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downloads > A TV Dante - Canto 1 (Greenaway) £0.79
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CANTOS 1 - 8
By Peter Greenaway and Tom Phillips Peter Greenaway gained international recognition for his screenplay and direction of The Draughtsman's Contract. He has long been established as one of Britain's most innovative film makers, with features such as A Zed and Two Noughts and The Belly of an Architect and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. His film, Drowning by Numbers, won the prize for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Prospero's Books, released in the UK in 1991, won wide critical acclaim. It was his association with the late Sir John Gielgud in the making of A TV Dante which led to Sir John starring in this film, Greenaway's version of The Tempest. It was the artist Tom Phillips’ published translation of the work, which he illustrated with 139 of his own images, that inspired Peter Greenaway to embark on a collaboration with him to create an ambitious video equivalent of his work, using all the resources currently available to the electronic media – the first comprehensive treatment of the text in moving images. The first eight cantos, produced by Greenaway and Phillips, are not conventionally dramatised, rather they are illuminated with layered and juxtaposed imagery that comments, counterpoints and elucidates. Visual footnotes, which explain the many references, symbols and allusions in Dante’s work and are delivered by appropriate authorities, are an integral part of the videos and sometimes perform the function of commentary as well as that of illustration. Narration of the text (in Phillips’ translation) is delivered by Sir John Gielgud as Virgil, Bob Peck as Dante and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Beatrice. Greenaway’s and Phillips’ concept has been described as creating “a thinking person’s pop video”. The multi-layered images conjure up a contemporary vision of Dante’s Hell – a vast bureaucracy, conceived in the light of two world wars and today’s newspaper headlines. They achieve a startling and unique contemporary relevance as well as exploring Dante’s text. Tom Phillips is a painter of international reputation, whose work is represented in most European museums and widely in the USA. He is a member of the Royal Academy but is perhaps best known for his work in the field of the artist’s book through such pioneering examples of visual poetry as A Humument. He has had some success also as a composer (his opera Irma has been frequently produced and twice recorded) and is a highly regarded writer on art. His massive illustrated version of Dante’s Inferno was the subject of critical acclaim. CANTO I: Dante, having lost his way in a gloomy forest, and being hindered by certain wild beasts from ascending a mountain, is met by Virgil who promises to show him the punishments of Hell, and afterwards of Purgatory; following which, he shall then be conducted by Beatrice into Paradise. He follows the Roman poet. download information
Cast: Sir John Gielgud,Bob Peck and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Customer Reviewspeople who bought this product also bought...
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