I'm struck by the fact that back in the 1820s prepping for the apocalypse was a thing, even back then. Time passes and generations come and go but people do not change.
I love your review of the great roger corman movie, masque of the red death.. you explain in great detail what this movie is all about. I read poes book on the film but it seemed so short and it didnt seem complete compared to the film. I dont recall any devil worshipping that prince prospero is into with the book. When i read the beginning Its like i was reading half way through the book. It had incredible detail about prince prospero but it was so short a story. Corman expanded on it with hop toad and kept to the theme of poe. I have picked up a lot of knowledge and you have enhanced my appreciation of the film. I cant wait to take another look upon this masterpiece with my projector which is like being in the cinema with the knowledge you have given to me. Thanks so much. Be great if you could do another corman great the pit and the pendulum another favorite of mine.
The film is not even the shadow of the short-story itself. Its best parts in fact are elevated directly from the short story or when Prospero utters direct speech. Film in this sense, most certainly does not even near the language in the original masterpiece. Somebody like Baz Luhrman (Moulin Rouge) might really jazz the filming way up. It needs it. The speed needs to be way faster as embodied by the word 'revelry'. The rooms are not exploited in their different shades, nor the jarring black room, its red windows and its clock. The colours also stand for symbolic meanings in life. The corpses are not depicted in at all a frightening manner comparable to a disease that strikes so fearfully efficiently that in a half hour one is done. So many other complaints about how this movie was shot. Loads of lack of imagination. The pieces played by the orchestra could have been used to accentuate the intervening sense of combat against the Red Death that the clock (no, not interrupting constantly as the critic of this piece holds, but interrupting ON THE HOUR, which is far more sinister - there is method in death, this particular Red Death, it is coming, in measured steps and nothing will be able to stop it - like legions of black clad legionaries, their gladii dripping blood, relentlessly advancing upon one's inadequate defences, because nobody can halt a massive assault such as that). This is part of the masterpiece, TIMING, about which the critic mentions nothing. In fact all she mentions is the bloody obvious of a beginner critic without ever discovering underlying techniques of literature. Anybody who thinks that this movie bears even the faintest resemblance to the prose of Edgar Allan Poe, its impending, doom laden, macabre setting needs to have his head seriously examined.
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Hi there...I will be using this in my English class today! Thanks so much!
Awesome 😎
Poes most underrated story. It’s a masterpiece. The way he sets the tone with the grandfather clock.
It is definitely one of my favorites 😃
I'm struck by the fact that back in the 1820s prepping for the apocalypse was a thing, even back then. Time passes and generations come and go but people do not change.
Gothic literature definitely fits an apocalyptic setting....😁 Thanks for stopping by!
It probably was throughout history. The apocalyptic theme is ubiquitous in mythology, somehow.
Thanks for that, very helpful
Thanks for stopping by the classroom today ☺️
I love your review of the great roger corman movie, masque of the red death.. you explain in great detail what this movie is all about. I read poes book on the film but it seemed so short and it didnt seem complete compared to the film. I dont recall any devil worshipping that prince prospero is into with the book. When i read the beginning Its like i was reading half way through the book. It had incredible detail about prince prospero but it was so short a story. Corman expanded on it with hop toad and kept to the theme of poe. I have picked up a lot of knowledge and you have enhanced my appreciation of the film. I cant wait to take another look upon this masterpiece with my projector which is like being in the cinema with the knowledge you have given to me. Thanks so much. Be great if you could do another corman great the pit and the pendulum another favorite of mine.
I am putting The Pit and the Pendulum on the list of videos to do! Thanks for stopping by our channel!
The film is not even the shadow of the short-story itself. Its best parts in fact are elevated directly from the short story or when Prospero utters direct speech. Film in this sense, most certainly does not even near the language in the original masterpiece. Somebody like Baz Luhrman (Moulin Rouge) might really jazz the filming way up. It needs it. The speed needs to be way faster as embodied by the word 'revelry'. The rooms are not exploited in their different shades, nor the jarring black room, its red windows and its clock. The colours also stand for symbolic meanings in life. The corpses are not depicted in at all a frightening manner comparable to a disease that strikes so fearfully efficiently that in a half hour one is done. So many other complaints about how this movie was shot. Loads of lack of imagination. The pieces played by the orchestra could have been used to accentuate the intervening sense of combat against the Red Death that the clock (no, not interrupting constantly as the critic of this piece holds, but interrupting ON THE HOUR, which is far more sinister - there is method in death, this particular Red Death, it is coming, in measured steps and nothing will be able to stop it - like legions of black clad legionaries, their gladii dripping blood, relentlessly advancing upon one's inadequate defences, because nobody can halt a massive assault such as that). This is part of the masterpiece, TIMING, about which the critic mentions nothing. In fact all she mentions is the bloody obvious of a beginner critic without ever discovering underlying techniques of literature. Anybody who thinks that this movie bears even the faintest resemblance to the prose of Edgar Allan Poe, its impending, doom laden, macabre setting needs to have his head seriously examined.
I would agree about the film, and about many films- you have to enjoy the original writing of Poe.
Thank you for this informative analysis video~ I will be sharing this with my American Lit students. Well done!
Happy to help ☺️ Thank you!