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My expectations were extreme when I purchased this fifty-minute long DVD, dating from 1996. Both the title and the knowledge that Leonard Nimoy would be the narrator led me to suspect a sensationalist Hollywood arrive that would postulate that Venice had been built by faded Egyptians or that aliens had designed St Mark’s Cathedral. But, I was so rotten! For, when I saw the face of Professor Albert Ammerman, I knew I would be on grand ground. Other contributors include Frances Clarke (President of the Venice in Effort Fund), Ettore Vio (Proto of St Mark’s), Sally Spector (”artist”), and Laura Sabbadin (”historian”, although Amazon is quiet on any books that this contributor may have written) . This is no mere tourist guide to Venice, but rather a helpful short historical review of the city’s origins and development. There are five chapters.
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The first fragment, “Run into the Water”, focuses on the city’s genesis in the lagoon with a concentration on archaeology and the technology required to get houses and provide means of livelihood for their inhabitants. There is a welcome discussion about salt-making and the importance of trade. In the second portion, “A City is Born”, there is a novel witness at how the foundations of the buildings were set aside into dwelling, and how the Istrian marble that rests on top of the timber stakes provides wonderful defence against the eroding waters of the canals - or, at least, they did do prior to the subsidence of the land and the rising of the tides since those days (peep comments on fragment five, below) .
In the third fragment of the programme, “A Elegant Empire”, there are the standard references to Venice’s success in commerce and trade in the Medieval and Renaissance periods, to Marco Polo, to the Fourth Crusade and the attack on Constantinople.
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A few misconceptions may arise in the mind of the less knowledgeable viewer from watching this DVD. For example, the cover will exhibit ice-flows representing the ruin of the Ice Age, as if this was the ogle that would have been seen in the Venetian Lagoon. In addition, the commentary refers to the cathedral on the island of Torcello dating to the year 639, when the camera shows, of course, the exhibit later cathedral that was built on the same location. There are a few queer comments too, such as the Venetian Empire once dominating western civilisation: huh? And a few howlers as well: for example, Nimoy says that horses were never allowed in the city, when there is great of evidence of their presence up to (and including) the nineteenth century. And Venetian prisons were contaminated for torture? Only if you listen to Napoleonic propaganda: rather, Venetian prisons were illustrious for their humanity and ease. That’s not to say that torture never took station, but in the context of other European powers of the time, I would powerful rather be in prison in Venice than in prison in Madrid or Paris!
There is some consideration given of the Venetian political system, its checks and balances to ensure that no one man or family became dominant. A wry smile crossed my face when I heard Nimoy’s apparent surprise at how precise the Venetians were to their republic and its constitution, when he is a citizen of what is arguably a original equivalent. The medical, social and cultural benefits to the citizens are fleetingly mentioned, as is the decadence of the eighteenth century. (The fourth chapter is entitled “Decadence and Surrender”.)
In the fifth and final section, “Is Venice Sinking? “, the effects of the rising waters on the bricks above the level of the Istrian marble are obvious to view, and views of the Ca’ Da Mosto dramatically demonstrate the three-foot incompatibility that has arisen since its initial construction in the thirteenth century. Meanwhile the effects of the 1966 flood are shown in the crypt of St Mark’s Cathedral. Plans for floodgates to fill encourage the waters of the Adriatic from the lagoon are canvassed at the extinguish of the programme, but the threat of global warming does not seem to have instilled a sense of urgency in the proposals.
Alas, there are no extras to this DVD, but I was overall very contented with its train. It is not the best DVD I have seen on Venice - that honour goes to the four-hour visual feast, “Francesco’s Venice”, by the BBC - but it is a ample second-place and is heartily recommended for those wanting a more serious arrive to the origins and delights of La Serenissima.
This is an gripping video of how the city of Venice was formed through innovation and hard work. You’ll be wanting to visit after viewing the scenes of old times as well as modern-day Venice — beautifully filmed and interestingly narrated. One of the best “travelogues” ever!
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