Introduced by festival curator Marketa Uhlirova and artist Rollo Smallcombe
Henri-George Clouzot’s Inferno, starring Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani, is one of the most tantalizing uncompleted projects in film history. The Inferno Unseen is a newly edited assemblage of rushes filmed in 1964. With his cinematographers Andréas Winding, Armand Thirard, and Claude Renior, Clouzot staged seemingly endless wardrobe and screen tests — often combined with abstract kinetic and optical experiments — that primarily focused on Schneider performing simple, seductive actions in carefully composed mises-en-scène. Departing from Serge Bromberg’s critically acclaimed documentary about the making of Clouzot’s film (2009), The Inferno Unseen focuses solely on Clouzot’s intoxicating visions, allowing them to build their own momentum as they unfurl in all their glory.
The screening is part of the Fashion in Film Festival, a three-day program of screenings, performances, talks and conversations that explore the intersection between fashion and cinema, curated by Marketa Uhlirova (University of the Arts London - Central Saint Martins) with Caitlin Storrie.
