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Soul Break Venice
Francisca 2022-12-17 12:09:26
As a failed German composer, the male protagonist went to Venice to relax after losing his daughter. After meeting the beautiful young Tacchio by chance, he gradually gained a new understanding of life, music and life. I have always disagreed that the male protagonist is a pedophile. His understanding of Tacchio is a kind of admiration and admiration for pure beauty, but his lack of recognition of his own talent, at the end of the film, the male protagonist is in the background of Tacchio under the sun. Ugly death in disguise is an extreme contrast. A large number of eyeless long shots of the surrounding nature or character environment accompanied by a melancholic soundtrack are used as a foil for Tacchio, but they are slightly procrastinated and redundant. In addition, there is a stylized denunciation and criticism of Lucino Visconti for the isolated and corrupt life of the Venetian aristocracy under the plague.
Extended Reading
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Gustav von Aschenbach: I remember we had one of these in my father's house. The aperture through which the sand runs is so tiny that... that first it seems as if the level in the upper glass never changes. To our eyes it appears that the sand runs out only... only at the end... and until it does, it's not worth thinking about... 'til the last moment... when there's no more time left to think about it.
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Gustav von Aschenbach: You know sometimes I think that artists are rather like hunters aiming in the dark. They don't know what their target is, and they don't know if they've hit it. But you can't expect life to illuminate the target and steady your aim. The creation of beauty and purity is a spiritual act.
Alfred: No Gustav, no. Beauty belongs to the senses. Only to the senses.