Difficult to rate due to an unusual edit
I have Tony Palmer's "Death in Venice" in both of its incarnations: the DVD issued in 2002 on Image Entertainment (Region 1, NTSC, subtitles included) and the 2012 release by Gonzo Multimedia (all region, NTSC, no subtitles).
In a rather unusual move, scene 29 "Chaos, chaos and sickness," has been edited on the 2012 release. Tenor Robert Gard has been excised and footage of Peter Pears has been dropped into the space, apparently from a stage production, interspliced with images from the original version of the film along with photographs of Benjamin Britten. Gard's performance of this 5 minute scene is entirely excluded from the Gonzo CD.
My personal opinion is that I found the edit disruptive. The revised scene with Pears, Venice, Tadzio, and photographs of Britten is a lovely hommage, but it would have been best served elsewhere, perhaps as a bonus feature on the DVD.
My other problem with the Gonzo disc is that it doesn't include subtitles. I...
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