luchino visconti and the artist with the sword . courage should be the first word associate with his entire opus . film . theater . music . revolution and artistic and cultural and personal . a legacy with powerful consequence and endless ramification . he introduce the neorealism through the work of an american novelist james cain in ossesione he give anna magnani the most extraordinarily beautiful close ups of her career . he give u alain delon and maria calla . but the last word about his life and work rest on the talent of a certain adam low and the voice of helmut berger . what a terrible fate . for those interested and there be a 61 minute documentary by director carlo lizzani ( a man who really know visconti ) title luchino visconti a portrait . it be out on dvd distribute by image entertainment .