Dante's Inferno
by Sean Meredith
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Actor: Dana Snyder, Dermot Mulroney, James Cromwell, Martha Plimpton, Paul ZaloomDirector: Sean Meredith
Brand: TLA RELEASING
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 78 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-08-26
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: TLA
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- HELL goes animated as apocalyptic graphic novel artwork and eerie Victorian toy theater converge in this subversively satiric update of a literaryic. Reinterpreted with the use of intricately hand-drawn puppets and stunning miniature sets, this bizarre travelogue narrated by Dante, a hard-living hoody-clad twenty-something slacker, will take you on a gritty, violent tour of hell that bears a distu
DVD Reviews of Dante's Inferno
DVD Review: Good for someone who Loves the Original
Summary: 4 Stars
This was actually very good for someone who knows and loves the original, because then you get all the references. Good sense of humor. Very left-leaning in whom it assigns to hell (Bushies figure prominently, as do Christians). But at the same time - look at how it handles some embarrassing parts of Dante from a modern perspective. It doesn't remove or skip homosexuals, but it has them there mostly for what seems to be hypocrisy (most of the men listed were closeted and guilty of quite other bad behavior - e.g. Ernst Rohm), and their punishment seems to only be to dance to bad music - FOREVER! (Again, the movie has a naughty but not vicious or cruel sense of humor.) I would think for someone who's never read the original, the experience would be more "huh?"DVD Review: Dante for Dummies
Summary: 3 Stars
Dante Alighieri's `Divine Comedy' is filled with vivid imagery and flowing poetry. It is one of the most celebrated pieces of literature of all time. It doesn't need many more translations. New ones are welcome, but it has been improved upon for the English reader time and time again. On the other hand, `Dante's "Inferno,"' the movie, takes many modern contexts and puts a new spin on the timeless classic.
Based on Marcus Doug Harvey, Sandow Birk, and Marcus Sanders' adaptation, the film is a cut-out puppet show--one with the wires still very visible attached to figures going across a mini stage with the finesse of amateurs using magnets and paper clips. The sets are a landscape of (mostly) urban decay--still lifes that are at best a bit impressive, but that`s the exception not the rule. The composite may seem like an A+ project by a high school senior, but on DVD, the results may be of interest only to hard-core Dante-philes or the uninitiated who only want to take the journey via 'Cliff Notes'.
Sight gags and funny references go along with literal passages, and true characters from the book go along with modern updates. (You get to meet Palo and Francesca, Ciacco, the Hog; and Brunetto Latini--as modern players, except their characters and sins are remarkably intact. However, this time you also get to meet Richard Nixon, Hitler, and Stalin along the way.)
The best aspect of the movie is the written material, which is mostly funny and favorable. Sometimes the modern update is right on the money. (Who can argue with Lizzie Borden being among the traitors against kin in the last circle of hell, Lake Coccyx?) Still, finding Hitler among the fortune-tellers doesn't exactly sound like poetic justice to me--even if their explanation does make a point. And, for that matter, I wouldn't put Cardinal John O'Conner in 'The Inferno' at all, but that's just me. I happened to notice that there were a lot more Republicans than Democrats in 'The Inferno,' but, 'The Divine Comedy' does have its political references. Instead of Ghelfs and Gibolenes (white and black), we get red and blue.
Anyway, I'm not God and Dante never pretended to be--it was all meant to be representations of sin and redemption with identifiable figures from Dante's neighborhood to fictitious people in Greek mythology.
`Dante's "Inferno"' entices as much as it repels. To keep a wider audience, the entertainment goes into full gear. "Every dog has his day," Dante quips after Virgil shoots the three-headed dog, Cerebus. At 1:18 the presentation does an admirable cross-section of some of the most memorable cantos. It is rated R for the language and for the explicit nudity during the first circle of the lustful. (I never thought paper puppets could leave so little to the imagination.)
Dermot Mulroney does a convincing modern everyman as Dante, the pilgrim, and James Cromwell is perfect for the voice of Virgil. Clocking in at such a short time, I'll bet a lot of college students and Dante aficionados will satisfy their curiosity for a thoughtful, but often bare bones presentation of a marvelous work.
(Those who are strict with literature interpretations of 'The Divine Comedy' should take consolation that at least this interpretation is closer to 'The Inferno' than the film 'What Dreams May Come'.)
DVD Review: Dante's inferno
Summary: 5 Stars
I've read Dante's inferno and i thought this movie was an excellent adaptation and update. If you have an open mind and a good sense of humor, this movie is funny as Hell. I recommend both the original play and the movie. If you read the play it has a lot of pop-culture references from 1300s Italy and as it was said in the movie " go forth and Google"DVD Review: Very poor movie.
Summary: 1 Stars
Dante's Divine Comedy much better portrayal of the Dante's inferno. This was a very poor quality movie.DVD Review: Be Prepared for the Profane Treatment of This Classic
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a college professor and showed this to my World Lit. class. They loved it, but I was embarrassed by some of the profanity and sexual content.
Description of Dante's Inferno
Hell goes animated as apocalyptic graphic novel artwork and eerie Victorian toy theater converge in this subversively satiric update of a literary classic. Reinterpreted with the use of intricately hand-drawn puppets and stunning miniature sets, this bizarre travelogue narrated by Dante, a hard-living hoodie-clad twenty-something, will take you on a gritty, violent tour of hell that bears a disturbing resemblance to our own world. Featuring the dark, mood-drenched voice of Dermot Mulroney (Zodiac, My Best Friend's Wedding) as Dante, and the wizened pipes of James Cromwell (L.A. Confidential, Six Feet Under ) as his ghostly guide, Dante s Inferno is like nothing you ve ever experienced before.Feature Films DVDs
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