A TV Dante (1990)

Name: A TV Dante
Released: 1990-06-13
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: John Gielgud, Joanne Whalley, Bob Peck, Laurie Booth, Susan Wooldridge

06/13/1990 1h 28m

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Score

7.4/10

Overview

A TV Dante is an experimental mini-series directed by Tom Phillips and legendary filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It covers eight of the thirty-four cantos in Dante Alighieri's Inferno, part of his 14th century epic poem The Divine Comedy. The eight cantos of the film are not conventionally dramatised, rather they are illuminated with layered and juxtaposed imagery while the text is read entirely in "talking head" fashion, and punctuated with a kaleidoscopic blend of both newly shot and archival footage.

Tom Phillips

Director

Peter Greenaway

Director