DANTE’S INFERNO has been kicking around the cultural playground for over 700 years. But it has never before been interpreted with exquisitely hand-drawn paper puppets, brought to life using purely hand-made special effects. Until now. Rediscover this literary classic, retold in a kind of apocalyptic graphic novel meets Victorian-era toy theater. Dante’s Hell is brought to lurid 3-dimensional, high-definition life in a darkly comedic travelogue of the underworld — set against an all-too-familiar urban backdrop of used car lots, gated communities, strip malls, and the U.S. Capitol. And populated with a contemporary cast of reprobates, including famous — and infamous — politicians, presidents, popes, pimps. And the Prince of Darkness himself.
Stuff that's on the DVD [buy it here for $13.99]
- THE WHOLE MOVIE (duh) in it's original 16:9 widescreen format and the original Dolby 5.1 sound mix.
- Two commentary tracks. One is done by us, the filmmakers (I've been assured by close friends that's it's "really good. really."). The second commentary is a conversation between America's leading puppetry scholar John Bell and renowned Dante scholar Peter Hawkins. We were honored to have them participate.
- Behind the Scenes. We put also together a 15 minute 'making of' doc that's included. It gives a behinds the scenes look at our filming process.
- The original film trailer.
- Music: And, hidden in plain sight, on the data section of the DVD are MP3 files of two of the film's songs: the musical number "The Lobbyists" sung by Martha Plimpton, and the beautiful end credit song "Follow You Down" written and performed by Mark McAdam.
Upcoming Screenings [past screenings]
Broodwork Exhibit, Eagle Rock, CA [on Facebook]
June 11, 2009 at 8pm
at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
OvationTV
Also, OvationTV is showing the film. When? Well, we don't keep track. It just comes on once in a while. Check your listings. Caveat: they've edited it for television. To see it uncut, the DVD is the way to go. Check out OvationTV, though. It's a cool channel.
Recent DVD Reviews
Rue Morgue just published a nice review in their Jan/Feb issue (bought a copy and left it in Zaloom's garage by mistake, so I'll have to scan it later).
Gut Munchers - 2008
Indie Film chat - October 2008
DVD Town - September 2008
Synergy Magazine - September 2008
Life with Movies and Maxxxxx - Sept. 2008
[past press... like during the festival run]
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