Fresh
The remains of an aborted movie can become a fascinating pastiche.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
A master filmmaker's unfinished dream
2009 · 1h 42m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Serge Bromberg
,
Ruxandra Medrea
Overview
In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after three weeks the production collapsed. This documentary presents Inferno's incredible expressionistic original rushes, screen tests, and on-location footage, whilst also reconstructing Clouzot's original vision, and shedding light on the ill-fated endeavor through interviews, dramatizations of unfilmed scenes, and Clouzot's own notes.
Director and cast
- Serge Bromberg Director
- Ruxandra Medrea Director
- Romy Schneider as Odette
- Bérénice Bejo as Odette
- Serge Reggiani as Marcel (archive footage)
- Jacques Gamblin as Marcel
- Dany Carrel as Marylou (archive footage)
- Jean-Claude Bercq as Martineau (archive footage)
- Mario David as Julien (archive footage)
- André Luguet as Duhamel (archive footage)
- Barbara Sommers as Mme Bordure (archive footage)
- Maurice Teynac as M. Bordure (archive footage)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The results are like nothing you've seen before: Clouzot seemed to be reinventing the medium itself.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
A fascinating exploration of artistic self-destruction and hubris...
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh
It is, in effect, a making-of documentary about a movie that was never made -- a movie that was supposed to revolutionize the art form and that survives, in the limbo between intention and realization, as an intriguing possibility.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh
Thankfully, the story -- and especially Clouzot's existing footage -- is fascinating enough to transcend the treatment.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
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