Death in Venice
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Movie Reviews of Death in Venice
Movie Review: not five, ten stars!
Summary: 5 Stars
If there is available to rate on 10 stars, I would give it! This is an excellent DVD...
As you know, in that film, the musics By Gustav Mahler, his Adagietto movement from 5th Symphony. And there is a metaphor between Gustav Mahler and Gustav vo Aschenbach, who the main character of the film. Their name are same, so the director Visconti was compare Aschenbach to Mahler. And Aschenbech is a composer in that film. Actually, their lifes are very different.
Still, in Thomas Mann's original novella, Aschenbach is a writer.
This is a masterpiece and the most touching, impressive film I've ever watch. Even so, I weeped in the finale scene... what an uncanny love! what a feeling...
It is a masterpiece and highly recommended.
Movie Review: A Real "Arty" Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
A few thoughts on "Death in Venice". This film reminded me of Tarkovsky's "The Sacrifice". In a way, although this might be harder to prove, it recalls remotely, Antonioni's "The Passenger". Moreover, I do not want to give anything away, although it is certainly not the type of film where you can do this. But toward the end of the film, there is a scene where Dirk Bogarde enters from the bottom of the frame on a Venetian street, and then the camera pulls back to reveal the burning pyres. And it is as if the villian has been unmasked, like in a horror movie or mystery/thriller. The curtain has been lifted, there are no more secrets, no more whispering. More later. Thank YouMovie Review: The search for beauty can lead to death.
Summary: 5 Stars
Water has been used many times in literature and films as a reference for life, thus Venice would be the ideal place for a movie about being reborn. But director Visconti has decided to present it as the place to go when you are ready to die, especially when you are dying not only of bodily failure, but of artistic failure as well. The search for beauty leads the intellectual man on the road of life, but comes a day when he realizes that it is now unattainable. That final scene, with the young man entering the sea, and raising his arm in the way Micheangelo's Adam stretches his hand to touch God's, was a glorious finale to this film.Movie Review: Unsurpassed Beauty
Summary: 5 Stars
I have owned a Video of Death in Venice for many years. The opportunity to upgrade to a DVD could not be missed. Although the film quality could have done with some enhancement, never the less, it retains all that Visconti intended. Bogarde's performance is captivating as is that of the boy playing Tazio but what really makes the film is its attention to detail in both costumes and settings. Everything is beautifully gauged from the beginning to the final pathetically sad scenes. There can be no better memorial to Bogarde, Visconti or Venice.Movie Review: Death in Venice
Summary: 5 Stars
Luchino's resplendent adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella is a sumptuous feast for the eyes, with its meticulous period detail, lavish costumes, and decorative sets. Yet the themes of death and decay are ever-present, manifested in a mysterious plague sweeping the ancient city that hotel staff attempt to hush up. Bogarde was never better playing the obsessive, uptight Aschenbach, closely modeled after Gustav Mahler, whose lilting music suffuses every frame. A heady meditation on art and passion, "Death in Venice" is a trip well worth taking.