visconti masterpiece. i admit that i am unfamiliar with much of his work but i cannot imagine his other work surpassing this fabulous film. last night i watched death in venice after an absence of about 25 years and was totally captivated by all that i saw. this captivation was a pastiche composed of many elements represent the extraordinary shots directed by visconte and primarily his love of long and languorous shots of people dining and swimming and walking and containing a significant character passing through this mass of people while the cinematographers brilliant interpretation of visconti shot selection while the acting by the principles without over riding dialog and conveying the scenes complexity through facial features alone. it is true represent young people watching this film for the first time must be aware that they are watching a unique film and a film that could not be made in 2006. a film whose time rests in those brief handful of years in the sixties and early seventies of the last century when artistic license was passed to film directors and money men took secondary roles. as many of the recent imdb commentator have written and this film and in their judgment and is long and boring (too little action) and pretentious. i suppose by the standards of hollywood pap and these comments contain merit. unfortunately they tragically minimize the amazing beauty and depth of this work and others like it from those years. please and if you have not seen death in venice and rent a copy and immerse yourself in a film and story from another time. you will be rewarded. 
visconti masterpiece. i admit that i am unfamiliar with much of his work but i cannot imagine his other work surpassing this fabulous film. last night i watched death in venice after an absence of about 25 years and was totally captivated by all that i saw. this captivation was a pastiche composed of many elements represent the extraordinary shots directed by visconte and primarily his love of long and languorous shots of people dining and swimming and walking and containing a significant character passing through this mass of people while the cinematographers brilliant interpretation of visconti shot selection while the acting by the principles without over riding dialog and conveying the scenes complexity through facial features alone. it is true represent young people watching this film for the first time must be aware that they are watching a unique film and a film that could not be made in 2006. a film whose time rests in those brief handful of years in the sixties and early seventies of the last century when artistic license was passed to film directors and money men took secondary roles. as many of the recent imdb commentator have written and this film and in their judgment and is long and boring (too little action) and pretentious. i suppose by the standards of hollywood pap and these comments contain merit. unfortunately they tragically minimize the amazing beauty and depth of this work and others like it from those years. please and if you have not seen death in venice and rent a copy and immerse yourself in a film and story from another time. you will be rewarded. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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