Sunday, January 9, 2011

White Nights

White Nights by Luchino Visconti“Le notti bianche” (White Nights) is a film by the director Luchino Visconti, based on a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The movie, starring Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni and Jean Marais, won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1957.White Nights by Luchino ViscontiA peculiarity of this movie is that the story is set in a derelict post-war Livorno, plausibly reconstructed in Rome's Cinecittà Studios.White Nights by Luchino ViscontiThe action, not much of it considered the kind of film, takes place mostly in the quarter of “Venezia Nuova” (New Venice), with its canals and bridges slightly beautified. It is hard to recognize any real place, but they caught quite well the essence of it.

The bridges of Venezia Nuova: Ponte di Marmo - Ponte dei Domenicani - Ponte della Venezia - Ponte di San Giovanni - Ponte dell'Angiolo - Ponte del Luogo Pio

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15 comments:

  1. Luis GomezJanuary 9, 2011 at 12:25 AM

    Excellent post VP. I like the images.

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  2. Traveling HawkJanuary 9, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    Very interesting, VP! I didn't know. Thanks for telling us.

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  3. John SantosJanuary 9, 2011 at 2:16 AM

    Great film! And Visconti made the city feel so lonely. Thanks for the reminder...must watch this again.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2011 at 2:45 AM

    You live between famous walls.

    Please have a good Sunday you all.


    daily athens

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  5. RandyJanuary 9, 2011 at 3:55 AM

    I have never seen this movie. I will have to find it so that I can watch it.

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  6. propostestefanoJanuary 9, 2011 at 3:59 AM

    E' retorico ma quando si dice la magia del cinema! Non c'è uno scorcio reale ma è più Livorno di Livorno; usando solo particolari anche banali hanno restituito l'immagine globale, del resto se dio è nei particolari, Visconti era un dio nei particolari.

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  7. DinaJanuary 9, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    I'd like to see "White Nights" now that I know something about Livorno, thanks to you.

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  8. KaoriJanuary 9, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    Is it perhaps, a romance? :-)

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  9. MichelleJanuary 9, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    Lovely images. I do love black and white. It conveys a lot of feeling, I think.

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  10. UnknownJanuary 9, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    I'm a big fan of Visconti but I haven't watched this movie... Now I have to look for it!

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  11. BirdmanJanuary 9, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    Love old black and whites. Gonna get my hands on this one. Thanks!

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  12. cieldequimperJanuary 9, 2011 at 9:14 PM

    I loved the film, I learned something new again. Fantastic post.

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  13. tapirgalJanuary 9, 2011 at 9:38 PM

    It looks more interesting than what they film in Astoria :)

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  14. HalcyonJanuary 9, 2011 at 10:42 PM

    Nice stills! Never seen the movie. Will have to put it on my list.

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  15. Babzy.BJanuary 10, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    great atmosphere ! I 'd like to watch the movie :)

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