(aka "Senso '45" )
directed by Tinto Brass
Italy 2002
Erotica director Tinto Brass updates the Camillo Boito
story (previously adapted by Luchino Visconti as
SENSO with Alida Valli and Farley Granger) to World
War II Venice. Anna Galiena plays Livia, the wife of a
ministry official (Brass regular Antonio Salines), who
is so desperate to get back to Venice to meet her lover
Nazi officer Helmut Schultz (Gianni Garko) that she has
agreed to offer her body to her husband's knowing friend
Ugo (Brass regular Franco Branciaroli of THE KEY,
ALL LADIES DO IT, and
THE VOYEUR). The story of their meeting and
torrid affair is rendered in colorful flashbacks while
the framing story is in black and white. As with
TRASGREDIRE, Brass and his cinematographer (this
time, Daniele Nannuzzi - son of the great Armando
Nannuzzi - with second unit photography by previous
Brass DP Massimo de Venanzo) eschew the soft focus look
of Brass' earlier films shot by Silvano Ippoliti in
favor of a sharp and colorful palette. |
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Theatrical Release: 12 April 2002
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DVD Review: Arrow Entertainment - Region 0 - PAL
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Runtime | 2:01:48 (4% PAL speedup) | |
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1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
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Audio | Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo) | |
Subtitles | English (burnt-in) | |
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Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
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The Arrow disc may be a port of the Italian disc with added burnt-in subtitled. It is not in its original aspect ratio. The film's end credits state that it is meant to be screened at 1.66:1 but the Arrow disc is cropped to 1.78:1 (this is a problem with a few of the anamorphic video transfers of Brass' films including transfers of TRASGREDIRE which also states its intended aspect ratio of 1.66:1 in the closing credits) and there are some noticeable instances where the tops of heads are cropped off. That said, it is an excellent transfer. Although the Italian disc has 5.1 audio, the UK disc has 2.0 stereo audio which is still quite enveloping. Ennio Morricone's score comes through beautifully. There is a 20+ minute behind the scenes featurette featuring interviews with Brass and stars Anna Galiena and Gianni Garko in which Brass talks about the source novel and life in Venice during WWII. The "Tinto Brass Interview" segment is actually for the film TRASGREDIRE/CHEEKY (it is featured on the Italian disc of that film as well as the US releases) and the subtitles garble the name of that film's star Yulia Mayarchuk. |
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