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Information
- A.k.a.
- Death in Venice
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 130 min.
- Director
- Luchino Visconti
- Genre
- Drama
- Rating *
- 7.5
- Votes *
- 13,012
- Checks
- 2,924
- Favs
- 260
- Dislikes
- 65
- Favs/checks
- 8.9% (1:11)
- Favs/dislikes
- 4:1
Top comments
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fragilelabyrinth
Well, I found this pretty captivating. Every shot feels like a painting, painstakingly composed and colored just for the audience. Some scenes, particularly the flashbacks, drag a bit. But I was still mesmerized by the protagonists search for beauty/love as the camera forces you to take this journey with him. Simultaneously enchanting and uncomfortable, both precise and vague, this film demands your attention. 7 years 4 months ago -
SpacePauls
It's hard to judge him for being a creepy old man when that boy's hair is just so fabulous. 3 years 1 month ago -
tapiridae
How anyone can find this movie captivating is a mystery to me. Both character development and acting (which this movie is crying out for, since it's pretty uneventful and two hours long) are not up to scratch. It simply fails to communicate with the audience in my opinion. This could quite easily be made into a short without losing much of anything.
Liked some sequences, but those were few and far between. 12 years 4 months ago
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This movie ranks #74 in FilmTV's The Best Italian Films
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This movie ranks #201 in The New York Times's Book of Movies
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This movie ranks #1174 in The Criterion Collection
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