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Death in Venice

Movie · 1971 · 130 min

A slow, haunting plunge into obsession and decay, carried by Mahler and lingering glances; beautiful and suffocating.

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1971 film directed by Luchino Visconti
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Year
1971
Runtime
130 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • death
  • identity
  • art
  • isolation
Places
  • sea
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, LGBTQ-related
Directed by
Luchino Visconti
Written by
Thomas Mann, Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco
Starring
Silvana Mangano, Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Marisa Berenson, Carole André, Franco Fabrizi, Romolo Valli, Nora Ricci
Music
Gustav Mahler
Cinematography
Pasqualino De Santis
Runtime
130 min
Country
Italy
Languages
French, Italian, Polish, English

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