Death in Venice

[IYAMNI]

A beautiful adaptation of Thomas Mann's novel. Many might not know but it's based on a real account ... except the part of dying at the end. Mann, was on vacation in Venice, and became fascinated and then obsessed with a boy whose real name was Adzio, which he misheard as Tadzio. He wrote a novel around the experience and then the film was made which the real Adzio saw. Now there is a book about that called The Real Tadzio. Google it. I always thought Tadzio was a metaphor, but he's real. :-)

[jegspillerpiano]

I saw this movie when i was about Tadzio's age! Didn't understand it at all then, beyond getitng that the guy was 'obsessed' by him. It seemed turgid, boring and stupid. Now I'm 43 - Christ I understand it now! It's genius, beautiful, and bloody bloody sad!

[Bluzme]

how sad is the part when he simply cannot get up ?

[jegspillerpiano]

@Bluzme Yes, VERY sad! It's horrible. Old age. It's shit, truly shit. I don't know if there's a consolation in it anywhere. It's just loss, permanent compete loss and the haunting of memories of past youth and reminders of seeing it in the modern generation of youth! Damn, I'm thinking like this and I'm still only 43! i think i've come to realise that 14-16yo beauty is now irrevocably out of reach, but neverthelss there's part of you that 'hopes' you can connect, just like the man in the movie!

[Bluzme]

@jegspillerpiano "14-16yo beauty irrevocably out of reach" May be so, but there's a great vulnerability and foolishness typical of that age, that I personally cannot envy !

[Boerenfox]

Don Luchino Viscount of Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (1906 – 1976), "Luchino Visconti" was himself very much a child of the aristocracy/haute bourgeoisie. That is why is is such an excellent storyteller about the rise and fall of German and Italian nobility. Think of his films as Il Gattopardo, Ludwig, Morte a Venezia, The Damned, etc.

[MsIthinkthereforeIam]

Visconti= Un grandissimo senso estetico, contenuti profondi...un Artista.

[Boudosaved]

Wow, the scene of the boy in the water reminds me of a shot in The Black Stallion when the boy and the horse are looking out to the ocean. These are examples of moments when everything else in my life comes to a halt so that I can soak in something both incredibly beautiful and depressing at the same time. Ok, I know that's cheesy to the 10th degree but who cares.

[methaphisic]

5:30 cinematic perfection

[melbapatti]

It's the wonderful, wonderful Mascia Predit singing the Mussorgsky Lullaby which gives this scene such magic. Visconti loved her work on the opera stage, and put her in the movie when he found out she just got out of Yugoslavia after being trapped there for her prime years 1955-1970. She was penniless but as a result of this movie she was able to get a position on the voice faculty of Catholic University in Washington D.C.

[elisaloba]

si beau si parfait, qui a dit que le beau est mort?

[MsIthinkthereforeIam]

@elisaloba no, non e' morto ma ha perduto tutta la sua bellezza. He's not dead (he lives in Sweden) but he has lost all his beauty.

[motowoman]

Sublime!!!

[ypd4life]

ii love iitt

i kind like laughed wen that man was crying is this good movie ? x

[gussitoelmo]

.. eres para siempre amigo Visconti

[FilmTraum9a]

Brillant work!

[vonspre]

Oh my god...such beatiful...Thanks Mr.Visconti!...Grazie Signore Visconti!