Arrow Video - Inferno - The Archive

[Philleh]

I adore Inferno, and actually place it higher than Suspiria.
Though I still think Tenebrae is my favourite, so I'd place it as my third after Tenebrae and Profondo Ross; followed by Suspiria, Bird with the Cystal Plummage and Opera.

[Inspector Tanzi]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu

Did he try to sign the actual disc or just the cover? It seems a bit presumptuous either way -- and I'm a fan of his!

What do you mean by JUST the cover?

If you had a nuce Japanese laserdisc (they were the thing to have at the time), signed by William Peter Blatty, Linda Blair and William Friedkin would you want Kermode to scrawl his name on there aswell? It's got **** all to do with him, sign his BFI Exorcist book by all means but not the film itself!

[Inspector Tanzi]

Originally Posted by Philleh

I adore Inferno, and actually place it higher than Suspiria.
Though I still think Tenebrae is my favourite, so I'd place it as my third after Tenebrae and Profondo Ross; followed by Suspiria, Bird with the Cystal Plummage and Opera.

Tenebrae and Deep Red are also my two favourites but I don't know which one I like more.

[Gojirosan]

I reckon Inferno is a decent film - a good second rung Argento. I'd place it alongside Tenebrae, Phenomena and Opera but below Suspiria, Bird and Deep Red.

[buggenhagen]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

I reckon Inferno is a decent film - a good second rung Argento

That sums it up for me too - good second rung, don't go back to it much but still like it. Tenebre is my top Argento too - love that film. Looking forward to this Inferno release a lot though.

[vincenzo]

Originally Posted by Angel

Expect this latter cut to be waived on its next submission. It was silly of the BBFC to have cut it in the first place.

Yes it was a daft cut really on top of a film that had already received huge pre-edits. All of the human violence would be waived today with just the animal cruelty cuts remaining.

[elizabeththefirst]

As an Argentio movie it is a bit rubbish but as a showcase for Bava's special effects it is dazzling.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Tanzi

What do you mean by JUST the cover?

If you had a nuce Japanese laserdisc (they were the thing to have at the time), signed by William Peter Blatty, Linda Blair and William Friedkin would you want Kermode to scrawl his name on there aswell? It's got **** all to do with him, sign his BFI Exorcist book by all means but not the film itself!

Now I am extremely jealous -- I would love to have that laserdisc signed by Blatty, Blair and Friedkin, even if I couldn't play it! Does that have The Fear of God documentary in which Kermode actually appears? He oddly seems to have been cut out of his own documentary on the R2 DVD; I hope this is remedied on the forthcoming Blu-ray release.

[elizabeththefirst]

Originally Posted by Daemonia

I really don't think the Cinematograph Act (Animals) 1937 should be abolished, but it maybe needs a little tweaking so that there's no confusion as to what is acceptable and what isn't. The cannibal films most certainly cross the line but maybe for films like Inferno there should be different considerations; ie: if it's animal doing what it would naturally do, then maybe that should be taken into consideration rather than classing it as animal cruelty.

Perhaps I should chastise my cat for it's hunting instinct?

Nonsense, simply nonsense. The logical conclusion of not allowing a cat eating a mouse to be seen is not allowing images of cattle or people eating meat on screen.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

That's it, I'm in dire need of an Argento marathon so I can definitively rank his films in order. Reading all these titles makes me realise how long it's been since I've seen some of them and they all need re-watching before Inferno comes out in all its high definition glory.