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Dante, the Inferno /

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Radical, new visual techniques are used to bring the first eight cantos of Dante's Inferno to the screen. The film illustrates and complements Dante's text, re-creating a 600 year-old work as a late twentieth century post-modern masterpiece. Eminent scholars in visual sidebars interpret Da...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Vendex Film, VPRO, Channel Four (Great Britain), Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Greenaway, Peter, Phillips, Tom, 1937-, Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, Peck, Bob, 1945-1999, Whalley, Joanne, 1964-, Kasander, Kees, Wigman, Denis, Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, [2003]
Subjects:
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321. > Inferno > Criticism, Textual.
Hell > Drama.
Experimental films.
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Summary:Radical, new visual techniques are used to bring the first eight cantos of Dante's Inferno to the screen. The film illustrates and complements Dante's text, re-creating a 600 year-old work as a late twentieth century post-modern masterpiece. Eminent scholars in visual sidebars interpret Dante's metaphors and symbolism.
Item Description:Originally produced as a television program in 1993.
"FFH 6276"--Disc label.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Camera, Edwin Verstegen, et al. ; editor, John Wilson.