``Death in Venice'' to Screen at LACMA as Tribute to Costume Designer Piero Tosi, March 6.Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2003 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. Film Department, in association with the Costume Designers Guild The Costume Designers Guild (CDG) was founded in 1953 by a group of 30 motion picture costume designers. As of 1999, its membership includes motion picture, television, commercial, and stage costume designers throughout the world and totals some 470 members. , the Italian Film Commission and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , is presenting a tribute to the legendary costume designer Piero Tosi by screening a rare pristine print of the 1971 Luchino Visconti Noun 1. Luchino Visconti - Italian filmmaker (1906-1976) Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone, Visconti film "Death in Venice Death in Venice aging successful author loses his lifelong self-discipline in his love for a beautiful Polish boy. [Ger. Lit: Death in Venice] See : Homosexuality " on Thursday, March 6, at 7:30 PM in LACMA's Bing Auditorium. Tosi, widely considered the greatest living costume designer, will be presented with an honorary President's Award The President's Award may mean:
"Death in Venice" stars Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen and Silvana Mangano. LACMA's Director of Film Ian Birnie described the film as follows: "Decor, luxurious costumes, and Mahler's Symphony no. 5 set the mood of this critically acclaimed meditation on beauty. Avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach (loosely based on Gustav Mahler) seeks relaxation at a Venetian resort but soon develops a troubling attraction to an adolescent boy, Tadzio, on vacation with his family. The boy's embodiment of ideal beauty becomes a dangerous obsession for Aschenbach, mirrored by an outbreak of cholera spreading through Venice. Visconti received a career achievement award the year 'Death in Venice' played at Cannes." General admission: $8.00. Ticket information: 323/859-6010. |
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