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Title: The necessity of evil
Review: Clearly, this is not one of those movies that can be universally recommended: it's slow pace and subject matter clearly place this film in a category that's not easily accessible to all viewers. The trailer for this film is available at the Internet Movie Database, and if it doesn't completely turn you off, you probably will enjoy "Death in Venice"The film is elegantly shot, and it's pacing is so elegaic, you can feel the protagonist slowly loisng his will to fight against his worst instincts. Bogarde's twitchy performance is hugely watchable, and, for such a slow movie with very little dialogue, the big ideas are tossed out in noisy blasts (of course, it helps to have one of the characters as an obnoxious provocateur).Unfortunately, the film suffers from some rather abrupt editing, and the sound mix is awful. The scenery is so important that watching on video is also going to reduce the experience.
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