Sunday, July 20, 2008

Venice on Screen (a)

Venice was the set of many Italian and foreign movies. Here is a selection of titles:
- Senso, 1954, directed by Luchino Visconti, based on the novella by Camillo Boito / video 1, video 2, video 3
- Anonimo veneziano [The Anonymous Venetian], 1970, directed by Enrico Maria Salerno / video including the soudtrack by Stelvio Cipriani
- Morte a Venezia [Death in Venice], 1971, directed by Luchino Visconti, based on the novel by Thomas Mann / video 1
- Il Casanova di Federico Fellini [Fellini's Casanova], 1976, directed by Federico Fellini, adapted from the autobiography of Giacomo Casanova / video
- La venexiana [The Venetian Woman], 1985, directed by Mauro Bolognini
- Pane e tulipani [Bread and Tulips], 2000, directed by Silvio Soldini / video
- Summeritime, 1955, directed by David Lean, based on the play The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents / video
- The Wings of the Dove, 1997, directed by Iain Sofley, based on the novel by Henry James / trailer

[Italian cities on screen – post 2 a]

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