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Hidden Venice

Postby Toby Dammit » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:15 pm

I'm a huge horror film fan (as me name might suggest), and I actually found the Hidden Glasgow forum through a poster on the British Horror Film's forum mentioning this place (he also posts stuff here).

For years I've been a bit obsessed with the movie DON'T LOOK NOW, a Brit horror film made in 1973 starring Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie and Venice.

I know the city reasonably well, and as such on a trip there in November last year, I tried to track down and photograph as many of the locations used by director Nicolas Roeg as I could. He mostly used parts of the city that are well off any tourist maps, and when discovered today are often weirdly deserted, like abandoned fake studio sets.

These 35mm pics have proved to be quite popular with some galleries, and I'm currently exhibiting some of my Venice pics in Leeds and Birmingham:

http://www.clairegalleries.co.uk/artist.aspx?id=86

This is an ongoing project though, as there are a few places in the city I've yet to chase up. I hope to go back next winter (Roeg famously shot the film in an freezing, out of season Venice) with a large format camera and really get into the red dwarf's lair in a new way.

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Campo San Stae (the last location used in the film)

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Invidia (Envy)

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Ponte Vinanti
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Re: Hidden Venice

Postby HollowHorn » Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:16 am

Me too, John, the ending stayed with me for weeks after seeing that movie. I get more out of it with each viewing, a very disturbing film.
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Re: Hidden Venice

Postby Lucky Poet » Sat Mar 01, 2008 3:04 am

It looks like one hell of a town to explore with a camera. Talk about faded grandeur...
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Venice,Italy

Postby Jess » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:23 pm

Had a great week there and didnae manage tae fa' in! Really jumpin' wi' the mossies or midges if ye prefer. Real dear though and the wee brig goin' intae the prison cawd the The sighs iz under cover 'til 2011! Loved ev'ry minit o' it! :)
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Re: Venice,Italy

Postby Dot » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:24 am

Looks like some people got a bargain holiday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/also_in_the_news/default.stm
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Re: Hidden Venice

Postby Dot » Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:04 pm

The bargain holiday story in my previous post seems to have gone but the same story is on this link.

http://newsflavor.com/alternative/hotel ... -one-cent/
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