Senso (Visconti, 1954): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 6pm
This 35mm presentation is part of the Luchino Visconti season at BFI Southbank. Full details here.
Chicago Reader review:
Aptly titled—a lush, melodramatic portrait of seduction and betrayal,
decadence and deceit in the midst of Italy's resistance to Austrian
occupation in the mid-19th century, revealing Luchino Visconti at his
most baroque and the Italian cinema at its most spectacular (1954). A
fine tragic performance by Alida Valli and surprisingly good work by
Farley Granger (imported for American box-office appeal) help overcome
some of the obvious narrative gaps created by the Italian censors.
Visconti's sinuous Marxism here begins to creep to the fore.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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