Dante's Inferno

               There are two aspects that are really of interest in this film: the format of using paper cutouts to represent the action and the seemingly ambiguous aspect of justice, specifically whether or not justice is being served through the various different punishments that the sinners experience. The paper cutout is interesting not only because of its originality and the amount of effort that clearly went into it but the metaphysical suggestion it makes when you come to the character of Lucifer. While all the other characters in the film are two dimensional Lucifer is represented in three dimensions, as if demonstrating what would be the clear difference in state of being between humans and the supernatural creatures of Judeo-Christian mythology. The question of justice is interesting because the film does not seem to make up its mind on the issue of hell: the main character pities the sinners and clearly questions whether their punishment is just but the filmmaker also, much like the historical Dante, places her political enemies in hell, a fate which we can assume is meant to represent the justice that those politicians will never face on earth.