Death in Venice Blu-ray Film Studies Joel McCrea plays a Hollywood

Joel McCrea plays a Hollywood director of frothy comedies who aspires to make a film showing the reality of life for the downtrodden

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'Metropolis' Director: Fritz Lang (1927) Eureka Blu-ray | Silent w/ German or English intertitles | Reconstructed & Restored edition | Includes 56 page booklet

Death in Venice Blu-ray Film Studies Joel McCrea plays a Hollywood'Death in Venice' Director: Luchino Visconti (1971) Criterion Collection Blu ray 4K restoration Includes documentary on the director, shorts, interviews and more. Atmospheric telling of Thomas Mann's tale of obsession, beauty and the inevitability of death. Dirk Bogarde plays the composer who has gone to Venice to recover from a disastrous concert where he becomes infatuated with a teenage boy.