Death in Venice

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[melonxpie]

I really want to watch this film now! I wonder where I could find it :/ And the actor for Tadzio at any rate would have made a much better Anne Rice character than those un-vampiric healthy-looking guys in the movies (since when were blood-starved vampires healthy?). And having read Kaze to Ki no Uta, I can say he IS the spitting image of Gilbert! Amazing O__o Thanks so much for posting!

[nbatinica]

It is out on DVD so it shouldn't be too hard to find...

[hazzadude22]

My mother worked with dirk once, said that he was a lovely guy, but quite private, i just wish i met the genius.

[Jeannie274]

that's because in Mann's Death in Venice, the singer represents one of the many messengers of death that appear throughout the story. The film actually depicts him quite accurately.

[Nonie46]

@fiveMIRrOrs Actually the character portrayed by the middle age guy is man's great longing to be young once again and as pretty as Tadzio! Every man or woman passes through this stage in his life. Thus, the title of the novel is very apt and correct in portraying someone who longs to be young once again! That scene in the motion picture where Tadzio was forcibly kissed by another teenager is a signal that no matter what happens life has to move on. Making love is just a process!

[anniemihn]

I'm sorry but it's Bjorn's breathtaking beauty that made this film an unforgottable classic. Visconti only had to take him to Venice and put a camera on him to make history. Bogard was an awesome actor but coudn't compete with Andrésen's magnetism and charisma.

[kaosisuanle]

this song is quite happy

[sfkcbf]

@MrMartinportnoy I'm not sure what you mean by "Sorry, no." Both postings are correct. Wladzio read a translation of the NOVELLA, obviously, long before the film was made, and then later his friend saw the FILM in London and informed him. Visconti did not want to see the adult Wladzio because Visconti knew that the youthful beauty would have been lost, and he did not want that to influence his own vision of him.

[MrMartinportnoy]

@sfkcbf Sorry, no... he was at a dance in his 20s, when somebody told him that Mann had written a novel in which his family had been portrayed, but he never identified himself to Mann. When Visconti was filming in Venice, Tadzio's friend, Jaschu, appeared with old photos of himself and the real Tadzio at the Lido back in 1911

[fiveMIRrOrs]

@PaulDougouba Do you always assume that the protagonist's views are perfect, or even good? The main character in this movie is pretty much an antihero. A neurotic, panicing little man that's had a hard life.

I hope for your own sake that you're not one of those people that categorize everything either into good or evil. Sexual perversion is beyond that. You don't have to love perverts, but you should understand that they are as much slaves for one's own destiny as you and me.

[TheBlueCream]

love this scene...very effective..the man singing is perfect...like Death personified..macabre with a touch of humour!..wonderful!

[zyzll]

this part is my favourite sense from the moive

[stillagunner]

@hazzadude22

oh really? cool! what does your mom do ??

[soakinbleach]

Bjon is so much like Ann Rice's Armand it's crazy.