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The Inferno Unseen

2017·1h 8m
7.1
★
Henri-George Clouzot’s The Inferno, starring Romy Schneider, is one of the most tantalizing uncompleted projects in film history. The Inferno Unseen is a newly edited assemblage of rushes filmed in 1964. With his cinematographers Andréas Winding, Armand Thirard, and Claude Renior, Clouzot staged seemingly endless kinetic and optical experiments focusing primarily on Schneider performing simple, seductive actions in carefully composed mises-en-scène. Departing from Serge Bromberg’s critically acclaimed documentary about the making of Clouzot’s film (2009), The Inferno Unseen focuses solely on Clouzot’s intoxicating visions, allowing them to build their own momentum as they unfurl in all their glory. Rollo Smallcombe is a London-based music producer, composer and filmmaker. His sonic inspirations range from the early experiments of Musique Concrete through to modern video-game, film, and horror scores.
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Rollo Smallcombe and Marketa Uhlirova

Cast

Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Director

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2 reviews
Sepia Gore
Sepia GorePRO
8.0★ · 02/18/21
The Inferno Unseen
Disclaimer: the original version of this that was shown at museums and other places to my knowledge doesn't exist in any media form especially since the music was played live. The version I watched was a fan made compilation using the clips from the documentary about the film and its soundtrack.

Review:
Damn are the visuals beyond words. Like I said in my review of the documentary, if it was completed it might have been one of the most beautiful looking films ever made both in color and black white. These test clips as you keep watching strangely takes on a weird atmosphere, like you are staring into another world, a incomplete world that's begging to be seen. If you want a good weird and cool looking display on your tv or wallpaper or something this makes for a great one and beside from that these clips are a sad but surrealist reminders of a artist's hard work and highest potential collapsing in the face of creative issues and now all we have are these ghostly and stunning glimpses into what could have been.
Disclaimer: the original version of this that was shown at museums and other places to my knowledge doesn't exist in any media form especially since the music was played live. The version I watched was a fan made compilation using the clips from the documentary about the film and its soundtrack.

Review:
Damn are the visuals beyond words. Like I said in my review of the documentary, if it was completed it might have been one of the most beautiful looking films ever made both in color and black white. These test clips as you keep watching strangely takes on a weird atmosphere, like you are staring into another world, a incomplete world that's begging to be seen. If you want a good weird and cool looking display on your tv or wallpaper or something this makes for a great one and beside from that these clips are a sad but surrealist reminders of a artist's hard work and highest potential collapsing in the face of creative issues and now all we have are these ghostly and stunning glimpses into what could have been.
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Sepia Gore
Sepia GorePRO
8.0★ · 02/18/21
The Inferno Unseen
Disclaimer: the original version of this that was shown at museums and other places to my knowledge doesn't exist in any media form especially since the music was played live. The version I watched was a fan made compilation using the clips from the documentary about the film and its soundtrack.

Review:
Damn are the visuals beyond words. Like I said in my review of the documentary, if it was completed it might have been one of the most beautiful looking films ever made both in color and black white. These test clips as you keep watching strangely takes on a weird atmosphere, like you are staring into another world, a incomplete world that's begging to be seen. If you want a good weird and cool looking display on your tv or wallpaper or something this makes for a great one and beside from that these clips are a sad but surrealist reminders of a artist's hard work and highest potential collapsing in the face of creative issues and now all we have are these ghostly and stunning glimpses into what could have been.
Disclaimer: the original version of this that was shown at museums and other places to my knowledge doesn't exist in any media form especially since the music was played live. The version I watched was a fan made compilation using the clips from the documentary about the film and its soundtrack.

Review:
Damn are the visuals beyond words. Like I said in my review of the documentary, if it was completed it might have been one of the most beautiful looking films ever made both in color and black white. These test clips as you keep watching strangely takes on a weird atmosphere, like you are staring into another world, a incomplete world that's begging to be seen. If you want a good weird and cool looking display on your tv or wallpaper or something this makes for a great one and beside from that these clips are a sad but surrealist reminders of a artist's hard work and highest potential collapsing in the face of creative issues and now all we have are these ghostly and stunning glimpses into what could have been.
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Hadeath2001
Hadeath2001
7.0★ · 10/12/25
The Inferno Unseen
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