"Death in Venice"

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"Luchino Visconti's filmed version of Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice is an excellent example of a literary adaptation. The amount and type of material in the book was so well suited to a film that it required only a few changes to suit the story to a visual presentation. The film's story has the same simple, direct plot as the book and very little is added in terms of incidents. The principal change that was made was to alter Aschenbach's occupation. He is a novelist in the book but becomes a composer in the film. The other major addition is the flashbacks to Aschenbach's life prior to the trip to Venice. Much of the short novel is devoted to simple, direct description of Aschenbach's actions, accompanied by the narrator's commentary on what Aschenbach thinks. The book is written in the third person and its style is suitable--in many parts--to the way..."

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