Luchino Visconti / 卢基诺·维斯康蒂 · 1974
Conversation Piece
Gruppo di famiglia in un interno
The professor is surrounded by artworks, yet his knowledge of art separates him from life and creation. The family entering his apartment decomposes the artificial crystal from within, and his sensuous revelation through the young man arrives too late.
Film details
- Original title
- Gruppo di famiglia in un interno
- Director
- Luchino Visconti / 卢基诺·维斯康蒂
- Year
- 1974
- Region
- Italy / France
Reading attribution: Atlas editorial synthesis · Sources and locators
Close-reading questions
- 01How do paintings, furniture, rooms, and new occupants compose an artificial crystal that decomposes from within?
- 02In which bodily and spatial changes does the professor's sensuous approach to the young man reveal itself as too late?
Shots and scenes
Primary texts, scholarship, and locators
Theory coordinate: Cinema 2, Minnesota 1989, ch. 4, pp. 94, 96
- 01Cinema 2: The Time-Image
Authoritative source for the standard translation, translators, ISBN, and publication date.
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Viewing gateways and editions
- Verified complete Bilibili carrier: 家族的肖像-维斯康蒂bilibili.comOpen film page ↗
- Page access
- Accessible when checked
- Version extent
- Recorded as a complete version
- Source type
- User-uploaded page
Edition note: Complete single-part film, runtime 2:05:18.
Link checked: 2026-08-13