L'INFERNO
Last night I watched this import DVD of a silent Italian spectacle from 1911, based on Dante's INFERNO. The selling point of the disc is that the film is accompanied by a complementary score by...
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gfanikf Member (3/20/06 5:21 pm) 153.104.168.226 Reply | Edit | Del All L'inferno (Italy: 1911) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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I've combined the new thread with what was left of the original. GARY L. PRANGE "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectos nunc."
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Glad I could help,...I had first heard about Google video in the Frankenstein (1910) thread. I'm sure Inferno looks much better on DVD than online, but it's nice to get a "preview" before one spends...
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I actually got the DVD in from Netflix. Jess and I are going to watch it during dinner. Score sounds eh....not so good. Pic is good considering its from 1911 VQ wise. Any suggestions for music to play...
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I got this DVD for Christmas last year. I would agree that the Tangerine soundtrack is awful...but as Tim says...just turn the volume down, which is what I do with most silents anyway.
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There is a small website for the DVD with a photo gallery and a link if you want to buy the DVD: L'Inferno Site
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I gotta say the music is a real miss-match here, but I also gotta say the picture quality was a bit crummy, I know it's older than god, but I've seen quite a few films of equal or earlier vintage look...
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Thanks for the heads up, everyone. It's on the way from Netflix! Did I mention that when I read this board, I often keep Netflix open on another tab so I can jump over and order up the stuff discussed...
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zogstar67 wrote: Thanks for the heads up, everyone. It's on the way from Netflix! Did I mention that when I read this board, I often keep Netflix open on another tab so I can jump over and order up...
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I thought this was a wonderful little film. Some of the images are iconic, of course, and the film hasn't exactly ben drowning in issues from the major purveyors of silent features. The score...
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"It's my understanding that silent films were never actuially silent, they were always shown with musical accompanyment." Yes. Ranging from a single piano, through an organ - often with many extra...
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I believe it's this version of Dante's Inferno that turns up at the climax of the all-Black-cast movie GO DOWN DEATH, starring Spencer Williams. It turns up occasionally on TCM and is also out on DVD.
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I find silent horror films have an extra amount of creepiness because they're so old...I often find the musical accompaniment with these DVD releases take away from certain scenes. I also grew up...
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