Cheryl and Durant ImbodenDurant & Cheryl Imboden's
Venice for Visitors
veniceforvisitors.com
Google
 
"Best of the Web" - Forbes and The Washington Post
Europe Rome Paris
Italy Florence Cruises

Venice - Home

Where to Stay

Arriving in Venice
Local Transport

Money
Sightseeing
Gondola Rides
Murano/Glass
Top 11 Free Sights
Venice Cruises
All Topics

Weather
Map
Links

Photos
Fisheye  Venice


map

Venice Hotels
Use Venere's interactive map, browse our Venice Hotels Directory, or find hotels near:

Piazza San Marco
Venice Airport
Railroad Station
Cruise Terminal

photo

Venice Tours and Day Trips
Book excursions before you leave home.


Europe for Visitors

About Us
Advertising
E-mail


Currency Converter

 

 

Venetian Carnevale
The Greatest Masquerade


Articles about the Carnevale di Venezia:
Venice Carnival
Venice Carnival Dates
Carnival Masks

Archived article


Venetian Carnevale - photo

Note: Venetian Carnevale's Web site is no longer active, and the video appears to be out of print. (The old Web link now points to a "rock art murals" site, so I've removed it from this archived article.) If you want to buy the documentary, I'd suggest trying eBay or a site that sells used videos.


Venetian Carnevale, a documentary by Jon-Beau Lee, is a 40-minute tour of Venice's annual Carnival, with an emphasis on costumes, masks, and miming.

The film opens with a dramatic shot of a small float that represents a book with a gilded statue of the Winged Lion (Venice's official symbol) astride its open pages. A costumed Carnevale participant shares the equisitely crafted float as it rises and falls on the waves of St. Mark's Basin.

Next, we see a handful of TV news-style "man in the piazza" interviews with foreign tourists who comment on the festivities. This is followed by slightly more than half an hour of random street scenes from Carnevale--mostly people miming or strolling in ornate Carnival costumes, with one scene of young acrobats performing a circus routine for passersby.

Venetian Carnevale: The Greatest Masquerade is long on costumes and short on narration. Still, it's a bargain at US $19.95, and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants a souvenir of Carnevale or who's interested in costume and masquerade. If you're thinking of bringing your own outfit to the Carnevale di Venezia, Jon-Beau Lee's video will be a great source of ideas and inspiration.


Articles about the Carnevale di Venezia:
Venice Carnival
Venice Carnival Dates
Carnival Masks


Home

Copyright © 1996-2008 Durant and Cheryl Imboden and their licensors.
All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy