Obsessed: Four Decades with Luchino Visconti
(R) Italy/West Germany/Switzerland – 2 hr 37 min – with subtitles
1969 · d. Luchino Visconti
Starring Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem
During Hitler’s ascent, an industrialist family rises to new levels of wealth while plunging into ever deeper decadence and treachery. Blowing through one taboo after the next, this delirious fable of a nation’s moral rot is the most infamous of Visconti’s historical epics.
This screening will be presented in conjunction with the film course The Cinema of Luchino Visconti: Realism and Spectacle, taught by Maurizio Giammarco, Ph.D. Seating for screening-only attendees will begin at 7:00 pm. Just want to see the film? Purchase your tickets from this page.
