i guess i really like visconti for the realism of his characters, and dostoyevski for his contorted, troubled personalities, but it was extremely annoying to see them pictured on film. the characters completely lack credibility, so the whole movie ends up being an extremely cheap melodrama. while i have met in real life girls like natalia, who just drive one insane with their obsessive pursuit of an aberrant dream (the guy never comes back in real life btw) - so, in principle, one should be able to portray these people on film - i did find visconti's characters as barely sketches whose behaviour made no sense and therefore could not convey any meaning.
or maybe he was trying to have a "metarepresentation" of the characters? like they would be exaggerated puppets in the hands of their director and they overrepresent, love, and purity, idealism, and god-knows what else the movie wanted to say? like in Greek tragedy? i think even this way the movie fails miserably, as the dose of pathos is just completely insufficient. it's "warm", as dostoyevsky could say.
also, the movie is completely unfunny, which is a pity, since usually Italian movies (as also do Italian people) have a lot of that.
OK, so i think this movie is an insult to the intelligenge of any person over highschool age that looks for some sort of meaning in movies. i really don't understand why it's such a well-rated movie. the only reason i gave it 2 points is because of the dancing scene, which was kind of fun.
or maybe he was trying to have a "metarepresentation" of the characters? like they would be exaggerated puppets in the hands of their director and they overrepresent, love, and purity, idealism, and god-knows what else the movie wanted to say? like in Greek tragedy? i think even this way the movie fails miserably, as the dose of pathos is just completely insufficient. it's "warm", as dostoyevsky could say.
also, the movie is completely unfunny, which is a pity, since usually Italian movies (as also do Italian people) have a lot of that.
OK, so i think this movie is an insult to the intelligenge of any person over highschool age that looks for some sort of meaning in movies. i really don't understand why it's such a well-rated movie. the only reason i gave it 2 points is because of the dancing scene, which was kind of fun.