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| Topic Started: May 19 2009, 08:46 PM (143 Views) | |
| shelbyvinje | May 19 2009, 08:46 PM Post #1 |
Balcony Gang, Foist Class
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Would anyone consider Dante's Inferno a horror movie? They are screening the film on Friday at Cinevent and I am curious to know people's opinion beforehand. Anyone not aware of it but lives in Ohio (or driving distance to Columbus, Ohio) I recommend you check this event out. Cinevent's Web-Sitehttp://www.cinevent.com |
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| CliffClaven | May 20 2009, 12:05 PM Post #2 |
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Balcony Gang, Foist Class
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If it's the Fox film starring Spencer Tracy, it's worth seeing. But despite an over-the-top fantasy sequence in Hell, it's not a horror film. At Coney Island, a tough drifter (Tracy) meets a kindly old man who offers moral lectures drawn from Dante's Inferno. A natural promoter, Tracy parlays that into an entertainment empire and marries the man's daughter. But hubris leads to dirty deals with tragic consequences, and he has to survive an inferno of his own before winning back his wife and son. The story plays like a no-nonsense gangster film, but along the way you get some serious spectacle: a somber pantomime of the shiny-skinned damned striking poses; a Cecil B. DeMille-style disaster at Coney Island; and finally an ocean liner catching fire during a huge party. And between times you've got a young Spencer Tracy playing a Jimmy Cagney character. |
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| shelbyvinje | May 28 2009, 05:47 PM Post #3 |
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Balcony Gang, Foist Class
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It was the silent version. Screened from a 16 mm master. I also purchased a copy on DVD that turned out to be the best quality I have ever seen, but still no true restoration. Wish this film received a restoration. Seriously. |
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| panzer the great & terrible | May 29 2009, 08:59 PM Post #4 |
Mouth Breather
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There certainly are some interesting stills. |
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| shelbyvinje | Jul 3 2009, 02:25 PM Post #5 |
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Balcony Gang, Foist Class
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Finally watched the film all the way through. The print I have even has color tints which means there was some effort to restore the print which explains why the one I bought at Cinevent is excellent. |
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| Chandu | Jul 3 2009, 05:02 PM Post #6 |
Knowledge Seeker and rascal at large
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Are you sure Grood didn't have a hand in it?
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 Didja ever drop your gum in a chicken coop and find it three times?
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