Mann at the Movies
Death in Venice (1971) is a haunting adaptation of Thomas Mann's classic novel about an artist, paralysed by ennui and repressed emotion, who, during a visit to Venice, discovers in the homoerotic affection for a young man the last remnant of beauty and emotion. Lost in this “impossible love”, he loses not only his dignity, but also finds his death.
MANN AT THE MOVIES:
This film screening is supported by the German Department at Northwestern University, the Goethe-Institut Chicago and the Departments of English, French and Italian, Slavics, and the Program of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University.
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