Thursday 5 September 2024 at 6.30pm
In Italian with English subtitles
Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice)
Director: Luchino Visconti
Screenplay: Luchino Visconti and Nicola Badalucco
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Mark Burns, Romolo Valli, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson
Drama/1971/2h 10min/colour
In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, avant-garde composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to a Venetian seaside resort seeking repose after a period of artistic and personal stress. He finds no peace there, for he soon develops a troubling attraction to Tadzio, an adolescent on vacation with his family. The boy embodies an ideal of beauty that Aschenbach has long sought and he becomes infatuated.
Cannes Film Festival 1971 Winner 25th Anniversary Award and Best Director
BAFTA Award 1972 Winner Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Sound
Nastro D’Argento 1972 Winner Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Best Design, Best Production Design
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 1972, Winner Best Foreign Film
David di Donatello 1971 Winner Best Director
Introduction and post screening discussion with Nick Walker.
BOOK HERE
Nick Walker has worked in the film industry, wrote film articles for The Guardian, is a film lecturer, programmer and host of film salon events in London and Rochester. Nick has a Master’s Degree in Film Culture.