Death in Venice (1971) Special Edition

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Date: Feb. 13, 2014

Death in Venice (1971) Special Edition
Morte a Venezia - Mort à Venise - Смерть в Венеции
A Film by Luchino Visconti
DVD9+DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 2.40:1 | 16:9 | 720x576 | 02:05:19 | 5% recovery | 6.48 GB + 1.97 GB
Languages Available: English, Russian, French, Italian 1.0 / 2.0 AC3
Subtitle: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Arabic, Romanian, Russian
Extra: Scene Selection, Menù, Trailer, Visconti's Venice, Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
Genre: Drama | Nominated for Oscar. Another 19 wins & 5 nominations

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 artistic 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.

IMDB Rating: 7.6/10


The protagonist, Gustav von Aschenbach, travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.


While the character Aschenbach in the novella is an author, Visconti changed his profession to that of a composer. "Playing the role" of Aschenbach's music in the film is the music of Gustav Mahler, in particular the moving Adagietto from his Fifth Symphony, which opens and closes the film, and sections from his Third Symphony. Apart from this change, the film is relatively faithful to the book, but with added scenes where Aschenbach and a musician friend debate the degraded aesthetics of his music; again, this has direct parallels in the life and works of Mahler, especially when Aschenbach is played an extract of his own work which, in reality, is Adagietto from the fourth movement from Mahler's Fifth Symphony.


While Aschenbach attempts to find peace and quiet, the rest of the city is being gripped by a cholera epidemic, and the city authorities do not inform the holiday-makers of the problem for fear that they will all leave. As Aschenbach and the other guests make day-trips out into the city centre it eventually dawns on them that something is seriously wrong. Aschenbach decides to leave, but in a moment of impulse decides to stay. However, he himself is dying. Rejuvenated by the presence of Tadzio—though they never actually converse—he visits the barbers who, in his words, "returns to you merely what has been lost", dyeing his grey hair black and whitening his face and reddening his lips to try to make him look younger.


As he leaves the barber's shop the barber exclaims: "And now Sir is ready to fall in love as soon as he pleases". Aschenbach still continues to gaze at Tadzio from afar, the latter more aware that he is being gazed at. In the climactic scene, Aschenbach sees Tadzio being beaten up on the beach by an older boy. When released, Tadzio walks away from him alone towards the horizon. He suddenly turns back to look at Aschenbach, then turning away to face the sun, and stretches his arm out towards it. Aschenbach too, stretches his hand as if to reach Tadzio, and at that very moment—heightened by the crescendo in Mahler's Adagietto—he dies from the cholera infection. A few people notice him collapsed on his chair and alert the hotel staff . They then carry Aschenbach's body away.


Visconti's movie has some extremely handsome design aspects. The costumes are breathtaking and the ambience around the sumptiously-appointed Venetian hotel is rich and detailed. The colors of Pasquale di Santis' photography are also a pleasure to look at.


But the movie has a surprisingly inexpressive shooting style. Trucking shots are used sparingly, with most of the film covered with a long lens that pans and zooms over the beaches and hotel interiors. Individual guests are picked out rather arbitrarily until the camera finds Tadzio. The main setpieces take place in the lobby, the dining room and on the beach. They go on forever, and do little but highlight decor. The director communicates his mood by having little or nothing happen, and I can only guess we're supposed to be intrigued by the constant parade of little details.


Death in Venice (original Italian title: Morte a Venezia) is a 1971 Italian-French drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Dirk Bogarde and Björn Andrésen. It is based on the novella Death in Venice, first published in 1912 as Der Tod in Venedig by the German author Thomas Mann.

Italian Storyline - French Storyline - Russian Storyline



Special Features:
• Visconti's Venice vintage featurette
• Behind-the-scenes photo gallery
• Theatrical trailer
• At the Beginning of Death
• Carnival Costume
• Piero Tosi Costumer Director
• Trailers: The Damned, Amarcord

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ORIGINAL TITLE: Morte a Venezia
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: Luchino Visconti
SCREENPLAY: Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco
ACTORS:
Dirk Bogarde, Silvana Mangano, Bjorn Andersen, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci, Marisa Berenson, Carole André, Franco Fabrizi, Leslie French, Anthony Apicella, Sergio Carfagnoli
Cast and Crew

PHOTOGRAPHY: Pasqualino De Santis
ASSEMBLY: Ruggero Mastroianni
MUSIC: Gustav Mahler
PRODUCTION: MARIO GALLLO FOR ALFA FILM, ROME, ALFA FILM (ROME) PRODUCTIONS EDITIONS Cinématographique FRANCAISES (PARIS)
DISTRIBUTION: DEAR INTERNATIONAL - WARNER HOME VIDEO (SHIELDS)
COUNTRY: Italy 1971
DURATION: 135 Min
FORMAT: Color PANAVISION TECHNICOLOR

SUBJECT:
TALE OF THOMAS MANN

NOTES:
- TURNED IN STUDIES OF CINECITTA 'AND VENICE - David di Donatello 1971 FOR BEST DIRECTOR to Luchino Visconti - 1972 SILVER RIBBON FOR BEST DIRECTOR

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