DANTE'S INFERNO (1911) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Francesco Bertolini,
Adolfo Padovan,
Giuseppe de Liguoro
Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Giuseppe de Liguoro,
Pier Delle Vigne, Augusto Milla, Emilise Beretta
An Italian poet gets a guided tour of hell and observes the sick and twisted ways the souls of the damned are punished for their sins. An elaborately produced silent version of Dante's 14th-century epic, flamboyantly acted but visually striking, its look derived from the famous engravings by Gustav Duré. Highlights include the headless guy whose severed head still speaks, and (of course) Lucifer. There's a lot of nudity, but it's almost all guys. That's hell for you, I guess. The print I saw on YouTube had a good modern musical score by Mike Kiker, and apparently there's another one with music by Tangerine Dream.
