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The Damned

posted 19 years ago by dane-giraud
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The Damned (Though it has some great scenes) doesn't stack up for me. It is as if Visconti was trying too hard to be contempary. Thoughts?

[–] Bud-moore 19 years ago

You're right, but try watching The Damned back to back with Salon Kitty to get a better version of Nazi decadence and Helmut Berger insanity.

[–] IceboxMovies 16 years ago

The Damned is no doubt a very interesting film, and Helmut Berger's performance is deliciously diabolical.

But it's quite inferior to The Leopard, which is a masterpiece for the ages.
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[–] ebm83 16 years ago

Visually, he tends to overuse the zooms in The Damned compared to The Leopard.

[–] gnolti 16 years ago

The Damned is nasty, sumptuous fun and happens to look great onscreen, nothing more.

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[–] artihcus022 16 years ago

The Damned (Though it has some great scenes) doesn't stack up for me. It is as if Visconti was trying too hard to be contempary. Thoughts?

Well...Fassbinder liked it.

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[–] gnolti 16 years ago

Fassbinder WOULD like it.

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[–] Hancock_the_Superb 12 years ago

I liked it about as well as The Leopard. It's definitely more over-the-top but dramatically powerful all the same. A very different movie, at any rate.

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