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DESCRIPTION:http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/calendar/index.html  (Recorded info: 
 510-642-1124)  Ludwig II  Luchino Visconti (Italy, 1972)   New Print! Free 
 Screening!  SUN AUG 29 2004, 5:30 PM  Tickets available at the PFA Theater 
 starting at 4:30  In the life of Ludwig II, the “mad king” of Bavaria, 
 Visconti found a fit subject for his own transcendent sense of spectacle. 
 Ludwig was a tragic figure who made an art out of life itself: born into 
 extreme wealth, he chose to pursue happiness in the realm of the 
 sublime—in art and matters of the heart—but he never achieved anything 
 close to happiness. Nor did his soul “fly free” of his body. He built 
 magnificent fairytale castles in the Bavarian sky and patronized a series 
 of artists, including Richard Wagner, who used him cynically. Increasingly 
 disillusioned, the passions of the “Swan King” grew dissolute, sealing 
 his doom. Visconti places Ludwig, portrayed by Helmut Berger, in context, 
 seducing us with opulent visuals, holding us at bay with the passion play 
 that was Ludwig's life. Romy Schneider is a figure of compassion amid 
 scoundrels as Ludwig's cousin, the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, and Trevor 
 Howard lends his own dark passion to his portrayal of Richard Wagner.   
 Written by Visconti, Enrico Medioli, with the collaboration of Suso Cecchi 
 D'Amico. Photographed by Armando Nannuzzi. With Helmut Berger, Romy 
 Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano. (238 mins plus intermission, In 
 Italian with English subtitles, Color, 35mm, From Cinecittà Holding)   \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/08/29/45613.php
SUMMARY:Free screening of rare Visconti film
LOCATION:Pacific Film Archive Theater  U.C. Campus at 2575 Bancroft Way  Between 
 College and Telegraph Avenues  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/08/29/45613.php
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