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“Rome Journal; An Inferno of Vehicles Expands a City’s Circle of Suffering”

September 15, 2006 By Professor Arielle Saiber

rome-journal-an-inferno-of-vehicles-expands-a-citys-circle-of-suffering“On a remarkably pleasant night in early August, Patrizia Dolcini, a 44-year-old hotel worker, was jolted from her sleep by a series of violent explosions just outside her first-floor bedroom window in one of Rome’s most upscale areas.
Ms. Dolcini ran outside, where others were gathering, as a frightening scene unfolded: more than a dozen parked motor scooters had burst into flames, transforming an entire intersection into an inferno. The blaze engulfed a nearby tree and leapt five stories in the air. Black smoke billowed above this city’s fairy-tale skyline. From a few blocks away, there came another explosion. Then, from a different direction, another.” [. . .]    –Brian Wingfeld, The New York Times, September 5, 2005

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 2005, Crime, Humor, Inferno, Italy, Journalism, Rome

“Hannibal” (Ridley Scott, 2001)

September 15, 2006 By Professor Arielle Saiber

hannibal-ridley-scott-2001“Hannibal is set in Florence where the notorius Hannibal Lecter is posing as a medievalist and Dante scholar. He lectures on the Divine Comedy and recites poetry from the Vita nuova, as well as attends an operatic adaptation of the Vita nuova. Apart from these explicit references to Dante, there is also a sense in which the homicidal methods he employs mirror, contrapasso like, the sins of his victims, all of whom are in some sense bad. The noble folk, Starling and a nurse, are spared, despite HL’s ample oppourtunities to kill them. It is difficult to equate any of the movie’s characters with those of the Divine Comedy, although Lector does in a sense play Virgil to Starling’s pilgrim; but in his role as avenger of evil, serial killer, HL appears more like the wrathful Old Testament God.”    –Peter Schwindt

For a compilation of references to Dante in the film, see the post on the website greatdante.net.

Contributed by Peter Schwindt

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2001, Crime, Drama, Films, Florence, Italy, Thrillers

Hell, Cayman Islands

September 15, 2006 By Professor Arielle Saiber

welcome-to-hell-cayman-islands

Contributed by Anna Booth (Bowdoin, ’08)

Categories: Places
Tagged with: 2006, Cayman Islands, Gift Shops, Hell, Humor

“Inferno” The Arches Theatre Company, Scotland

September 15, 2006 By Professor Arielle Saiber

inferno-the-arches-theater-company-scotland-2006
Retrieved on September 15, 2006

See The Arches Theater Company, Glasgow, Scotland

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2006, Glasgow, Inferno, Scotland, Theater, United Kingdom

“Dante’s Inferno: The Trilogy”

September 15, 2006 By Professor Arielle Saiber

"Dante's Inferno: The Trilogy"

A film by Moda Entertainment (retrieved on September 15, 2006)

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2006, Films, Inferno

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