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'Inferno' takes filmgoers into the underworld
From: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
Date: 20070911
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BRUNSWICK - Acclaimed artist Sandow Birk will host a screening of his contemporary feature-length film noir "Dante's Inferno" Thursday, Sept. 20, at Bowdoin College.
In collaboration with puppeteer and political satirist Paul Zaloom, writer/director Sean Meredith and artist Elyse Pignolet, Birk has updated Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem "Inferno," using exquisitely hand-drawn paper puppets, brought to life using no computer-generated special effects.
Long considered one of the most important works in world literature, Dante's "The Divine Comedy" traces the poet's imaginary journey ...
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