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Death in Venice
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5014780110601
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Original Language), AnalogFrench (Original Language), AnalogItalian (Original Language), AnalogPolish (Original Language), Analog
Number Of Discs: 1
Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 1971
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Editorial Review:
Luchino Visconti's adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel is the very definition of sumptuous: the costumes and sets, the special geography of Venice, and the breathtaking cinematography combine to form a heady experience. At the center of this gorgeousness is Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde in a meticulous performance), a controlled intellectual who unexpectedly finds himself obsessed by the vision of a 14-year-old boy while on a convalescent vacation in 1911. Visconti has turned Aschenbach into a composer, which accounts for the lush excerpts from Mahler on the soundtrack (Bogarde is meant to look like Mahler, too). Even if it tends to hit the nail on the head a little too forcefully, and even if Visconti can test one's patience with lingering looks at crowds at the beach and hotel dining rooms, Death in Venice creates a lushness rare in movies. For some viewers, that will be enough. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Technically exquisite, but tedious and pretentious.
I found this movie to be beautifully photographed but very tedious, if not pretentious, if not downright *annoying.*
Toward the end of the movie, there's a scene where a woman is singing what I believe is a Polish song. And she goes on and on and on and on and on and on.
She gave me a freakin' headache!
It's interesting that many of the reviewers here who gave the film 5 stars freely admit that it's
... "slow moving"
... "not ... Read More
Rating: - Resubmitting review of "Death in Venice"
I already submitted this review last week. What I recall stating was that this was a beautiful VHS copy, am glad to have it, but that neither Amazon nor the seller gave any information that this was dubbed rather than subtitled.
So, as I stated before, this is a terrific product but more information would be much appreciated, especially with films where subtitles are preferred.
Rating:  - Film only for those gifted from Muses and Graces
It is hard to believe that some fellow from Illinois or the Midwest in general may enjoy this Gift from Venus. So, please, go and rent some other piece of junk at Blockbuster, you all farm-minded ignorants.
I'll signore Pecorelli
Rating: - The sound of silence
The casting, acting, and visual surroundings are superb. One scene in particular stays with me: Aschenbach has seated himself so that he can compose music while looking at the boy (and we hear the Mahler he is composing).
What I don't understand is Aschenbach's interior silence. The story (Thomas Mann's) is told by a narrator, but Thomas Mann hardly ever created a principle character who wasn't full of recordable thoughts and feelings, and Aschenbach is not that exception. Aschenbach ... Read More
Rating: - Parting glances
Depending on whom you ask, Visconti's "Death in Venice" is either the most monumentally boring and pretentious film ever made or a wonderfully poetic and profound reflection on life, death, and what it takes to be a great artist. While I agree that gazing for hours into Andresen's ever-sleepy eyes can be a bit yawn-inducing at some points, in general I am in the latter camp. If beauty is its own justification (and consequently does not need words), then this work may perhaps be seen as the almost ... Read More
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