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.
NEWS
July 25, 2008
Deborah Parker, Professor of Italian at the University of Virginia has told us about the new World of Dante site that's now live. Here's the link: www.worldofdante.org. Looks like a great new resource for all things Alighieri.
June 3, 2008 - DVD Commentary
We're recording commentaries this week. First the filmmakers will do a commentary. Then later in the week we'll record the commentary of scholars Peter Hawkins and John Bell. Peter Hawkins is a professor at the Yale Divinity School and noted Dante scholar. And John Bell is the Director of Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, a fellow at MIT, and is a puppetry historian. They've both published important works in their fields.
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Upcoming Screenings [past screenings]
"Pagine Nascoste" at Festivaletteratura [link]
Montova, Italy
September 4, 2008 at 2:30pm
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