Botticelli Inferno

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Movie
Original title Botticelli Inferno
Country of production Germany ,
Italy
original language German
Publishing year 2016
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Ralph Loop
script Ralph Loop
production Michael Heiks ,
Irene Höfer
music Stuart Roslyn
camera Tobias Rupp,
Felix Landbeck (2nd camera)
cut Manuel Sanchez
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Botticelli Inferno is a cinema documentary by director Ralph Loop , which was shot in several European countries in 2016 and premiered in Hanover in October 2016 . In an entertaining way, the film follows the trail of a collection of outstanding drawings by the Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli over five centuries from the place of origin in Florence to the current storage locations. The title refers to Dante's Inferno , a poetic work illustrated by Botticelli.

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The Renaissance painter Botticelli enthuses and fascinates people to this day. His works are famous and attract hundreds of thousands of fans to exhibitions. One of his works was lost for centuries. This drawing inspired the American writer Dan Brown to create a world bestseller - the "Mappa dell 'Inferno", the funnel of hell.

Botticelli's The Birth of Venus (detail)
Botticelli's "Primavera"
Botticelli's "Mappa dell 'Inferno" - The drawing of the hell funnel
Another - incompletely colored - drawing by Botticelli for Dante's Divine Comedy

The original drawing was closed for many centuries in the air chambers of the Vatican . The Vatican's air-conditioned safes were opened for the documentation “Botticelli Inferno”. The authors tell the story of this masterpiece.

Botticelli, known for his paintings like " The Birth of Venus " or " Primavera ", also had a dark side. He painted and drew hell as the poet Dante had described it and it took more than a decade to do so.

The film offers insights into Botticelli's art and its previously hidden history. The way to paradise inevitably leads over nine steps through hell (Italian "inferno") and purgatory. Only those who get through all these stages and live through all the torments of hell come to paradise - maybe! Botticelli brought the descriptions of the nine circles of hell that Dante described to life in a total of 102 detailed drawings. The central, lavishly colored main work of these drawings is the "Hell Funnel" - a kind of signpost through Hell that shows the various stages. A fascinating work that makes the viewer shudder with the cruelty it depicts - but at the same time arouses curiosity about the secrets that are hidden here. What does this picture full of mysteries tell us today? It touches the souls and looks at the secret sides of man. Whoever sees “Botticelli Inferno” travels inside himself and discovers his own being, his own dark side. Botticelli is considered one of the most important Renaissance artists. His works were already highly valued during his lifetime, and the Medici in particular were patrons of his art. Again and again Botticelli broke with conventions and brought numerous innovations to painting. More than 400 years after his death, he still influences today's popular culture - artists such as Lady Gaga and Dan Brown draw inspiration from him. Exhibitions with his works cast a spell over hundreds of thousands, like in 2015 and 2016 in Berlin and London. “Botticelli Inferno” takes a look at the rather unknown, dark side of genius. The man who with the "birth of Venus" (the first, almost life-size female nude since antiquity) significantly shaped our image of female beauty today, dealt extensively with contemporary ideas of the afterlife of the Middle Ages that the poet Dante Alighieri in of his "Divine Comedy" .

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Director and screenwriter Ralph Loop has created a film that decrypts these secrets on an elaborate journey to original locations - and at the same time brings us closer to Botticelli and his work. The film was shot in summer 2016 at the Vatican in Rome, Florence, London, Berlin and Scotland. For the documentation “Botticelli Inferno”, the “Mappa dell 'Inferno” was screened in a high-performance scanner. This makes details visible that were previously hidden to the eye. Botticelli has hidden messages that were previously undetectable. All recordings were shot with high-performance cameras in 4K format . This also enables completely new perspectives and insights into the master's pictures for the documentation. The narrative is not just classic - both Dante and Botticelli have their own say. The result: Goosebumps for the audience and breathtaking excitement. Is there more? Why did he paint this way and not otherwise? What was it about Dante's description of Hell that fascinated him so much?

The soundtrack was produced by Warner / Chappell Music .

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City guides, reporters, curators and art historians bring the viewer closer to the locations and the works of art.

Filming

In the footsteps of Botticelli and his works, the film was shot in May and June 2016 on original locations in his birthplace Florence, in the Vatican, in London, Edinburgh and Berlin.

In the meantime Botticelli's drawings had reached Great Britain. Today Botticelli's drawings for Dante's comedy that have survived after a centuries-old odyssey are in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett and in the Vatican Apostolic Library .

Marketing and Publishing

The German-Italian co-production “Botticelli Inferno” by TV Plus Productions Germany (Hanover), Medea Film - Irene Höfer (Berlin) and NEXO DIGITAL Srl (Milan) started on November 3, 2016 in German cinemas on distribution by Schülke Cinema Consult. The production was funded by nordmedia - Film und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen / Bremen (up to € 100,000). On September 23, 2016, the FSK approved the cinema trailer for all ages.

The world premiere of Botticelli Inferno took place on October 26, 2016 in the Astor Grand Cinema in Hanover. In Italy, the film was released on November 7, 2016.

The film marks the start of the “Cinema4Arts” series. The producers are planning to create further high-quality art documentaries for the big screen under this label.

criticism

“Not only art fans and friends of the works of the brilliant Renaissance painter get their money's worth in this lavish, highly informative documentary. Almost everyone who has a weakness for exciting thriller food or unsolved, myth-laden secrets (of art and cultural history) will be able to do something with this film. […] Technically perfect art documentary with bewitchingly beautiful pictures that cleverly approaches one of the most mysterious works of art in history on film. ”Writes Björn Schneider on spielfilm.de.

"The great pictures of the map of hell and the exciting search for traces of the whereabouts of the drawings make" Botticelli Inferno "definitely worth seeing," says José Garcia on textezumfilm.de.

In the tip , Lars Penning points out that the documentary was released in the wake of the feature film Inferno , which was released in October 2016 , and feels at times reminiscent of a “popular science television documentary”: “This documentary owes its cinema release to a graphic cycle of images by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli certainly the blockbuster “Inferno” based on a template by Dan Brown, in which the illustrations of the descriptions of hell from Dante Alighieri's “Divine Comedy” play a role. ”[…]“ But “Botticelli Inferno” does not do badly as long as author and Director Ralph Loop remains close to the history of the origin and significance of the work of art that was once commissioned by the Medici, of which 85 drawings are now stored in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett. "

“The Mappa dell'Inferno itself has a story like a thriller plot. This is what a second film tells about, which opens almost at the same time as the blockbuster, on November 3rd, in German cinemas: Botticelli - Inferno. […] It is worth seeing it as a background for the blockbuster - or instead. […] In fact, the little film is not intended to provide art scholars with new knowledge. But it entertains us non-experts in the best possible way […] It is a serious subject, but due to its sheer history it is spectacular. ”Says Wenke Husmann in her film review on ZEIT ONLINE .

Philipp Jedicke also points out the difficulties of making a documentary film about a single work of art on the DW website , especially since there is only a limited amount of reliable information about Botticelli as a person and the genesis of his works. He comes to the following conclusion: "Ralph Loop creates infotainment with a heart" [...] "It is not at all the somewhat constructed, mysterious touch that makes" Botticelli Inferno "worth seeing. What is more impressive is the contrast between the lavishly shot, bombastic images and the very natural, mostly Italian protagonists of the film, who tell of Botticelli and his time in a vivid and lively way. "

Nicola Kuhn from Tagesspiegel in Berlin also addresses the difficulties of presenting art in an exciting way using the documentary film : “Director Ralph Loop mixes the genres: He uses the cinematic strategies of overwhelming - above all by means of scores and unusual perspectives - to attract the audience to gain a solitary occupation: the contemplation of art. But Botticelli offers himself for this maneuver, after all, the Renaissance painter lures masses to the museum as a superstar. ”[…]“ The [film] is now pulling gigantically what is only millimeters in size in Botticelli's drawings. Although this upsets the situation, it makes a big impression again on a work that, due to its sensitivity to light, can otherwise only be shown every 15 years. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Certificate of Release for Botticelli Inferno . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Stuart Roslyn , Credits to stuartroslyn.com
  3. ↑ [1] Fabio Batignani , profile on linkedin.com, accessed on November 7, 2016
  4. ^ [2] Exhibition in Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett Berlin : “The Botticelli Coup. Treasures of the Hamilton Collection in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett ” , accessed on November 12, 2016
  5. ^ [3] Exhibition in London, Victoria and Albert Museum : "Botticelli Reimagined" , accessed on November 12, 2016
  6. ↑ [4] Film music Botticelli Inferno from Warner / Chapell Music (accessed November 1, 2016)
  7. ^ [5] nordmedia production mirror, Botticelli Inferno , accessed on October 29, 2016
  8. ↑ [6] Award decision on nordmedia.de, accessed on November 25, 2016
  9. ↑ [7] Botticelli Inferno - Kinotrailer 1, FSK release certificate, test no .: 162701 / K
  10. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Documentation “Botticelli Inferno” celebrates its world premiere in the Astorkino in Hanover , SAT1 regional, topic on October 27, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sat1regional.de
  11. ^ [8] Review: Botticelli Inferno (2016) , Björn Schneider on spielfilm.de , accessed on October 28, 2016
  12. ↑ [9] Botticelli Inferno , José Garcia on textezumfilm.de , accessed on November 25, 2016
  13. ↑ [10] Documentary: "Botticelli Inferno" in the cinema , Lars Penning on tip-berlin.de , accessed on November 12, 2016
  14. ↑ [11] "Inferno": An infernal autumn , Wenke Husmann on ZEIT ONLINE on October 13, 2016, accessed on October 29, 2016
  15. ↑ [12] Not a film for art historians: “Botticelli Inferno” by Ralph Loop , Philipp Jedicke on dw.com on November 3, 2016, accessed on November 5, 2016
  16. ^ [13] Documentary about Botticelli: Painter, Monster, Mutations , Nicola Kuhn on tagesspiegel.de on November 3, 2016, accessed on November 5, 2016