Friday, September 21, 2012

Dante's Inferno Animated


I came across this animated film as I was searching for Dante related things. Dante's Inferno Animated is a film directed by Boris Acosta, supposedly for grown up kids to allow them to better learn Dante's works.
It is a 2D film and has over 50 original color illustrations combined to form animation clips. Dino Di Durante created the images with Avetik Balain and Riccardo Pratesi.
Interestingly the film is recited in Italian but you can also find the narrated English version.
10 % of the earnings from the film will go charity to promote the study and reading of The Divine Comedy.

The film is 38 minutes long and describes Dante's journey through the nine circles of hell and exit into Purgatorio.
This is a link to the trailer for the film but they do say that this is old and it does not represent the most up to date version of what the film will look like, and the English version of the trailer will be up in October of 2012
http://www.dantesinfernoanimated.com/trailer-dantesinfernoanimated.html

This is a link to the home website where you can find more information about the project.
http://www.dantesinfernoanimated.com/dantesinfernoanimated.html

This seems like an interesting project that they have undertaken and I especially like the fact that they recite it in Italian and follow Dante's words throughout the story and provide English subtitles so you can get both the experience of listening to the original words as well as read the translation in English.
Also the fact that this project was announced in the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 as a work in progress and that now it is coming out just goes to show how influential Dante's work has been to our world as well as demonstrating that there are still people out there that want to make sure this story is available to as many people as possible. I couldn't find a full version of the film but I look forward to when it is available to everyone.

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