Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa... 1965

Richard Brody, New Yorker: With its hard edges and dark shadows, crashing zooms and feline rages, Visconti's tale is, in effect, a work of Gothic modernism, in which history replaces mythology and madness evokes the blocked-out light of therapy. Read more

Eric Hynes, Time Out: Visconti's approach is both classical and modern, etching tableaus of gone-to-seed opulence in high-contrast black and white while incorporating handheld camerawork, zooms and idiosyncratically framed shots. Read more

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Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: A dessert cart for the cinema-minded. Read more