Movies
August, 1971
The hero of Thomas Mann's classic 1913 novella, Death in Venice, is a World-famous writer who goes to the fabled city on holiday and conceives a discreet but consuming passion for a beautiful young boy lodged at his hotel on the Lido. Ultimately he dies, either of the plague that infests the city or of the scalding sun and dry sirocco wind that stir impulses buried by a lifetime of dedication to art. From Mann's memorable study of decadence and stifled desire, director Luchino Visconti has wroug...
