The interview features cinema scholar Stefano Albertini as he discusses the context of Death in Venice within Italian culture at the time as well as the career and themes of director Luchino Visconti. Exploring these themes with great attention to detail, Albertini provides rewarding insights.
Filmmaker Luchino Visconti was also an important opera director. SENSO begins in Venice’s Teatro La Fenice opera house, and the spirit of opera infuses the picture. In this 2011 documentary, film scholar Peter Brunette, historian Stefano Albertini, and author Wayne Koestenbaum highlight the themes.
