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MCT:October 8, 2008Simply marvelous. A surprisingly beautiful film full of satire, comedy and an obvious respect for it's inspiration in literature. A helluva lot of effort and imagination went into this production. It does deviate on occasion from the original work (to be expected) but it's overall accuracy and loyalty to Dante's masterpiece is commendable. I'm unfamiliar with most of the voice cast but I can say that James Cromwell is probably the only actor who could have brought the appropriate amount of gravitas to the respected and venable Virgil. Although I would have preferred a strictly traditional interpretation (and still do), I found the combination of the original material with contemporary scenery and persons to be both original and refreshing. It helps to make this work of art more accessible and more fun to modern audiences who may not have the patience to read about Dante's (relatively) unknown contemporaries. From Hitler to Stalin to Strom Thurmond, they all take their rightfull place in the Inferno, though not necessarily where you might expect! Another novel innovation was the decision to portray this piece as a dark comedy rather than a heavy theological/allegorical drama. One generally doesn't come to laughter reading of Dante's descent but the laughs engendered by this film seem oddly appropriate, despite the subject matter. The short musical in the 2nd Bolgia inside the 8th Circle is a wonderful surprise and a particular delight. Apart from the small deviation from the original, the ONLY complaint I have for this film is it's relatively short length (although it does manage to cover a surprising amount of material in 76 minutes) and it's stand-alone status; it doesn't seem likely that there will be a similar treatment of the seven terraces of purgation or of the nine heavenly spheres. I suppose it's to be expected; the effort to make a film like this must be astronomical and the Inferno was and probably always will be the most popular out of the three (not to mention it's the first part of the book, anyway). Any deficiencies this movie has are left far in the dust when compared to the overall brilliance and beauty of this modern homage to one of the great literary classics.
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