Rising Stars, Falling Stars – We Must Have Music!

In presenting Luchino Visconti's fourth film SENSO (Italy 1954) on July 21, Vaginal Davis isn't just showing the Italian director's first film in color, but also the first work in his oeuvre that connects his passion for opera and theatre to film in special fashion. SENSO is set at the time of the Austrian occupation of Italy and tells the story of an affair between an Italian contessa and an Austrian lieutenant. "This romantic intrigue seared in the thunder and lightning of passion takes place within a framework of baroque decor decked out in lavishly brilliant colors. An admirable sense of visual composition and color harmonics makes itself felt in every new shot." (Gregor/Patalas: Geschichte des modernen Films)