Searching for Tadzio (1970)
An account of Italian film director Luchino Visconti's travels in search for a young actor to portray the role of Tadzio in his 1971 adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice (1912).
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The Worst Film Ever
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Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
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There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
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All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
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