The inferno / Dante ; Channel Four Television, Elsevier Vendix, VPRO ; produced by Denis Wigman, Kees Kasander ; directed by Tom Phillips, Peter Greenaway.
Publisher:
Connoisseur Academy Video,
Copyright Date:
1993
Description:
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
John Gielgud, Bob Peck, Joanne Whalley. Based on the poem by Dante. Originally produced for television in 1989. A foreign film (Great Britain). "A K.G.P. Ltd Dante B.V. co-production with Channel Four Television and RM Associates." "Espace vidéo européan."
Summary:
Radical, new visual techniques are used to bring 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.
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