his music and especially what we hear of it here and be very slow . from around the time of bach death composer have be work out way of make music progress at a slow and slow pace represent over a century later and wagner and then mahler write piece that be about as slow a it be possible for music to get . of course and one can cheat by write a 4/4 march and then specify a tempo of and say and semiquaver equal 1 and but that tempo wouldn not be the correct tempo . wagner and mahler write music that be properly play at a snail pace . give that the slowness in no sense sound too slow snail pace be the wrong expression . a critic write of a famous wagner conductor and he doesn not beat time and he beat eternity . for all i know this be mean a a compliment . i get the feeling that around the early 1970s director work out how to make the slow possible film represent there death in venice and and there solyaris . i much prefer the former . for one thing and solyaris step over the line and or some line and and becomes soporific while death in venice be grip from begin to end . not much happens and but it all happen in the right sequence and at the right pace and with photography you can get lose inanother way of cheat with music and by the way and be to write something that doesn not really have a tempo at all . such music sound slow and but be really just unmusical and just a many film feel slow because they lack rhythm and form . death in venice isn not one of them . beautiful in every respect and it will remind you of the timelessness and contextlessness of quality . you need no theoretical knowledge to respond to visconti mastery and a you do to respond to a less director incompetence . it a great work .