luchino visconti be light year ahead of his contemporary . the great director of italy of the 40 and 50 be men who understand the medium and but it be luchino visconti and a man of vision and who dare to bring a film like to show what he be capable of do . he clearly show his genius early on in his distinguished career with ossessione and a film base on james cain the postman always ring twice and which be later make by hollywood and but that version pal in comparison with what visconti achieve in the movie . luchino visconti and his collaborator on the screen include an uncredited alberto moravia and a man who know about the effect of passion on human being . the film have be well preserve in the dvd format we watch recently . the film be a must for all serious movie fan because we can see how visconti vision translate the text into a movie that ring true in a plausible way and something the american version lack . what come across watch the movie and be the intensity which the director get from his key player . the magnificent clara calamai do an amazing job a giovanna and the woman who have marry an old man and but when gino appear in her life and all she want to do be rid herself of the kind man who give her an opportunity in life . giovanna be one of the best creation in ms. calamai achievement in the italian cinema . the last sequence of the film show ms. calamai at her best in the ironic twist that serve a the moral redemption for the monstrous crime that be commit . equally excellent be massimo girotti and one of the best actor of his generation who appear a gino and the hunky man that awaken the obsessive passion in giovanna . gino be the perfect man for giovanna and something that mr. girotti project with such ease and sophistication not equal before in the screen . mr. girotti make the man come alive in a performance that seem so easy and yet with another actor it might not have be so apparent . juan delanda be see a giuseppe and the old man who fell in love with giovanna . in fact and his character ring truer than his counterpart in the american film and where he be see more a a buffoon . the film be beautifully photograph by domenic scala and aldo tonti . they give the film a naturalistic look that be the way italian director of the era favor . the original musical score of giuseppe rosati be perfect . visconti and a man who love opera and be one of the best director and also include aria by bizet and verdi that fit well in the context of the movie . ossessione be a film to treasure because we see a great luchino visconti at the top of his form .