback. I must read Mann's novel before the re-watch, maybe i'll understand this better.
  • vertigoo
    August 22, 2009
    vertigoo
    more Proust than Mann in a decadent movie...
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  • Ghw12158
    August 13, 2009
    Ghw12158
    so campy creepy good
  • robertvinetherve
    July 1, 2009
    robertvinetherve
    The fantastic music from Mahler support the scenes from Venice
  • cafavier
    June 22, 2009
    cafavier
    Tragic story with unhappy ending. Venice has never looked more beautiful than in the opening scenes of this movie.
  • fullofsakuraflowers
    April 3, 2009
    fullofsakuraflowers
    Aschenbach looks like he's gonna die ALL THE FUCKIN TIME. when he really died in the end i felt relieved somehow. oh and may i suggest more pureness? :((( damn
  • Soundsofmadness
    February 18, 2009
    Soundsofmadness
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • lebulltaurus
    February 14, 2009
    lebulltaurus
    tells a part of his own lonely story
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