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Death in Venice

Death in Venice

Luchino Visconti, 1971

Spine #962

Picked by 3 guests

Drama

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Luchino Visconti

Written by Nicola Badalucco, Luchino Visconti

Cinematography Pasqualino De Santis

Edited by Ruggero Mastroianni

Cast Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson, Carole André

Picked by

Brady Corbet

“Death in Venice, to continue with Visconti, I watch it every single year.”

Carl Franklin

“Death in Venice, I want to see that. Visconti, The Leopard is another one of his I want to see.”

Robert Eggers

“Death in Venice, also costume designed by Piero Tosi. I don’t know, maybe my favorite Visconti movie? You know, obviously, like, Visconti and his collaborators’ attention to detail in creating the period world is something that I, shockingly, really love... I love Dirk Bogarde. His Performance is incredible. It was also so brilliant to, you know, to make the lead character a composer instead of a writer. It just makes it much more cinematic.”