Thelinesstartwith“OSommaLuce”whichisthetitleofthefilmandalsothe67thlineofthe33rdcantoin“Paradiso”ofDante’s“DivineComedy”totheendof“Paradiso”. Thefilmiscompletedwithmusicandlinesinsteadofemotionsandnarrations. Thisisarecentattempttocombinefilmwithliterature. ThefilmbeginswithablackscreenandthemusicofEdgardVarese.TheBGMis“Deserts”thatwasrecordedin1954.Aftersomemomentsofdarkness,themusicendsandamiddle-agedmansitsonahill,recitingsomething.HeisGiorgioPasserone,anItalianliteratureprofessor,andheisreadingoutofthelastpartof‘Paradiso’ofDante’sDivineComedy.Jean-MarieStraubexpressedhowhethinksofDantethroughasubtleaccentanddialect.ThedirectorwhohadencodedmanygreatartistsandmusiciansincludingBach,completethecombinationofDanteandVarese,whichcouldseemstrange.(LimKyungYong)
