The great French director's film about obsessive madness never was completed. Fifty years later, now we know why
di Kenneth Turan The Los Angeles Times
Failed films make dynamic documentary subjects. "The Epic That Never Was" brilliantly detailed why the Charles Laughton "I, Claudius" never materialized, and "Lost in La Mancha" did the same for Terry Gilliam's "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote." Now you can add another film to that exceptional list: " Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno."
Clouzot was one of midcentury France's great directors, with successes like "Le Corbeau," "Quai des Orfevres," "The Wages of Fear" and "Diabolique." His "Inferno," which began shooting in 1964 starring Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani, was supposed to be his masterpiece, a film that was going to change the face of cinema. [...]
di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (3984 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 30 luglio 2010
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