Death in Venice • directed by Luchino Visconti

https://vimeo.com/667379761 (English, no subtitles) 1971. Dirk Bogarde plays enigmatic composer Aschenbach visiting 1890 Venice–only to find threads of futility in his poignant unrequited search for ideal beauty. Painterly Manet-like portraiture of vacationers in this cinematic gem by Italian director Luchino Visconti, drenched in Mahler symphonic music. https://youtu.be/GPkmRY3pDAE https://youtu.be/f-JK5W99LVs Audiobook… Death in VeniceIn Our Time: Culture…… Continue reading Death in Venice • directed by Luchino Visconti

Vatican Fashion Show

https://youtu.be/QMQ4JicUs1A Fragment of Federico Fellini (Roma) … https://youtu.be/879MyNEEDqQ And on the closely related matter…

The Quarrel

https://youtu.be/HdDp5XM0pQQ (Movie trailer)Montreal 1948. On Rosh Hashanah, Chaim (a Yiddish writer) is forced to think of his religion when he’s asked to be the tenth in a minyan. As he sits in the park, he suddenly sees an old friend whom he hasn’t seen since they quarrelled when they were yeshiva students together. Hersh, a…… Continue reading The Quarrel