Set in Venice
6 Episodes
Venice can be the most magical and romantic of movie settings—or the most sinister and haunting. With its ornate architecture set upon a maze of canals as dense as its history, the city has provided the unforgettable backdrop to countless stories of dreams, nightmares, and intrigue. Together, these films immortalize one of the world’s most unique destinations—a floating neverland, always sinking, until the day when it will become a pure memory.
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1:44:50Episode 1
The Comfort of Strangers
Episode 1
Directed by Paul Schrader • 1990 • United States
Starring Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha RichardsonTwo couples are drawn into a dark psychosexual vortex in Paul Schrader’s stylish take on the erotic thriller. Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson are a British couple hoping to repa...
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1:33:18Episode 2
Nosferatu in Venice
Episode 2
Directed by Augusto Caminito • 1988 • Italy
Starring Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer, Donald PleasenceWhat was intended to be an unofficial sequel to Werner Herzog’s NOSFERATU instead became one of the most notoriously fascinating productions in EuroCult history. Klaus Kinski—fully unleashed—...
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Senso
Episode 3
Directed by Luchino Visconti • 1954 • Italy
Starring Alida Valli, Farley GrangerThis lush, Technicolor tragic romance from Luchino Visconti stars Alida Valli as a nineteenth-century Italian countess who, during the Austrian occupation of her country, puts her marriage and political principle...
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1:40:41Episode 4
Summertime
Episode 4
Directed by David Lean • 1955 • United States, United Kingdom
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavinWith this sublimely bittersweet tale of romantic longing, director David Lean left behind the British soundstage to capture in radiant Technicolor the sun-splashed glory of Ve...
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Eva
Episode 5
Directed by Joseph Losey • 1962 • France, Italy
Starring Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker, Virna LisiBlacklisted ex-Hollywood director Joseph Losey’s reinvention as a voice of coolly stylized European art-house cinema in many ways began with this Venice-set tale of romantic obsession, gorgeously ph...
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2:10:29Episode 6
Identification of a Woman
Episode 6
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni • 1982 • Italy
Starring Tomas Milian, Daniela Silverio, Christine BoissonMichelangelo Antonioni’s IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN is a body- and soul-baring voyage into one man’s artistic and erotic consciousness. After his wife leaves him, a film director finds him...