Review of Death in Venice (1971) by Dustin N — 17 Oct 2008

I thought this as a gay movie on the onset, but I decided it's really more about the life of a failed aging artist who's been on search for something, and could be yearning for his youthful past when he was more appreciated, accepted, celebrated----& he saw his past being personified in a beautiful looking young man, who actually looks very feminine and masculine at the same time (who I thought was thinking the artist was seducing him!).

Of course, the film's visually great, but I like the book better (on which the movie was based on).