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most ominous and depraved. Dangerous Beauty (1998) is raunchier but sillier, a missed
opportunity to show 16th-century Venice through the eyes of a courtesan.
Always ready for action, Venice made appearances in Indiana Jones and the Last Cru-
sade (1989) and Casino Royale (2006), whose Grand Canal finale was shot in Venice with
some help from CGI - don't worry, no Gothic architecture was harmed in the making of
that blockbuster. To see the latest big film to make a splash in Venice, don't miss the
Venice International Film Festival.
Venice's irst movie role dates from the earliest days of cinema, as the subject of the 1897 short ilm A
Panoramic View of Venice . But since Venice was complicated and expensive for location shooting, silver-
screen classics set in Venice, such as the Astaire-Rogers vehicle Top Hat, were shot in Hollywood back-
lots.
 
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