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Re: Visconti's "The Damned" isn't bad either (nt)

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Grins

I agree but... - Mr_bill2 08:03:42 07/15/05 (0)
(All great films) if I'm watching for the beautiful cinematography, why watch beauty in squalor? "Death in Venazia" is probably next on my list.
Re: One I can not stand, but not even remember why--- - patrickU 05:56:02 07/14/05 (1)
Maybe it�s�uncleaness? His flirt between pleasure and pain?
- Re: Not by any means an uplifting theme - grinagog 22:01:21 07/14/05 (0)
  the upper class (Visconti was a Count, and an active marxist), grabbing at the brass ring of capitalism while supporting a fascist regime that wants to pull the rug out from under their World
  Set against a background of decadence, something Dirk Bogarde takes to like a fish to water
  Visconti knew his theme and its carried over into the Leopard and Conversation Piece; each a glimpse of the downfall of the social order and disintegration of the class he belonged to
  Italy was in a whirlwind of political and social change during his lifetime and I think he wanted to capture that on film
  I think he succeeded; but it doesn't make for easy watching any more than Mahler is easy listening
  I would definitely not have wanted to be in that place at that time
  Grins

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