L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot 2009

A.O. Scott, New York Times: 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. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: [A] frequently tantalizing, if featherweight, documentary reconstruction. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: The remains of an aborted movie can become a fascinating pastiche. Read more

Keith Phipps, AV Club: Thankfully, the story -- and especially Clouzot's existing footage -- is fascinating enough to transcend the treatment. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: The results are like nothing you've seen before: Clouzot seemed to be reinventing the medium itself. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: A fascinating exploration of artistic self-destruction and hubris... Read more

Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: The resulting reconstruction is a triumphant realization of Clouzot's vision. Read more

Tom Huddlestone, Time Out: What survives is a striking cautionary tale for budding filmmakers and a haunting evocation of experimentation run amok. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: 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. Read more