Worth seeing as a gay lib film. It is "Tod in Venedig" updated to 1960 Rome, and so that the plagiarism is not so obvious, the old queen's sex is changed. Otherwise it is Mr Mann's storyline verbatim.
Lush lush colors and a great window on the decadence of Rome ready to be renewed (albeit while damaging the Church) via Vatican II.
And Warren Beatty at 22? Like Splendor in the Grass, he is all dick, all the time. His acting is decent, but as an Italian, he is laughable. And I guess that is how he lived his life. Be careful what you wish for...
As for Leigh, clearly she was playing her mentally ill self, and she does a fine job.
Finally, the movie is worth seeing for Lenya brilliant performance as a procuress. As she sings in the 1950s version of The Three Penny Opera: "What keeps a man alive? He lives on others? As long as he can forget, they're his brothers..."
Lush lush colors and a great window on the decadence of Rome ready to be renewed (albeit while damaging the Church) via Vatican II.
And Warren Beatty at 22? Like Splendor in the Grass, he is all dick, all the time. His acting is decent, but as an Italian, he is laughable. And I guess that is how he lived his life. Be careful what you wish for...
As for Leigh, clearly she was playing her mentally ill self, and she does a fine job.
Finally, the movie is worth seeing for Lenya brilliant performance as a procuress. As she sings in the 1950s version of The Three Penny Opera: "What keeps a man alive? He lives on others? As long as he can forget, they're his brothers..."