John Stockwell, Cheaters
[JOLIE] “Pride, that’s what it’s all about. Lucifer was too proud to play runner-up to someone he felt superior to, so he set up his own shop.” [MR. PLECKI] “And what did Dante say was written on the gates of Lucifer’s shop?” [JOLIE] “‘Abandon all hope ye who enter here.’” [UNNAMED GIRL IN CLASS] “That’s what it should say on the door to this school.”The HBO Films movie Cheaters (2000; dir. John Stockwell) is currently available to view on YouTube here (last accessed February 15, 2020). The quoted exchange happens 3:35-3:52.
Contributed by Sarah Scherkenbach (The Bolles School ’22)
Sighting Citation:
“John Stockwell, Cheaters.” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. February 15, 2020. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/john-stockwell-cheaters/.
Posted February 15, 2020