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| Death In Venice [1971] | ![Death In Venice [1971]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GFV0SCR9L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Luchino Visconti
Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Silvana Mangano, Mark Burns, Marisa Berenson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 3552
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Running Time: 125 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.4
EAN: 7321900288811
ASIN: B0001CVB5U
Theatrical Release Date: 1971
Release Date: June 1, 2006
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Luchino Visconti's adaptation of the Thomas Mann story Death in Venice 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 centre 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. --Robert Horton
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 Cinema for cinema lovers February 8, 2008
A proper film made the proper way, by not caring too much what the mass market might think of it. That's right, it's almost completely uncommercial in my opinion, and that's one of the main reasons for liking it. Photography, direction, filmscore, Bogarde, all superb. Will send you into artistic raptures or send you to sleep...or even both.
 The acting couldn't save it November 11, 2007
I adored the book and found the film a bit dull. It's always difficult to put a film on the screen when the book is almost entirely in someone's head. Bogarde does admirably and is very convincing as the obsessed professor, but even he couldn't really portray how much he loved Tadzio.
Tadzio is incandescent, and youthfully sensual and the music and the scenery is fabulous but it wasn't for me. I prefer the book, hugely.
dirk bogarde steals the show October 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Absolutely shocking sound quality nearly ruined this film but the quality of Dirk Bogarde's acting and a simple story well told saved the day. I studied the book many years ago and it seems to be a good re-telling of a story of a man who comes to terms with beauty rather than trying to create it in a mechanistic manner through art (a theme told in a rather clumsy fashion).
The end is moving for the lonely way of his death and the soundtrack is just fantastic. The quality of the camerawork is exceptionally high - sometimes it feels more like we are lingering over a canvas rather than watching a film.
 A wonderful film September 29, 2007
I first saw this movie in 1971. I had forgotten how beautiful it was to watch and to listen to. Dirk Bogarde played his role in this movie with true skill. The movie was beautiful to watch because of the scenery, and the atmosphere was haunting, this can also be attributed to the excellent use of the composition of Gustav Mahler throughout. I spend a wonderful evening watching this. Of course, I had tears in my eyes, the story is such a sad one. Very sad ending.
A Masterpiece June 22, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A great film with great performances. Bogarde is superb. It contains many deep undercurrents and is deeply moving. Tadzio represents,in my opinion, the Angel of Death - hence his pointing to Heaven at the end. A not to be missed film with stunning photography. I just wish they would re-master it and improve the sound quality.
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