Review of Death in Venice (1971) by Tiberio S — 22 Jul 2017
Visconti's drawn out meditation on life and death acts almost as a fever dream strapped in tedium and nausea as we watch Gustav paranoid over an impending plague taking over Venice while falling in love with a young boy.
There's plenty of symbolism, such as purifying the streets with a white liquid, then scorching them in fire. The barber gives Gustav the mask of death, as if dressing his corpse for a funeral, in the moments leading up to his actual death.
It always feels like we're in a dream and this has all happened already in 3D land.
This review of Death in Venice (1971) was written by Tiberio S on 22 Jul 2017.
Death in Venice has generally received very positive reviews.
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