The Conformist/Death in Venice


 The Conformist

Marcello Clerici’s secret trauma is that he murdered his chauffeur, Lino. The trauma made him a person who wants to be “normal” because he’s wanted to find an escape from reality ever since the murder. When Marcello goes to Paris, we learn that his original thesis was supposed to be on the story of Plato’s cavern. But the professor uses it against Marcello by correlating it with how Italy is run as a fascist nation. At the end of the movie, Marcello finds out that Lino is alive and angrily, in front of a crowded square, says that Lino is a fascist, a gay, and the one who murdered the professor and his wife. Marcello also claims that his blind friend is gay and a fascist. Marcello probably doesn’t want to accept that the professor has some truth when he used Marcello’s knowledge against him. This means that his desire of being “normal” can’t be possible

Death in Venice
In Death In Venice, the city of Venice is so important in telling this story about repressed sexual desire because the city represents, in a way, Aschenbach’s conscious. Venice is known for being a beautiful city, and Tadzio is beautiful enough to Aschenbach that he wants him. In the movie, Aschenbach tries to leave Venice but a issue that happens in the airport prevents him from leaving. At the same time, there’s a cholera outbreak that happens as he tries to leave and the first thing he tries to do is warn Tadzio and his family. Aschenbach can’t seem to get his mind off of Tadzio which is similar to how Venice is described in The Italians because people learn to fall in love with Venice and Aschenbach can’t find a way to go back to Germany or get his mind off of Tadzio. Tadzio, on the other hand, is for the most part able to go back to his home in Poland.
Location: Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

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