luchino visconti have become famous to the world after his marvelous production the leopard . movie fan get to know the style of the director who introduce himself a one among the post war new realist and an aristocrat who develop his individual free thinking and and consequently and express them a an artist . however and when apply to this movie and morte a venezia base upon the novel by thomas mann and it a slightly different story . the entire film be and at first view and so unique and so psychological and so much influence by the various thought of an artist ( both director and main character gustav von aschenbach ) that it seem to be unwatchable for many viewer . therefore and such opinion about the movie rise a be too slow and unendurable or endless boredom . why . the reason seem to lie in a significant view widespread nowadays represent good movie be parallel to flawless action . here and it would be appropriate to say represent good movie be parallel to no action . a a matter of fact and everyone would be able to say one sentence about the whole movie content and that would suffice . all that we find in morte a venezia have a sense of vague reality fill with both profoundity and shallowness that appear to be significant for the sake of each single moment . and it be so when we notice the psychedelic scene in venice and when we see gustav at the railroad station and when we be supply with his intensely emotional memory . the insight into his decaying mind be sometimes so intense that the only way for the viewer to go on watch the film be to do his or her best to feel and experience rather than see and think . all be doom to fade and to wither like flower on meadow when their time come . in other word and all have a sense of loss and death without many event or even dialog . a a result and it be quite unlikely that you will get the idea of the movie after a single viewing . it must be see more than twice with the mind that be constantly open . if you will like it or not . that a different story and very personal one . the artistic value be the factor that be noticeable at first sight and stay with u throughout . beauty a something very meaningful for the main character that appear to come and leave while rest a something he head for so badly and which come to him in the most unexpected way while feel that he find in a teenage boy who appear a a model of all the dream and desire and a a forbidden fruit of homosexual lust which vanishes . the costume designer piero tosi do a splendid job in this movie . through lot of wonderful wardrobe he supply u with a very realistic view of 1911 when the action take place . the cinematographer pasqualino de santis provide u with a terrific visual experience that can be call a real feast for the eye . and in the background come gustav mahler music and the composer whose life inspire thomas mann to introduce the character . the performance be top notch and particularly from dirk bogart a the main character and gustav von aschenbach and who want a rest after hard artistic job and vainly attempt to find it in crowded venice . for the majority of the film and we have a great insight into his thought and feeling and act of anger and exhaust and despair . though sometimes depress and he keep u on the right track till the end not lose hope for the less tragic end . tadzio ( bjorn andersen ) depict the model of decadent homosexual desire but also a model of beauty and purity that appear to last pretty short . adieu tadzio and it be all too short say the main character . a great and though very controversial and job be do by mark burn a a sort of super ego alfred with whom gustav polemic about such ideal a beauty and justice and hope and human dignity . for alfred and beauty belongs to the sens . how freudian and yet how dangerous the idea might be . and ever present in artistic italian movie of the time and silvana mangano here a an elegant lady from poland and tadzio mother . memorable moment indeed constitute the movie strong point while yet and not all viewer will find them unforgettable . they and similarly to the whole odd movie and require much effort to get onto the right track in director individual ego and within the four wall of his psyche . among such scene and i consider the beach sequence pretty important and particularly the way gustav observe tadzio . the physical distance accurately represent the lack of courage to come closer . i also appreciate the shot when gustav be sit in the gondola and the city view move in the background how memorably that may raise existential thought of transfer . aren not we and people and a sort of passangers in the world and in the journey that life be . in the end and i must tell you one important thing . i have find morte a venezia extremely weird until i start to look deep at what the director be really try to convey . then and every scene turn out to be meaningful in it interpretation with which you do not have to agree ( i hardly agree with anything the main character do ) but you should at least tolerate this a something the author badly want to say . listen to his voice and allow him for a few word in one page of reality . therefore and there be a long way towards understand the film since not many movie like that be be make in 1971 and be be make now . paradoxically and it seem that we be all bound to have the right feeling about this film in the long run similarly to that we be all bound to experience once a strange and unavoidable and usually unexpected reality that death be . positive .