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Luchino Visconti’s L’Innocente Lushly Escalates Emotional Intensity and Moral Quagmire
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Luchino Visconti’s L’Innocente Lushly Escalates Emotional Intensity and Moral Quagmire

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 / 28 July 2020

The wealthy, spoiled, entitled, monstrously egotistical male protagonist in Visconti's L'Innocente spends his time in various states of suffering, often sweating profusely and sometimes with eyes puffy and tear-stained.

The Terrifying Reciprocity of the Aesthetic Gaze in Visconti’s ‘Death in Venice’
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The Terrifying Reciprocity of the Aesthetic Gaze in Visconti’s ‘Death in Venice’

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 / 17 May 2019

Luchino Visconti’s oft-misunderstood Death in Venice tenderly explores how beauty stares back at us and demands that we accept and acknowledge its terrible contradictions.

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The Crossroads of Reality and Melodrama in ‘Rocco and His Brothers’

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 / 14 August 2018
The Other End of the Ideological Spectrum of Suffering in ‘La Terra Trema’
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The Other End of the Ideological Spectrum of Suffering in ‘La Terra Trema’

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 / 29 April 2012

Hardship takes up the bulk of La Terra Trema’s two-and-a-half-hour length and makes for unforgiving viewing. Visconti is brutal in his depiction of suffering.

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A Legendary Performance In an Underrated Masterpiece: ‘Bellissima’

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 / 12 April 2012
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The 100 Essential Directors Part 9: Victor Sjöström to Luchino Visconti

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 / 28 August 2011
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Visconti’s ‘Ossessione’ Is Cain’s ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’, Italian Style

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 / 12 February 2009