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This is an odd film. It is rather intellectual as it reviews arguments about art and beauty in flashbacks as the musician protagonist's long-held views are challenged by the impact of his realization of a boy's beauty. It is set in Venice at the time of a cholera outbreak, the man's increasing fascination with the boy leads to his own death from the disease. Just as his intellectual views cracked, so do his health. Beautiful settings in opulent environments contrast with disease and death. While the theme is boy love, the relationship extends no further than repeated glances at each other. If interested, buy this movie.
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If you do not wish to delve deeply into the elevated mind set of Thomas Mann you can at least enjoy the images of this production. Faced with a difficult role, Dirk Borgarde wasn't bad. I was unsure sometimes about the adherence of the script to Thomas Mann as the lead character was shifted to Gustav Mahler who was not the subject of the original novella, which I have not read. That said, it was engaging.
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A classic film of a classic piece of great literature. My only regret is that it hbas nevere been available in high definition Blu ray. Oh well!
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What is true beauty? Is it what an artist might create or is it what we encounter with our senses? Composer Gustav von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) travels to Venice to escape stress and seek artistic inspiration, the space to create. What he finds is an adolescent boy whose physical perfection so captivates him that he embarks on an obsessive pursuit destined to destroy him
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Highly recommend if you are a fan of Thomas Mann and Visconti! Beautiful photography and sound track.
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