An intriguing glance at a notorious failed film production, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno is must see for fans of the accomplished auteur, as well as anyone prone to getting drunk off the beautiful visage of Romy Schneider.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 25, 2020

Trust me. You'll remember this failure's images long after you've forgotten countless other movies, even those that have been hailed as a triumph.

| May 17, 2018

Even in its current fragmented, disassembled state, the scenes from Inferno proper exert a bizarre spell.

| Aug 22, 2017

The documentary's investigative work goes only so far, but the images the great director created are revelatory.

| Aug 15, 2017

... doesn't attempt to reconstruct, only reveal the play with imagery, the experiments in expression, the visual ideas at play and the obsessive drive to keep exploring...

| May 26, 2011

The new documentary unveils lots of amazing-looking footage for the first time.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 25, 2011

A fascinating peek behind the scenes of Clouzot's colossal failure ... (and) a compelling portrait of what happens when an artist's ego is allowed to run amok.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 11, 2011

The remains of an aborted movie can become a fascinating pastiche.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 16, 2010

The results are like nothing you've seen before: Clouzot seemed to be reinventing the medium itself.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 16, 2010

Especially recommended for diehard film lovers, this cinematic archaeological dig will interest anyone fascinated by one of filmdom's great might-have-beens.

| Jul 29, 2010

A fascinating exploration of artistic self-destruction and hubris...

Full Review | Jul 23, 2010

An amazing glimpse into not only what could have been but how easy it is for a filmmaker to go down the rabbit hole into his own project-killing obsessive behavior.

| Jul 16, 2010

It is, in effect, a making-of documentary about a movie that was never made -- a movie that was supposed to revolutionize the art form and that survives, in the limbo between intention and realization, as an intriguing possibility.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 16, 2010

Thankfully, the story -- and especially Clouzot's existing footage -- is fascinating enough to transcend the treatment.

| Original Score: B | Jul 15, 2010

mesmerizing

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 15, 2010

[A] frequently tantalizing, if featherweight, documentary reconstruction.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2010

For all the irrationality that fueled Clouzot's project, it's reasonable to assume that the finished Inferno would never have been any better or more evocative than this arrangement of its shards.

| Jul 13, 2010

The resulting reconstruction is a triumphant realization of Clouzot's vision.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 26, 2010

Intriguing stuff, full of arty shots of a pouting Schneider, it's well worth a look, even though it's presented here with only vague information about its context.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2009

A fascinating picture.

| Nov 13, 2009