The film remains primarily remembered for a 10minute depiction of hell realised by director harry lachman, himself an established postimpressionist painter. Rediscover this literary classic, retold in a kind of apocalyptic graphic novel meets victorianera toy theater. The sun shines down on a mountain above him, and he attempts to climb up to it but finds his way blocked by three beastsa leopard, a lion, and a shewolf. Melding the seemingly disparate traditions of apocalyptic liveaction graphic novel and charming victoriaera toy theater, dantes inferno is a subversive, darkly satirical update of the original. Dermot mulroney, james cromwell, paul zaloom, martha plimpton, dana snyder, sean meredith. Not only is the production true to classic puppet theatre techniques, but its great fun to see whos ended up where, and why.
This link leads to a video clip of a scene in the eight circle from dantes inferno, 2007. James cromwell and dermot mulroney in dantes inferno 2007 dantes inferno 2007. The film is a tiein to a videogame, also titled dantes inferno. But thats not a complaint perse, since the movie showed intelligence and. Wikipedia provides what may be a definitive answer to this question. Dantes inferno disambiguation dantes inferno is the first part of dante alighieris epic poem divine c. Dantes inferno 2010 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Dantes inferno has been kicking around the cultural playground. Inferno opens on the evening of good friday in the year 0. A contemporary version of dantes hellish adventure presented a problem when we decided. Now, with the help of writeractor puppeteer paul zaloom and director sean meredith, birk has adapted. Dantes peak 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Dantes infernoas a completely unrelated spencer tracy movie. The inferno tells the journey of dante through hell, guided by the ancient roman poet virgil. Reinterpreted with the use of intricately handdrawn puppets and stunning miniature sets, this. Inferno on dvd january 24, 2017 starring tom hanks, felicity jones, omar sy, ben foster. A group of young filmmakers with virtually no budget set out to make something clever and original and while there is a bit of originality and some skilled drawing in this slacker puppet show take on dantes inferno, there is nothing especially clever.
Walthall, who owns a picturesque but stodgy display depicting dantes inferno. Dantes inferno 1935 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. As he makes his way through a dangerous neighborhood, alighieri meets the poet virgil james cromwell, who offers to lead him home. Italian for hell is the first part of italian writer dante alighieris 14thcentury epic poem divine comedy. Dantes hell gets reinterpreted with exquisitely handdrawn paper puppets and brought to life using purely handmade special effects. Follow dante as he braves the nine circles of hell on a mission to rescue his beloved beatrice from the infernal grasp of lucifer. Dantes inferno 2007 stream and watch online in this paperpuppet satire, a modernday dante alighieri dermot mulroney awakens, completely lost, with an epic hangover. Finds the famous symbologist again played by tom hanks on a trail of clues tied to the great dante himself.
Dantes inferno 2007 a darkly comedic travelogue of the underworld set against an alltoofamiliar urban backdrop of used car lots, gated communities, strip malls, and the u. And populated with a contemporary cast of reprobates, including famous and infamous politicians, presidents, popes, pimps. The head puppeteer was paul zaloom and the puppets were designed by elyse pignolet and drawn by sandow birk. Traveling through a dark wood, dante alighieri has lost his path and now wanders fearfully through the forest. Dantes inferno is a satirical update of the classic tour of hell performed with paper puppets and sets its called toy theater, which was all the. Films which feature the use of puppetry, including hand puppets, marionettes, animatronics, and other techniques. A featurelength companion piece to the electronic arts videogame. Dantes inferno 2007 cast and crew in this paperpuppet satire, a modernday dante alighieri dermot mulroney awakens, completely lost, with an epic hangover. Ive never seen a puppet show on film, but this film manages to employ humor with a modern. Rent dantes inferno 2007 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Dantes inferno feature film trailer toy theater puppetry.
Dantes inferno movie adaptation is coming from warner. The very first film version of dantes inferno ever made. The most baffling adaptations of dantes inferno, with one. In this cinematic, dante is reimagined as a templar knight as he travels through the nine circles of hell to reclaim the soul of his beloved beatrice from the hands of lucifer. In the poem, hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the earth. Dantes inferno has been kicking around the cultural playground for over 700. After reading the first five cantos of the inferno, i had a strong desire to see how dantes journey through hell could be envisioned if interpreted from a modern context. It is inspired by dante alighieris epic poem, the divine comedy written in the 14th century, one of the greatest pieces of world literature. The film was adapted from the book dantes inferno by. This was fox film corporations last film before the company merged with twentieth century pictures to form 20th.
A subversive, darkly satirical update of the original 14th century literary classic. This is a modernized adaptation of dantes inferno, using contemporary, as well as classical, figures in a victorian puppet theatre production. Dantes inferno 2007 film, a puppet comedy version of dantes hell. Carnival barker spencer tracy befriends elderly concessionaire henry b. The film was adapted from the book dantes inferno by sandow birk and marcus sanders, which is a modern update of the canticle inferno from dante alighieris epic poem divine comedy. A modernday retelling of dantes inferno in animated form is, without a doubt, a clever premise. Retold with the use of intricately handdrawn paper puppets and. Easily one of the most original films of the year, and probably one of the best, too. As he makes his way through a dangerous neighborhood, alighieri meets. An animated epic is a direct to dvd animated dark fantasy action film released on february 9, 2010. Rent dantes inferno 2007 starring dermot mulroney and james cromwell. Now, with the help of writeractor puppeteer paul zaloom and director sean meredith. There have been at least three movies, of varying quality and importance, based on dantes inferno.
A few hundred years after the release of dantes inferno, the first in dante alighieris smashhit divine comedy trilogy, warner brothers has finally decided to turn it into a movie. This articles plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. In 2004, artist sandow birk collaborated with author marcus sanders to create an illustrated retelling of dante alighieri s divine comedy using hallmarks of contemporary america rather than dante s italy. Dantes inferno has been kicking around the cultural playground for over 700 years. For films in which puppets are animated by using stop motion, see stopmotion animated films for television programs featuring puppetry, see television programs featuring puppetry. Harry lachmans 1935 dantes inferno is loosely based on the divine comedy in that its a completely unrelated. Dantes inferno will be a movie, maybe a trilogy the. The film is based on dantes inferno video game which is itself loosely based on dantes inferno. Stay connected to your students with prezi video, now in microsoft teams. Dantes inferno 2007 stream and watch online moviefone. When his father and fiancee are murdered, a warrior must travel through the many circles of hell in order to retrieve his true love from lucifer.
Dantes inferno 1967 film, a film about the tortured life of dante gabriel rossetti. It was the first feature length movie produced in italy. January 15th, 2007 west coast premiere at the 2007 santa barbara international film festival on january 27th. January 30, 2007 bay area premiere dantes inferno will have its bay area premiere at the 2007 slamdance film festival on february 9th. Dantes inferno combining victorian toytheatre and the style of the graphic novel into a comichorror movie of apocalyptic proportions made with paper cutouts. The film chronicles dantes journeys through the underworld, guided by virgil. Dantes inferno all cutscenes game movie 1080p duration.
Combining victorian toytheatre and the style of the graphic novel into a comichorror movie of apocalyptic proportions made with paper cutouts. Everything you need to know about inferno movie 2016. Topics dantes inferno, action, adventure, fantasy, anime, wikipedia. But it has never before been interpreted with exquisitely handdrawn paper puppets, brought to life using purely handmade special effects. Archived link request dantes inferno 2007 usually i can find just about any movie i want to watch streaming online, but ive exhausted all my outlets. Dantes hell gets reinterpreted with exquisitely handdrawn paper puppets and. An animated epic was released, of course theres the spencer tracystarring 1935 adaptation, the silent film version in. With tony abatemarco, scott adsit, matt besser, bill chott. Dermot mulroney, james cromwell, martha plimpton, dana snyder, and paul zaloom. Heres what you get when you search for dantes inferno on wikipedia.
Retold with the use of intricately handdrawn paper puppets and miniature. In this paperpuppet satire, a modernday dante alighieri dermot mulroney awakens, completely lost, with an epic hangover. Also, dantes inferno will screen on march 9th at the san luis obispo int. Dantes inferno is a 2007 comedy film performed with handdrawn paper puppets on a toy theater stage. Unlike animated films, which are filmed one frame at the time, puppet movies are filmed in real time. And it describes a fictionalised dantes travels through these realms. A darkly comedic travelogue of the underworld set against an alltoofamiliar urban backdrop of used car lots, gated communities, strip malls, and the u. Like a high school english class on hallucinogenics, this cardboard cutout adaptation of dante alighieris classic is a dark morality tale full of ironic humor and entertaining ingenuity and definitely not for younger viewers.
Watch dantes inferno by sean meredith online vimeo on. Dantes inferno 2007 trailers and clips in this paperpuppet satire, a modernday dante alighieri dermot mulroney awakens, completely lost, with an epic hangover. The poem presents a medieval view of hell, purgatory, and heaven. Dantes inferno is a 1935 motion picture starring spencer tracy and loosely based on dante alighieris divine comedy. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and. Dantes inferno 1924, fox film corporation duration. Watch dantes inferno by sean meredith online vimeo on demand.
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