Similar to the way that Chabrol's Le Beau Serge
A far cry from carefree “white telephone” pictures centered on lives lived in luxury far removed from any reality of the World War II era, though Obsessione
In addition to inspiring a new naturalistic approach to telling intimate stories of everyday Italians, Visconti inspired himself as well from a topical rather than a technical perspective, revisiting these themes in his career changing technicolor debut feature Senso
Moving away from Neorealist docudrama to indulge his own obsessione with heightened melodrama, Visconti showcased his passion for passion in the painterly near-operatic Italian production, which was recut, rewritten (by Tennessee Williams and Paul Bowles), re-dubbed and re-released in the United States as the poorly received Wanton Countess.
Very loosely based on the eponymous novela by Camillo Boito, Visconti's Senso
Foreshadowing Visconti's future as an opera director while hearkening to his background in costume-making with an exquisite attention to detail, the technically influential yet ultimately disappointing Senso
Bogged down by the film's overwhelmingly silly non sequitur filled English language subtitled conversations between our doomed lovers, Senso
Though critically panned upon its initial release and heavily censored in Italy where it incidentally bankrupt the studio funding the picture, Visconti's Senso
Likewise since it's the type of work you'd rather hang on your wall or show just before a hyper-stylized work by Luhrmann
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