Ebook: Death in Venice: a Queer Film classic

A Queer Film Classic on Luchino Visconti's lyrical and controversial 1971 film based on Thomas Mann's novel about a middle-aged man (played by Dirk Bogarde) vacationing in Venice who becomes obsessed with a youth staying at the same hotel as a wave of cholera descends upon the city. The book analyzes its cultural impact and provides a vivid portrait of the director, an ardent Communist and grand provocateur. - from publisher.;Acknowledgments -- Synopsis -- Credits -- Preface -- Luchino Visconti -- Imaginary Prisons -- Last impossible loves -- References -- Filmography -- Index.