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Purgatory

On the 700th Dante Alighieri’s death anniversary, my mind was wandering on this scenario, so I couldn’t resist to make this utterly ambitious project.

For this arrogance I decided to punish myself. Like Dante in the Comedy I whip my Envy with sewed eyes (the mirror) and my Pride with the boulder of a poor production with no hope of fame.

I may say, by the way, that this is my post-modern reinterpretation of Dante’s Purgatory, but with many differences from the original. First, William Blake (the book in Catone’s room), then James Joyce (who gives me his “Ulysses”), running souls in the anti-Purgatory, Ulysses with a flaming hand giving Dante a fire stolen from the gods (the arts of creation), and finally the Ulysses version of myself (my project Ulisse 2072) vs the Dante version of myself.

In the end, I want to offer you something squalid, rotten, empty. One the one hand, a naked aisle, dirty walls, prosaic radiators and grey blinds. On the other, red candles and crimson curtains that try in vain to embellish the place, just to result tremendously artificial.

This is my Purgatory, this is my punishment.

  • Dario Vitali
    Director
    Scilla & Cariddi, Purgatory
  • Dario Vitali
    Writer
    Scilla & Cariddi, Purgatory
  • Dario Vitali
    Producer
    Scilla & Cariddi, Purgatory
  • Filippo Lui
    Producer
  • Fabio Arruda Silva
    Producer
  • Dario Vitali
    Key Cast
    "Dante / Ulisse"
    Scilla & Cariddi, Purgatory
  • Davide Mattellini
    Key Cast
    "Virgil"
  • Ugo Vitali
    Key Cast
    "Catone"
  • Filippo Lui
    Key Cast
    "Sordello"
  • Valentina Fasciani
    Key Cast
    "Pia de' Tolomei"
  • Massimo Lanzoni
    Key Cast
    "James Joyce"
  • Lorenzo Mattellini
    Key Cast
    "Federico II Hohenstaufen "
  • Fabio Arruda Silva
    Director of Photography
  • Fabio Arruda Silva
    Colorist
  • Dario Vitali
    Video Editor
  • Dario Vitali
    Music Composer
    Purgatory, Scilla & Cariddi, Ulisse 2072
  • Filippo Lui
    Music Producer
    Crystal Music Records
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Purgatorio
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 17, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    169
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Dario Vitali

Composer, Opera Singer, Teacher, Sound Designer and now Director; this is my path to the dream of cinema.
I started to study music late, in 2009, as bassist played and I played in some young bands until the 2015 when I started a collaboration with Crystal Music Records as sound engineer and designer, teacher and composer.
Also in 2015 I started to study Opera Singing with doc. Emanuela Moreschi and from 2020 I teach Singing and I take part with little roles in local opera pieces and concerts.
My love for Cinema couldn't be bound to the sound so from 2017 I work for little shootings with my analog cameras and, after I learned something more about photography, I created and published a video of my composition: Scilla e Cariddi (as director, writer, composer, producer and sounder designer).
I continued to work in the shorts circuit until now as sound designer and engineer, microphonist and composer with directors like Giovanni Nodari and Giulia Reine.

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Director Statement

My videos are more than what it seems, on different level of interpretation they represent my studies about literature, my vision of the human being and me in my deepest.
I know about my crypticism and I decided to make it my trump card and my autograph on what I create.