Traces of Dante's influence on contemporary cultural production is on the rise.
Not only can we see the shadow of Dante's influence in movies such as Se7en, but it can also be found in less obvious places, such as in novels like Hannibal.
"Why is Dante Hot all of a Sudden?" by Adam Kirsch
http://www.slate.com/id/2080680/
Some YouTube links to consider:
Animated Forest of the suicides:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4dIUtR7HN8
Claymation Inferno:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW8L7O8qGgg&feature=related
Dante Imagery and Music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byNk6i46MdQ&feature=fvsr
For music fans--Iced Earth, Burnt Offerings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXFlMBBAmC8&feature=related
A funny Intro to Inferno--watch it only after you've read about 10 cantos or it won't
be helpful.
(includes some stereotypes, some mispronounced Italian, some silly parts, but worth a look)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdmPi7ki2-A
Canto 1--interpreted in images from contemporary films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZKlDlP5Kjo&NR=1
A introduction produced for students in Italy--in Italian, but the imagery is worth a look even if you don't understand the speaker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFrQI4eij7c&feature=related
From the Video Game
The Gluttons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMEo-bvsFew&feature=related
The Hoarders and Wasters--prodigal and miserly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plTmWe2hVeA&feature=related
The Heretics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qluve_85b0I&feature=related
The Malebolge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWOzADYZ_V8 (panderers seducers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KEE1krCIRU&feature=related (flatterers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0bXLG07bYI&feature=related (simonists)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsn8F_puF0&feature=related (sorcerers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzeyE8pTz1k&feature=related (politicians)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRLN7nfww8Q&feature=related (hypocrites)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42xdcxZ4zyo&feature=related (thieves)
The REAL Hell???
A Catholic priest discusses what hell might actually be like and how many people migh tbe in it
http://www.wordonfire.org/WOF-TV/Commentaries-New/Fr-Barron-comments-on-Is-Hell-Crowded-or-Empty.aspx
