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Title: Film of superior visual and emotional beauty
Review: What makes this a great film? Top of the list, of course, is Bogarde's amazing performance. Also, the haunting atmosphere that grabs you from the minute the boat appears through the mist. Meandering scenes and sparse dialogue provide an effective sense of place.It is not about homosexuality but about creativity and beauty and how, to appreciate these, we have to be truthful. Most of all, it is a very emotional film and that's the kind I like.What makes this a bad film? Not much. Some of the flashbacks are puzzlingly clumsy coming after the delicacy of earlier scenes. The dialogue in the flashbacks is like amateur dramatics.Generally, though, 'Death in Venice' is to die for.
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