Edgar Allan Poe's THE RAVEN

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • Writer/director Peter Bradley brings Edgar Allan Poe's classic horror poem,THE RAVEN, to chilling life in a faithful, word-for-word adaption. Seen in numerous festivals in seven countries, and used as a teaching aid in Drama and English programs in the U.S., Canada, and the UK, THE RAVEN is greatly inspired by German expressionist cinema of the 1920's. Based not completely in reality, but not completely in fantasy, one man's self-induced torture over the loss of his lover manifests itself and pushes him over the edge of sanity. This stylized piece captures the twisted, tortured world of Poe in a simple, yet highly detailed way that has to be seen and heard to be believed.
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    To learn more about the life and career of Edgar Allan Poe, click here- • Edgar Allan Poe Biography

Комментарии • 258

  • @erzebetbathory9277
    @erzebetbathory9277 7 лет назад +379

    I had a similar experience but when I opened wide the door it turned out to be my probation officer.

  • @JDueler11
    @JDueler11 8 лет назад +169

    This is my favorite version of The Raven.

  • @opalhazels42
    @opalhazels42 9 лет назад +201

    Poe was one of the first American writers to go so deep in a character's mental/ psychological state. This was very well depicted in the film and the narration was done nicely, too!

  • @Nebuchadnezzar31
    @Nebuchadnezzar31 7 лет назад +237

    Fantastic

  • @Drima221
    @Drima221 8 лет назад +66

    For his lost Lenore
    Poe bore a treasured piece of lore
    Which will linger forever more

  • @richiehopes9313
    @richiehopes9313 7 лет назад +201

    That raven has no respect for people mourning a lost one. Very rude bird I must say.

  • @hassanel-essawi5908
    @hassanel-essawi5908 9 лет назад +52

    The sheer genius of this poem is frightening. It is magnificent masterpieces like these that make me think "Are we really alone?"

  • @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527
    @thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 10 лет назад +33

    I love the way they added that bottle of absinthe, anyone who knows the history of the drink will understand.

  • @Black-Moustache
    @Black-Moustache 10 лет назад +73

    ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,-
    While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
    As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
    "'T is some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door;
    Only this and nothing more."
    Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December
    And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
    Eagerly I wished the morrow;-vainly I had sought to borrow
    From my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore,
    For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore:
    Nameless here for evermore.
    And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
    Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
    So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
    "'T is some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door,
    Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door:
    This it is and nothing more."
    Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
    "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
    But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
    And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
    That I scarce was sure I heard you"-here I opened wide the door:-
    Darkness there and nothing more.
    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
    Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
    But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
    And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"
    This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore:"
    Merely this and nothing more.
    Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
    Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
    "Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
    Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore;
    Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore:
    'T is the wind and nothing more."
    Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
    In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
    Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
    But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door,
    Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door:
    Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
    Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling
    By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,-
    "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
    Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore:
    Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
    Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
    Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
    Though its answer little meaning-little relevancy bore;
    For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
    Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door,
    Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
    With such name as "Nevermore."
    But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
    That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
    Nothing further then he uttered, not a feather then he fluttered,
    Till I scarcely more than muttered,-"Other friends have flown before;
    On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
    Then the bird said, "Nevermore."
    Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
    "Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
    Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
    Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore:
    Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
    Of 'Never-nevermore.'
    But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
    Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door;
    Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
    Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore,
    What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
    Meant in croaking "Nevermore."
    This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
    To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
    This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
    On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er,
    But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er
    She shall press, ah, nevermore!
    Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
    Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
    "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee-by these angels he hath sent thee
    Respite-respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!"
    Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore."
    Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
    "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil!
    Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
    Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted-
    On this home by Horror haunted-tell me truly, I implore:
    Is there-is there balm in Gilead?-tell me-tell me, I implore!"
    Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
    "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil-prophet still, if bird or devil!
    By that Heaven that bends above us, by that God we both adore,
    Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
    It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore:
    Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore!"
    Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
    "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting:
    "Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
    Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
    Leave my loneliness unbroken! quit the bust above my door!
    Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
    Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
    And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
    On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
    And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
    And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor:
    And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
    Shall be lifted-nevermore!

    • @TheLisergicQueen
      @TheLisergicQueen 9 лет назад +2

      Thanx for the transcription!

    • @mdosci6789
      @mdosci6789 9 лет назад +3

      Once upon a midnight dreary, as I spit this weak and weary
      I will choke this joker with a trochee till his cheeks are teary (ahh!)
      But y'all don't hear me, all should fear me
      I'll forever be better, you'll never be near me, your books are as eerie as Beverly Cleary!
      You're a faux Bram Stoker, so scram, the show's over
      Your flow's so-so, Poe's poems pwn posers (snap!)
      I wrote 'em locked in a cave, while I sobbed in a rage
      The Tell-Tale Heart beats soft in its grave
      While this jerk just beats off on a page
      Stephen you pretend to do it, I've been really living through it
      Like misery and poverty and family woes
      I see through you like pantyhose, doing Chappelle and Simpson cameos (ahh!)
      Even if you're gripping on a weapon then you better get to stepping if you're messing with the horror lord
      In a minute maybe, I'mma hit him, cut him into itty bitty bits and I'ma stick 'em in the floorboards

    • @witchcraftandmagic
      @witchcraftandmagic 9 лет назад +1

      Yung Link fucking idiot

    • @mdosci6789
      @mdosci6789 9 лет назад

      Witchcraftandmagic "Bitches come and go brah but u know i stay"

    • @jonouyang8837
      @jonouyang8837 9 лет назад +5

      +Black Moustache nice copy and paste skills ya got there

  • @davidefassola5951
    @davidefassola5951 9 лет назад +39

    Today, 19 January 2015 Mr. Poe has 206 years. Happy birthday!

  • @NiceWarmBread
    @NiceWarmBread 9 лет назад +37

    This needs more views then it has. It deserves way more.

  • @ruecurnow2414
    @ruecurnow2414 7 лет назад +55

    Everyone says this is a scary story and is a horror but I just see it as a sad, intense story! Anyone else?

  • @PoetDarkling
    @PoetDarkling 10 лет назад +24

    The Glow (In the style of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe)
    Later upon a midnight dark, my heart was heavy, soul was stark,
    I pondered Edgar’s “Raven” while I paced the floorboards to and fro-
    While I walked there, wild and aimless, blaming hardship on the blameless,
    Suddenly there came a faceless nameless entity aglow.
    “’Tis a ghost or specter, surely; I assume this from its glow-
    Ah! This much, at least, I know!”
    I think back and do remember this took place in late November;
    I was on one of my benders, suffering from angst and woe.
    I took a few sips of Chablis; felt the coldest air ‘round me-
    Peered out my window, past the tree-spied him standing in the snow.
    It was him-but how could it be? How came he to stand in snow?
    He’d been killed, this much I know!
    But there he was, my old friend, the friend whose life I’d caused to end-
    And then his spirit did ascend to my window very slow.
    I jumped back then, clearly shaken; rubbed my eyes, was I mistaken?
    Pinched myself, tried to awaken-could I be sleeping? Oh, no!
    I had full possession of my senses; I wasn’t sleeping-oh, no!
    I was awake, this I know!
    He stood there still, barely moving, with a look so disapproving,
    Put a damper on my boozing, on my Chablis and Bordeaux-
    I fought my fear, tried to be brave; tried to discern him friend or knave-
    I asked how came he from the grave I’d put him in long ago?
    “This cannot be! How are you free? I murdered you long ago!
    Killed you dead, this much I know!”
    Riven with guilt, unforgiven, “How come you among the livin’?”
    He just stood, no answer given-his silence quite apropos.
    I admit that I was craven as I stood there in my haven,
    I equated Edgar’s “Raven” with this ghost in my chateau.
    “How can this be? How came you free? How came you to my chateau?
    You’re dead! You’re dead! This, I know!”
    Still he floated, ever glowing; no emotion his face showing-
    Never showing signs of going-he just stood there in his glow.
    “Is this revenge, or some sick joke?” I asked him as I took a poke-
    I poked him in his spectral cloak, but my hand passed through his glow.
    My hand passed through, my elbow too; my dead friend was naught but glow!
    He was a ghost, this I know!
    The wind outside, fiercely blowing; he stayed quiet, only glowing;
    Left me ignorant, unknowing, “Tell me what I want to know!”
    I was nervous, I was addled. There, I stuttered; there I prattled.
    Confused, half-drunk, I was rattled, and outside the wind did blow.
    Blowing, gusting, in a fury; how that wicked wind did blow!
    “Tell me! Tell me! I must know!”
    I was perplexed, I tried to think. I quickly poured myself a drink;
    “If you are dead, why don’t you stink? Can you speak, or only glow?”
    His inaction was quite daunting; it was clear that he was flaunting
    His ability at haunting and ability to glow …
    Glowing, showing me no mercy-oh my! How bright he did glow!
    “Please tell me, I need to know!”
    Though his presence there was shocking, I sat in my rocker, rocking,
    With his silence, he was mocking, a prolonged, ghostly tableau.
    But he remained there, unblinking; no whispered sounds, no chains clinking,
    Against reasonable thinking; “Tell me why you’re here, or go!”
    He did not answer, he just glowed … glowed … and neither did he go,
    Changing everything I know …
    Never more nervous, I was tense; in quite a state of deep suspense-
    This apparition made no sense-I gulped down some more Bordeaux.
    He just floated, hovered, glowing; apprehension swiftly growing,
    Nary a sign was he showing he’d tell what I asked to know-
    What I needed, what I wanted, everything I longed to know.
    “Tell me now! I need to know!”
    I succumbed to mental illness, drinking in the obscene stillness-
    Violent winds took on a shrillness-I cursed my specter and Poe.
    I shouted at him glowing there, “Stay here or leave- I do not care!
    But you’ll not drive me from my lair; not ghost, or raven, or Poe!
    I’ll stay and drink here in my chair! Drink to you and Mister Poe!
    I’ll drink my wine, this I know!”
    “I’ll drink myself into a fit, I’ll die right here, right where I sit!
    This rocking chair I shall not quit! I’ll drink ‘til I die and glow!”
    I cursed my friend and drank my wine, I did not stop to bathe or dine;
    There I remained in my confine watching my ghostly friend glow.
    I sat rocking and drinking-still, unblinking-and now I glow …
    I glow, and finally know!
    © 2014 The Poet Darkling™

    • @johndoe-xu1on
      @johndoe-xu1on 9 лет назад +6

      you know the symbol of the Raven might have to do with a free Masonic Order of the Raven. They are supposed to said to be able to penetrate the most impenetrable rooms,and that their dimension or their home dimension is Cerberus. I think that's the meaning behind this poem. I know for a fact or from what information I gathered, that Pluto represents dis, or hell. That's what he means by the plutonium shore.I like your poem and the work you make it sounds very talented, and you're a very talented writer. But I think you should work a level of ambiguity that Edgar Allan Poe was achieving in his work. also from what I gathered Pluto aligns with Jupiter which aligns with earth,I believe in December. I read a recent article for like Nasa that stated that. Just certain things to take into consideration, which is what I believe makes Edgar Allan Poe a very dark poet.

  • @XragonX24
    @XragonX24 11 лет назад +25

    A well done adaptation, great mood, tone, and atmosphere. With a wonderful narrator complementing and expressing that same mood and tone.
    A wise choice to film it in black and white, with great lighting, casting dark and earry shadows.
    The look of the Raven is haunting and disturbing.
    The Cinematography and Production Design are excellent as well.

  • @Frossdrums
    @Frossdrums 7 лет назад +23

    i love this video so much.. when the raven says "nevermore" for the last part, oh man i just get chills everytime and i love it

  • @jacobgrace2077
    @jacobgrace2077 8 лет назад +86

    If someone was taking that long to answer the door I would of left

  • @Raixor
    @Raixor 9 лет назад +26

    Lenore's portrait adds so much to this video. I just recently started reading this poem and trying to find different readers. So far, this and Christopher Lee are my favs. Hoping there are James Earl Jones, Tom Hiddleston and Gilbert Gottfried versions out there. :)

  • @MrWilum
    @MrWilum 10 лет назад +56

    absolutely brilliant, and Poe's classic poem is read perfectly. This is a classic representation of the very spirit of Poe.

  • @karamabuhelal9481
    @karamabuhelal9481 8 лет назад +6

    this video is the most underrated video on youtube

  • @parkerc2666
    @parkerc2666 9 лет назад +59

    Wow!! was that a real Raven?? It looked so realistic......

    • @paypay7477
      @paypay7477 9 лет назад +3

      This was made in the 1920's man.

    • @paypay7477
      @paypay7477 9 лет назад

      Fionn Fitzpatrick Oh okay

    • @conniehan2340
      @conniehan2340 9 лет назад

      Disregard Females no it wasn't!!!

    • @conniehan2340
      @conniehan2340 9 лет назад +2

      Queefy McQueeferson no it was made in 2013

    • @paypay7477
      @paypay7477 9 лет назад +1

      Connie Han I know that now. thanks though

  • @Brutalearll
    @Brutalearll 8 лет назад +23

    i want to have that raven, the design is so amazingly creepy, good lawdy lord

    • @DJDeezyThaTruth
      @DJDeezyThaTruth 8 лет назад +3

      --And let it rest it's bust upon your Chamber door and quoth at random.. _Nevermore_.

    • @Brutalearll
      @Brutalearll 8 лет назад

      DJDeezy ThaTruth damn right

    • @LoveFlatfootin1
      @LoveFlatfootin1 7 лет назад +1

      Ha-ha. At first it reminded me of the "monster" bird in that 1957 science fiction film "The Giant Claw," but then I began to appreciate it too.

  • @daoncarey7481
    @daoncarey7481 9 лет назад +2

    The mood was intense, creepy, overwhelming. The way he was speaking to the bird with detph in his voice like he was going insane brought the mood to my attention & his intentions on speaking to the bird

  • @davidefassola5951
    @davidefassola5951 8 лет назад +5

    Happy birthday, Mr. Poe.
    207 years: 19 january 1809-19 january 2016
    "That the play is the tragedy, "Man",
    And its hero the Conqueror Worm"

  • @kittenofthedarkness8921
    @kittenofthedarkness8921 9 лет назад +7

    I love the beauty of this poem

  • @ZacharyFagantheword
    @ZacharyFagantheword 10 лет назад +6

    Edgar Allen poe such a good poet and writer

  • @dhanshreea
    @dhanshreea 9 лет назад +19

    This is AWESOME! This is splendid! This is mind blowing! I almost died!

  • @katsu-jc5cp
    @katsu-jc5cp 8 лет назад +6

    This is fantastic. Romantic and even beautiful! This is by far the best raven reading I have known.

  • @nikkinikki3442
    @nikkinikki3442 8 лет назад +3

    So this is when it feels like to have psyche sides without realising it... When an individual traps himself to the point of ultimately killing him/herself .. The raven within him... Best poem ever :)

  • @yeahyeahandwhatnot6192
    @yeahyeahandwhatnot6192 8 лет назад +7

    i love his voice

  • @Jeanne7774
    @Jeanne7774 9 лет назад +2

    I like this. I love the way Leonore's face changes in the picture on the wall. The woman's shadow on the floor is his soul trapped and tormented grieving for Leonore

  • @indiasanders4430
    @indiasanders4430 8 лет назад +3

    it is a one of a kind poem.

  • @KenParrish61
    @KenParrish61 9 лет назад +5

    Excellent rendition of one of my favorite poems. Thank you.

  • @CavalierePrinciPessaAmore
    @CavalierePrinciPessaAmore 9 лет назад +5

    I had this on dvd before I moved. Louis Morabito was amazing. The acting is very good.

  • @RaySingh87
    @RaySingh87 10 лет назад +1

    It's creepy how the portrait changes! OMG! Chills.

  • @TheaterRaven
    @TheaterRaven 10 лет назад +6

    (Stands up and claps) Bravo! Bravo! That was brilliant.

  • @0persona332
    @0persona332 8 лет назад +3

    best version of the raven

  • @theycallmecrybabywhatsyour7209
    @theycallmecrybabywhatsyour7209 8 лет назад +2

    we read this at the beginning of the year and I have loved it ever since

  • @tullypan6662
    @tullypan6662 7 лет назад +5

    thats voice tho makes it very suspenseful..

  • @qtddroo
    @qtddroo 10 лет назад +4

    Better than it even has sounded in my head. Thank you

  • @odin925
    @odin925 9 лет назад +7

    I have memorized this poem and have held it as one if not the best works of art in known history and this is the best reciting of and visual to this poem on RUclips. It got close to the setting and demeanor I see when I read this. Thank you.

  • @zach602
    @zach602 7 лет назад +2

    8:34-8:59 "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting- "Get thee back into the tempest and the Nights Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken!-quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, AND TAKE THY FORM FROM OFF MY DOOR!!!! Quoth the raven " Nevermore." Now that is an Edgar Allan Poe masterpiece! This is one of my favorite works that Poe has done. Dose anyone else like his other works?

  • @AbbyDabs101
    @AbbyDabs101 10 лет назад +3

    this is my favorite poem ever! i love edgar allan poes works! this was truly phenomenal!

  • @alessandrabianchi5220
    @alessandrabianchi5220 7 лет назад +3

    Gorgeous!

  • @SuperKidsCostumes
    @SuperKidsCostumes 10 лет назад +92

    You should not have showed the darkness or that is the hallway. Let the viewer imagine their own abyss that he is peering into. You took away the mystery that is the darkness.

  • @epicfail4545
    @epicfail4545 11 лет назад +4

    This video was amazing

  • @A_Rose_From_Concrete
    @A_Rose_From_Concrete 9 лет назад +1

    This is the best telling of The Raven I've ever seen

  • @GeorgeSaint666
    @GeorgeSaint666 7 лет назад +11

    Very well done. I love this version.

  • @Nicksatrip
    @Nicksatrip 8 лет назад +8

    I really enjoyed this interpretation and dramatization of The Raven very much! Added to Faves!!!

  • @tubulartopher
    @tubulartopher 8 лет назад +2

    Artfully Outstanding. Nothing More.

  • @nathanielcatchings7335
    @nathanielcatchings7335 8 лет назад +3

    My favorite poem. I love it.

  • @jamespanakal
    @jamespanakal 10 лет назад +1

    Portrayal is too good. Very very good indeed.

  • @rullaghassan4820
    @rullaghassan4820 9 лет назад +1

    My favorite poem

  • @bertfannin9778
    @bertfannin9778 9 лет назад +3

    That sent a chill down my spine, as I watched the poor man descend into madness.

  • @sheerbeauty
    @sheerbeauty 8 лет назад +6

    Wonderful work of art. Loved the atmosphere. And watching this interpretation reminds one of the ridiculousness of seeking answers from a silly bird.

  • @AddisonRoden
    @AddisonRoden 9 лет назад +8

    So haunting. I love this so much!

  • @elenamotionless7587
    @elenamotionless7587 10 лет назад +4

    I love this poem so much.

  • @Chazz
    @Chazz 7 лет назад +4

    I think of Poe as mad.

  • @cheincito
    @cheincito 7 лет назад +3

    merely a stately production, so mournful

  • @cait.yeet1
    @cait.yeet1 7 лет назад +3

    I watched a version of this is a play, I sadly cant remember the name. But it was one of the best plays I've seen.

  • @heline811
    @heline811 8 лет назад +4

    This is the best video of the raven I just love it it took me to an other place thank you for this amazing work ❤❤

  • @Golemon_of_Cat
    @Golemon_of_Cat 11 лет назад +2

    i must thank you for uploading this version of the raven

  • @marcelofaviodesigner
    @marcelofaviodesigner 7 лет назад +2

    magnificent genius

  • @DeltaPictures
    @DeltaPictures 10 лет назад +1

    Very good. Anyone else notice the picture on the wall changing?

  • @kman618
    @kman618 10 лет назад +4

    This has always been my favorite poem ever. The way it is read here is perfect. Love this!

  • @damarahbryant3807
    @damarahbryant3807 11 лет назад +3

    Wow bravo, round of applause!

  • @BronzeRivet
    @BronzeRivet 11 лет назад +4

    So, so good. So excellently read. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

  • @poetryreincarnations
    @poetryreincarnations 9 лет назад +8

    Thankyou I love this the visuals and the recital are superb

  • @foodtaster1564
    @foodtaster1564 8 лет назад +35

    So this dude was just trippin off the absinthe

    • @joseph_b319
      @joseph_b319 8 лет назад +5

      +Steve garber I know he had a pretty tall glass.

    • @alexandertheamerican9663
      @alexandertheamerican9663 8 лет назад +6

      Why not to do drugs and drink heavy start seeing Ravens talk 😂

  • @tayloraranki
    @tayloraranki 10 лет назад +2

    That was terrifyingly wonderful

  • @conniehan2340
    @conniehan2340 9 лет назад +20

    i watched this in class
    we were reading the poem

    • @conniehan2340
      @conniehan2340 9 лет назад +13

      Connie Han it is about a man who lost his love, Lenore, and he tries to get over it by reading books
      then he hears tapping on his door but there is no one there
      then he hears tapping on his window
      when he opens it a raven flies in and the man questions the raven but its only reply is "Nevermore"
      the man thinks the raven is teasing him about losing Lenore by saying that he will see her nevermore
      this response eventually drives the man insane

    • @icydive4223
      @icydive4223 8 лет назад +2

      +Connie Han The most confusing poem ever

    • @unrulydaijj6566
      @unrulydaijj6566 7 лет назад +1

      Connie Han me too

    • @TheLonelyNihilego
      @TheLonelyNihilego 7 лет назад +1

      Connie Han same many years ago

    • @draco4569
      @draco4569 7 лет назад +2

      I actually managed to memorize the entire poem, and that included having to understand its meaning. It's a difficult challenge, but rewarding.

  • @old80sguy
    @old80sguy 8 лет назад +1

    I usually listen to the Basil Rathbone version and it's really good. This version is even better. Kudos!

  • @lobsterandcaviar
    @lobsterandcaviar 7 лет назад +3

    wonderfull reading

  • @bcaples93
    @bcaples93 10 лет назад +2

    I love this

  • @PhillipWayneButts
    @PhillipWayneButts 10 лет назад +1

    I agree- EXCELLENT! and with everything 'offshoreorganbuilder" said...

  • @krutledge5721
    @krutledge5721 11 лет назад +2

    Wonderful adaption.

  • @akhiloose
    @akhiloose 8 лет назад +2

    This is awesomeeeeeeeeeee

  • @junhaotrash6101
    @junhaotrash6101 7 лет назад +3

    Well time to go perfect my creep voice because play when I get back to school

  • @SuperSeeburg
    @SuperSeeburg 8 лет назад +1

    Excellence, just excellence.

  • @DorianCairne
    @DorianCairne 10 лет назад +2

    Great job - really has the atmosphere I associate with the poem.

  • @christiandeinla2455
    @christiandeinla2455 9 лет назад

    tnx Connie han, for explaining the poem, I understand it very well

  • @cuarty410
    @cuarty410 8 лет назад +1

    were doing one in my school and its awsome!

  • @99rxz0zx99
    @99rxz0zx99 10 лет назад +1

    With out words

  • @movies4u2016
    @movies4u2016 9 лет назад +1

    Wow, that really helped me follow the poem good job with the whole vintage 1920's look, I've subscribed.

  • @ElnaCopper
    @ElnaCopper 9 лет назад +4

    ♫•*¨this reading&video are terrific*•.¸¸❤

  • @bocklinskitten4335
    @bocklinskitten4335 8 лет назад

    reminds me of the early David Lynch short-movies! miss the raven´s "croak"! the movie is fine , thank you!

  • @deadeye4047
    @deadeye4047 11 лет назад +3

    Damn good vid, my friend, damn good vid.

  • @anabriones2175
    @anabriones2175 11 лет назад +2

    you Did a very good job!! I enjoyed it very much!!!

  • @Barkbastage
    @Barkbastage 10 лет назад +1

    terrific

  • @emjade0162
    @emjade0162 10 лет назад +2

    I think that the raven IS Lenore because at the end there is a shadow of a woman in the doorway (above of which the raven sat)

  • @leemiddleton4798
    @leemiddleton4798 9 лет назад +1

    Fantastic👍👍👍👍

  • @kelbymitchell1099
    @kelbymitchell1099 10 лет назад

    Brilliant film and brilliant poem.

  • @Turbochapps
    @Turbochapps 8 лет назад +1

    Legendary

  • @DJLRRT
    @DJLRRT 10 лет назад +1

    fabulous!

  • @freezo244
    @freezo244 11 лет назад +2

    dreadfully wonderful! i don't think the raven IS lenore, however, as this video suggests. i think it's a messenger or spirit come from the dead to bring him a message. crows/ravens were used for that purpose in ancient literature and mythology. other than that, it's very good. i'll be showing it to my 7th and 8th graders as we read the raven for halloween!

  • @krutledge5721
    @krutledge5721 11 лет назад +1

    Wonderful adaptation.

  • @johnweaver311
    @johnweaver311 7 лет назад +8

    Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

  • @ShadowmarkReturns
    @ShadowmarkReturns 7 лет назад +3

    Some of the acting feels a bit off to start off but then it quickly gets better toward the end.

  • @caitlinrheaume6622
    @caitlinrheaume6622 8 лет назад +1

    very striking!

  • @mikemelina9607
    @mikemelina9607 8 лет назад +1

    I think most of the commenters miss the point of The Raven and it's meaning. This poem is not about Absinth or tripping and this short film seems more a "film noir" version of a truly gothic poem. It's good...it's not better than Vincent Price, or Christopher Walken...but that is a high bar to clear.

  • @mamaspooky7806
    @mamaspooky7806 10 лет назад +1

    bravo!