Luchino Visconti's Ludwig is a beautiful puzzle, an imperfect gesamtkunstwerk.
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An American in Scotland, Carmen writes about film, television, theater, and opera for sites such as One Room With a View, The Skinny, Little White Lies, Crooked Marquee, VAN Magazine, and Screen Queens. She specializes in changing distribution methods and cross-media adaptations, where the limitations of film, literature, music, and time are explored and exploited to reveal new sides to old narratives.
In terms of 21st century pairings, it's hard to find an actor-director collaboration that rivals Keira Knightley and Joe Wright in terms of thematic continuity, matched sensibilities, and a mutual evolution in storytelling.
Death in Venice remains a tantalizing, sobering piece of work, with hazy morals that have disturbed and fascinated throughout its 107 years.
