15:59 Am I the only one who feels terrified that Montresor screamed with Fortunato to demonstrate that no one could hear him? Whoever played Montresor is a good actor.
That was always my favorite part of my favorite Poe story. Scream. Scream all you want. Are you afraid? Scream. Is it driving you mad?! Scream! Here. I'll do it too! This is terror! This is madness!! SCREAM!!!
This story by Edgar Allen Poe is hands down the one that horrified me the most. The other stories shared how horrible or how maddening the situation is….but this one is about a man who just….smiles…and traps another man…all while chit chatting and being pleasant about the other man’s cruel fate
Yes, but apparently that was the kind of seed Firtunato had down for years. We aren’t told the details but maybe he cheated him in business, took unfair advantage in various ways? Then insulted him , maybe humiliating him publicly? Such things can twist a person thinking. Read The Candidate by Henry Slesar for another bone chiller. It’s also on RUclips.
Reading the story, I have always felt Montresor did what he could to save Fortunato by giving him opportunities to go back but it was at the end, Fortunato´s own vanity and pride, which Montresor hated, that got him killed. Even at the end when Montresor yells ''Fortunato!!'' one last time before the eerie bells sound.
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This has always been my favorite story by poe. It reall appeals to the fear of being buried alive along with the deepee meaning of human nature and how when composed, cold, and calculating could be more scary than a simple monster trying to reach out of the depths and kill us all. The time alone, trapped, helpless, bound, and with only a source of light till it goes out might be one of the worst ways to go.... Starving, thirsty, exposed to the elements as you could be inside that wall, the struggle of each breath as it gets harder and harder to breath. Truly terrifying
There's something uniquely sad about this story, with just how long and torturous the murder is and how completely disproportionate the "retribution," if it even is that, is. How pathetically the drunk fool clings to the hope of Amontillado, that it's all going to be okay, that he'll get his treat and see his wife again and just how... *cruel* the whole thing is.
Yup. And no explanation as to the wrong-so no way of knowing if it was an equal measure of any kind. Make sure you watch our explanatory video on it to see what was going on in Poe’s life when he wrote it-very insightful.
@@PoeMovies I did see the additional one, makes a lot of sense that the "insult" is probably meta- Poe reacting to a writer that mocked him by writing a story where he horrifically kills a characature of his rival's OC. Good to know fanfic writer circle pettiness is as old as genre fiction itself.
Like Montressor said, it is important that one feels satisfied with revenge. It is not retribution it is revenge. Punishment WITH impunity. Meaning disproportionate punishment such as, you did the old "what's that on your shirt?" joke and in return I murder everything you ever loved kind of way
My class LOVED this. Thank you!!! It was so cool to see how it built their confidence in the text because they knew exactly what was going on after we took a deep dive analysis in the story this week.
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I interpret that it is Furtonatos greed that got him killed. His facial expression over the excitement over the thought of the Amontillado. His compulsion of the quest for it as it has more value to him than anything else, more than his own life. It compulses Montresor, as he no longer see Fortunato as a human but a monster of greed. That got Fortunati to face his end.
Absolutely, hands-down the BEST version I've ever watched! I've been reading Poe for about 40 years, and have sought-out 'filmed' versions of my favourite tales... The Narration & the acting is top-notch here, an utter joy to savour again and again! Thank you!
Not sure how much you like older rock, but Alan Parsons Project did a concept album on some Poe stories. The Cask of Amontillado song rocks. ruclips.net/video/vT0YZLES8DM/видео.html
Hi Spooky, A HUGE THANK YOU! I know APP, but had just a vague recollection of the title... I've listened to the whole song, but was hooked-completely from the second line... "I'll have revenge upon Fortunato" I'm going shopping today, I'll buy some Amontillado Sherry, and enjoy the whole album when the sun goes down tonight... Delicious! Do you like Journey to the Centre of the Earth, by Rick Wakeman? I have a couple of versions, but my favourite is, The David Hemmings narration... See ya ;-)
@@jmartin1885 Thanks for the recommendation. I don't think I've listened to before, so I got some weekend plans coming up soon. Enjoy the Amontillado :)
@@PoeMoviesRoger Corman's Poe-based horror films from the sixties used to scare me silly when I was a kid. Thanks for this ! It's the best and most faithful adaptation of the story I've ever seen.
>perceives a possibly imagined slight against his honor as an act deserving of divine punishment >Mercilessly carries out a most ingenious and torturous plan >Mocks his victim throughout Oh my god he's Literally Me. Really though, phenomenal work on this, especially Montresor: a charasmatic, dashing young man who is able to express so much through his facial expressions, especially his smile and his eyes. They tell half the story on their own (almost literally!) There are some really fun things to note about this story. Poe did such a wonderful job with duality in this piece, even if it's not regarded as a central theme. Even in the title itself: The Cask of Amontillado. A cask is a barrel of wine, but it can also be a reference to a casket, and they are one and the same for Fortunato. The trowel too: Masonry was the cause of Fortunato's rise, and masonry would be his end. He is a bumbling fool: in the story he literally wears jesters' clothing, and his comment about not being able to distinguish amontillado from sherry contradicts his view of himself as an aficionado as amontillado is, in fact sherry. In the story he also drinks a glass of De Grave in a single gulp, which is a rather expensive wine. Finally, he himself is the one who stumbles into the niche, after Montresor tells him the amontillado is inside. While many people view Montresor as thinking of himself as the boot stepping on the snake Fortunato, I cannot believe that Montresor would view himself as anything other than the snake who was stepped upon Fortunato's rise to success, and is now biting him in the heel and refusing to let go in return: no one shall provoke him with impunity. When Montresor mocks Fortunato, the actor's screams perfectly embody simultaneously how he is mocking Fortunato; and how he is screaming out his own hatred towards Fortunato; and he, the avenger, is making himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong, as they are now one and the same, feeling the same despair. Fortunato screams out "For the love of God, Montresor!" in a final plead, and Montresor screams it back: For the love of God! For the love of holy, divine, and just punishment in His name. And Montresor is his God now, and he is doing this out of love for himself. Despite all of this, Montresor actually grants one more mercy in the story, throwing in a torch before sealing Fortunato in. This could be to help asphyxiate him, or alternatively one last glimpse of the world before he is plunged into eternal darkness, the one Montresor found himself in.
I forgot another one: Let us begone, leave; and let us be gone, or more specifically Fortunato to be gone from this world, and gone from his life and thoughts forever; though ironically stuck in the catacombs forever.
I gotta say the acting was on point, I’m a student and my teacher, The amazing person she is, Played this movie, we were to go between the text and this and it was amazing, Good job
Only on one other occasion have I had such empathy for a character in film.: Peter Graham in Hereditary. His mother's nightmare scene from the movie comes to mind. A dreadful mixture of helplessness, sadness, and betrayal. I am way, waaaay into horror and dark things, and this film was genuinely hard to watch. I felt so helpless, no matter which character's shoes I put myself in. The victim will surely die, and the killer descends from man to monster. Well done.
Saw this in my literature class, and it was not bad. I am very interested with Edgar Allan Poe's horrifying stories, aside from the rest of the class who were kinda down bad for the main protagonist ☠
Bro I ain't even gonna lie, when I first watched this in 11th grade I was down so bad for Montressor 💀. I even bought the DVD for this film. I'm in my last year of college now but came back to this because I felt nostalgic 😅
While your rendition of The Raven is my personal favourite, I couldn't help but be moved by the performances in this film. Especially Fortunato's. Montresor's take was powerful and passionate, but Fortunato inspired such humanity for his predicament. His disbelief, his tearing up, his fearful, anguished looks, his fatal hopes beyond all hopes reflected in his eyes, his desperate bargaining in a last bid for his life, and his resignation in his final moments brought his character to life - and in such a way! I didn't feel such depth of sympathy for him by reading the story alone, but I do now after watching this stellar performance. Great job keeping Poe's legacy alive; I look forward to enjoying more of your works. Cheers.
The only thing wrong with this version is that they present Fortunato as having a skill he doesn't really possess in the story. However.. one could flip it in that Fortunato, boar he is presented to be in this version, most likely was going to try to cheat Montressor out of the pipe by claiming it not to be Amontillado. Still, minus that debatable "hiccup", this is superbly acted. Poe would have approved!!
Well, Fortunato said that Luchesi could not distinguish amontillado from sherry. In fact, amontillado is a type of sherry, therefore putting his genuine "expertise" into question.
The newest and best iteration of the story by Edger! I remember hearing this story while I was still in middle school. I may have hated the school, but I have the English class to thank for learning about this great story.
My 9th grade students read the story today and then watched this adaptation, they really loved it! Great work to everyone involved! -Sincerely, a Poe loving English Teacher
I wish I knew this channel existed before because this film was amazing, the cinematography, acting, soundtrack, everything about this is amazing and very accurate especially some of the lines, I look forward to all new projects and I'm now going to watch your other films because this was absolutely phenomenal.
This is perfect! I am a fan of Poe’s work. Scarier is the game The Dark Eye, which was based on Poe’s works. This was one of them. And Fortunado got what he deserved. There is a story I would love to see in a movie. I forget the name, but this man was supposed to marry his cousin with whom he did not like. The end is her teeth falling out of the box on his desk…perfect! The game version had him just walk into a room talking nonsense since he was so plastered. One by one he placed the bricks, building a wall and at the end, dropped a torch inside and placed the last brick.
8:13 small note, in the original story he actually breaks the neck of the bottle, not pop the cork. Its a small thing but it is to be noted. "Here I knocked off the neck of a bottle which I drew from a long row of its fellows that lay upon the mould. 'Drink,' I said, presenting him the wine"
"An excellent joke indeed." And an excellent production, indeed. Kudos all around, and the actors get an encore. Bravo, Bravo, Bravo. 👨🦱👨🦱🙆🙆🏌♂🏌♂👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'm so thankful for this video! I have a hard time comprehending literature from this era so I really appreciate having a visual composition of the words I was reading.
i remember watching this in my ELA class, i loved it because it was a short day and cuz i never seen the animation/ casting of Amontillado, really amazing.
The acting in this short film didn't have to be this good. Kudos to the actors! Oh and because of short movie, I understood the story better since English isn't my first language. Thank you so much.
this was amazing, from the acting to the film. it made me more understand the story of "The cask of amontillado". Thank you so much. keep up the good work!!!
Having read this story in the 8th grade, I so wish that this movie was available to my classmates and myself. There are many things that you have captured on. I could over and over again, and never get tired. One thing that is unresolved me is that exact gesture that Fortunato makes to suggest that he is a Mason. Wish there could be something done with the name "Montressor." So well done.
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I am a Master Mason. Without going to deeply into it, there are several peculiar 'grips' one uses when shaking hands with other Masons, several peculiar footsteps one makes when completing Masonic rituals, and several peculiar hand gestures one uses depending on the level of Masonic Ritual one is currently doing. Likely Fortunato used the hand gesture or grip of an Entered Apprentice Mason, which is what Freemasons use to introduce themselves to other Masons if they do not know which rank the other person is. There are also 9 tools of operative masonry that figurative or Freemasons uses to represent moral beliefs. The trowel in the video is clearly a pun. It is both a Freemason tool to teach about morality, but it also has the hidden meaning that Montressor will be a literal Mason and brick Fortunato up.
@@MutteringCondolences the trowel signifies death which is no deep masonic secret. Edgar Allan Poe was an anti-mason and knew the meaning Edit: I swear that I found some anti-masonic quotes by him a few years back but now Google and chatGPT tell me he had no ties to the political organization nor did he make any anti secret-society statements. I thought it was in his Wikipedia and the Wikipedia on the anti-masonic party.
@@MelvinIsMerlin The trowel does not symbolize death in Freemasonry. Just as the Operative Mason uses a trowel to spread cement to bind a building together, and trowel symbolizes the shared experiences and values that bind Freemasons together. Death, especially in the 3rd degree, is a part of those experiences and values, but it is hardly the most important or one that stands out. I would argue that Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, or the 4 major tenants of the 1st degree of Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, and Justice.
Feels like an allegory of someone turning the tables on life ('Fortune') and chains it to a wall in the bowels of the earth where it knows each brick (time) will be placed (right in front of you - powerless to do anything about it) until it is time for the final one/
Fun fact: in order to play his role as Fortunato, Frank Tirio Jr. actually let himself be buried alive and will not come out for 50 years? THAT’S dedication
My teacher played this in class when I was a freshman and I loved it! I couldn't find it until now, my junior year, and i am over the moon excited to have found it again!
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The story from the book and from this video was connected they are the same Thank you very much for this now I understand the story it was to mysterious in the first place when you read the story by yourself and try to solve it but watching this video makes it more smooth and clear.
I have a final exam tomorrow which is going to have questions on the text that we read of this story but I remembered being really confused as to what was going on, so I searched up people reading the story to help me understand it better and then I saw this! Watching this was like watching an episode of a tv show! Very intriguing and kept my attention! Thank you for this! I’ll be able to visualize what’s happening in the story as I reread it now! 💜💜💜
Can we talk about something really quick? I dunno if it’s just the acting, but I feel like Montresor’s actions were very… rehearsed. Like he was acting on memory. He knew what he was doing and how to do it. He’s done it before. Fortunato wasn’t his first victim. And it’s likely he wasn’t the last.
I'm sorry but is no one going to talk about how handsome Montresor is! Anyways, I love the adaption of this story and how you filled in some of the extra details that Edgar left for his readers to interpret. I greatly enjoyed the film. 🖤 Edit: Just now looking through the comments better and I can clearly see that I'm not the only one that's fallen in love with Montresor...even if he is kinda psycho. 😍
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Thx cause the cask of amontillado and tell tale heart is our topic for our literature exam
@@jameschristophersabelino6075 Well we are here for you.
I also had to do an assignment on it lol
15:59 Am I the only one who feels terrified that Montresor screamed with Fortunato to demonstrate that no one could hear him? Whoever played Montresor is a good actor.
I want to know who he is
The actor is David JM Bielewicz
This is exactly why Montresor screams...to illustrate that no one will hear him. They stole this idea in "Silence of the Lambs."
@@arthurbrennan8362nah
That was always my favorite part of my favorite Poe story. Scream. Scream all you want. Are you afraid? Scream. Is it driving you mad?! Scream! Here. I'll do it too! This is terror! This is madness!! SCREAM!!!
"I will not die of a cough"
"HAHA True, true"
The writing in this story is actually so good.
"actually" .....it's Poe for chrissakes!
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😂😂🫣indeed true
THE AMONTILLADO! AHAHAHAHAHA
The mention of being a mason is amazing too.
"The cough is a mere nothing. It will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough."
-Fortunato, circa Feb 11 2021
""True-true," Montresor replies.
He stayed true to his word!
The acting in this is shockingly good
You're joking right?
@@sage1682 nope. You didn't need to leave a comment if you didn't like it though.
This story by Edgar Allen Poe is hands down the one that horrified me the most. The other stories shared how horrible or how maddening the situation is….but this one is about a man who just….smiles…and traps another man…all while chit chatting and being pleasant about the other man’s cruel fate
An evil web the spider weaves
@@6870boardman Those too. I honestly feel bad for Fortunato..
Yes, but apparently that was the kind of seed Firtunato had down for years. We aren’t told the details but maybe he cheated him in business, took unfair advantage in various ways? Then insulted him , maybe humiliating him publicly? Such things can twist a person thinking.
Read The Candidate by Henry Slesar for another bone chiller. It’s also on RUclips.
@@6870boardmanhow the turn tables
@@davidrussell4104I’ll have to check it out, thanks!
Imagine what the son is thinking the whole time while his father is admitting to being both a murderer and a psychopath
Relax, kid, it's just a fictitious story. Jeeze.
I always loved how Montresor was basically talking shit the whole way.
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So it was written...
What is terrifying is that Montressor actually does everything in his power to lead him to the opposite of his doom. Chills me to the spine.
@@frankdeleon4209No he doesn’t though. He could have simply not chained him up and bricked him in.
Dude was steady throwing underhanded jabs
Reading the story, I have always felt Montresor did what he could to save Fortunato by giving him opportunities to go back but it was at the end, Fortunato´s own vanity and pride, which Montresor hated, that got him killed. Even at the end when Montresor yells ''Fortunato!!'' one last time before the eerie bells sound.
No he just knows the human brain, people want to be defiant and get what they want and this is what montressor exploited
@@hopefulkoala01435 I believe it just a use of reverse psychology
So in other word fortunato set himself up for failure but montresor had set him up?
+Carlos Cortez What? It was all a carefully conceived plan. Your conclusions aren't even slightly justified by the text.
@@hopefulkoala01435 He didn't want "insight and knowledge"; he wanted to drink it.
One thing I love about Montresor’s mock screams at 15:59 is they go from mockingly scared screams to shrieks of pure rage. It’s a nice touch
David is a talented actor. After that scene he had no voice.
And my classmates were like-"Montresor is so handsome!"
I stand by this, he looks like Victor from Corpse Bride and I love it
Thats so real of them
@@Sunset_girly Realll
These are my kind of people
He is
I show this video to my students every year after we finish reading The Cask of Amontillado. Great short film.
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This has always been my favorite story by poe. It reall appeals to the fear of being buried alive along with the deepee meaning of human nature and how when composed, cold, and calculating could be more scary than a simple monster trying to reach out of the depths and kill us all. The time alone, trapped, helpless, bound, and with only a source of light till it goes out might be one of the worst ways to go.... Starving, thirsty, exposed to the elements as you could be inside that wall, the struggle of each breath as it gets harder and harder to breath. Truly terrifying
There's something uniquely sad about this story, with just how long and torturous the murder is and how completely disproportionate the "retribution," if it even is that, is. How pathetically the drunk fool clings to the hope of Amontillado, that it's all going to be okay, that he'll get his treat and see his wife again and just how... *cruel* the whole thing is.
Yup. And no explanation as to the wrong-so no way of knowing if it was an equal measure of any kind. Make sure you watch our explanatory video on it to see what was going on in Poe’s life when he wrote it-very insightful.
@@PoeMovies I did see the additional one, makes a lot of sense that the "insult" is probably meta- Poe reacting to a writer that mocked him by writing a story where he horrifically kills a characature of his rival's OC. Good to know fanfic writer circle pettiness is as old as genre fiction itself.
I thought the same
Like Montressor said, it is important that one feels satisfied with revenge. It is not retribution it is revenge. Punishment WITH impunity. Meaning disproportionate punishment such as, you did the old "what's that on your shirt?" joke and in return I murder everything you ever loved kind of way
@@PoeMovieswasn’t it a possible fantasy of his own thirst for vengeance against his literary opponents?
My class LOVED this. Thank you!!! It was so cool to see how it built their confidence in the text because they knew exactly what was going on after we took a deep dive analysis in the story this week.
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I interpret that it is Furtonatos greed that got him killed. His facial expression over the excitement over the thought of the Amontillado. His compulsion of the quest for it as it has more value to him than anything else, more than his own life. It compulses Montresor, as he no longer see Fortunato as a human but a monster of greed. That got Fortunati to face his end.
Absolutely, hands-down the BEST version I've ever watched!
I've been reading Poe for about 40 years, and have sought-out 'filmed' versions of my favourite tales...
The Narration & the acting is top-notch here, an utter joy to savour again and again!
Thank you!
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Not sure how much you like older rock, but Alan Parsons Project did a concept album on some Poe stories. The Cask of Amontillado song rocks.
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Hi Spooky,
A HUGE THANK YOU!
I know APP, but had just a vague recollection of the title...
I've listened to the whole song, but was hooked-completely from the second line... "I'll have revenge upon Fortunato"
I'm going shopping today, I'll buy some Amontillado Sherry, and enjoy the whole album when the sun goes down tonight...
Delicious!
Do you like Journey to the Centre of the Earth, by Rick Wakeman?
I have a couple of versions, but my favourite is, The David Hemmings narration...
See ya ;-)
@@jmartin1885 Thanks for the recommendation. I don't think I've listened to before, so I got some weekend plans coming up soon. Enjoy the Amontillado :)
@@PoeMoviesRoger Corman's Poe-based horror films from the sixties used to scare me silly when I was a kid. Thanks for this ! It's the best and most faithful adaptation of the story I've ever seen.
>perceives a possibly imagined slight against his honor as an act deserving of divine punishment
>Mercilessly carries out a most ingenious and torturous plan
>Mocks his victim throughout
Oh my god he's Literally Me.
Really though, phenomenal work on this, especially Montresor: a charasmatic, dashing young man who is able to express so much through his facial expressions, especially his smile and his eyes. They tell half the story on their own (almost literally!)
There are some really fun things to note about this story. Poe did such a wonderful job with duality in this piece, even if it's not regarded as a central theme. Even in the title itself: The Cask of Amontillado. A cask is a barrel of wine, but it can also be a reference to a casket, and they are one and the same for Fortunato. The trowel too: Masonry was the cause of Fortunato's rise, and masonry would be his end. He is a bumbling fool: in the story he literally wears jesters' clothing, and his comment about not being able to distinguish amontillado from sherry contradicts his view of himself as an aficionado as amontillado is, in fact sherry. In the story he also drinks a glass of De Grave in a single gulp, which is a rather expensive wine. Finally, he himself is the one who stumbles into the niche, after Montresor tells him the amontillado is inside. While many people view Montresor as thinking of himself as the boot stepping on the snake Fortunato, I cannot believe that Montresor would view himself as anything other than the snake who was stepped upon Fortunato's rise to success, and is now biting him in the heel and refusing to let go in return: no one shall provoke him with impunity. When Montresor mocks Fortunato, the actor's screams perfectly embody simultaneously how he is mocking Fortunato; and how he is screaming out his own hatred towards Fortunato; and he, the avenger, is making himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong, as they are now one and the same, feeling the same despair. Fortunato screams out "For the love of God, Montresor!" in a final plead, and Montresor screams it back: For the love of God! For the love of holy, divine, and just punishment in His name. And Montresor is his God now, and he is doing this out of love for himself. Despite all of this, Montresor actually grants one more mercy in the story, throwing in a torch before sealing Fortunato in. This could be to help asphyxiate him, or alternatively one last glimpse of the world before he is plunged into eternal darkness, the one Montresor found himself in.
I forgot another one: Let us begone, leave; and let us be gone, or more specifically Fortunato to be gone from this world, and gone from his life and thoughts forever; though ironically stuck in the catacombs forever.
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I gotta say the acting was on point, I’m a student and my teacher, The amazing person she is, Played this movie, we were to go between the text and this and it was amazing, Good job
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Only on one other occasion have I had such empathy for a character in film.: Peter Graham in Hereditary. His mother's nightmare scene from the movie comes to mind. A dreadful mixture of helplessness, sadness, and betrayal.
I am way, waaaay into horror and dark things, and this film was genuinely hard to watch. I felt so helpless, no matter which character's shoes I put myself in. The victim will surely die, and the killer descends from man to monster. Well done.
The fact that he actually emphasized on the words "Long life" in the sentence "And I to your long life" makes it so ironic.
The movie stays very true to the story. Very interesting to watch! It helps me understand the story in more depth too.
Saw this in my English class in High School. THIS IS SO PEAK!!!!!!!
Saw this in my literature class, and it was not bad. I am very interested with Edgar Allan Poe's horrifying stories, aside from the rest of the class who were kinda down bad for the main protagonist ☠
I relate to ur class!!!!
dude exactly me he’s so hot lol
We were all holding back laughs when they started screaming at eachother🤧
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Bro I ain't even gonna lie, when I first watched this in 11th grade I was down so bad for Montressor 💀. I even bought the DVD for this film. I'm in my last year of college now but came back to this because I felt nostalgic 😅
Damn he could just not be friends with him anymore.
Let's talk about how good the acting is 👏🏽
While your rendition of The Raven is my personal favourite, I couldn't help but be moved by the performances in this film. Especially Fortunato's. Montresor's take was powerful and passionate, but Fortunato inspired such humanity for his predicament. His disbelief, his tearing up, his fearful, anguished looks, his fatal hopes beyond all hopes reflected in his eyes, his desperate bargaining in a last bid for his life, and his resignation in his final moments brought his character to life - and in such a way! I didn't feel such depth of sympathy for him by reading the story alone, but I do now after watching this stellar performance. Great job keeping Poe's legacy alive; I look forward to enjoying more of your works. Cheers.
This story always stuck with me but I never fully understood it until watching this.
It was fantastically done. Wow.
Man! I have been a fan of Poe for 50 years and these guys bring Pie to life in a movie quality production with excellent acting. Bravo!!
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The only thing wrong with this version is that they present Fortunato as having a skill he doesn't really possess in the story. However.. one could flip it in that Fortunato, boar he is presented to be in this version, most likely was going to try to cheat Montressor out of the pipe by claiming it not to be Amontillado. Still, minus that debatable "hiccup", this is superbly acted. Poe would have approved!!
Well, Fortunato said that Luchesi could not distinguish amontillado from sherry. In fact, amontillado is a type of sherry, therefore putting his genuine "expertise" into question.
The newest and best iteration of the story by Edger! I remember hearing this story while I was still in middle school. I may have hated the school, but I have the English class to thank for learning about this great story.
I watch this at school on Edgar Allen poe’s Birthday! This was so good tbh. My class was Shocked on how good this was 😂❤
This short film was super helpful and so interesting. Thank you for this!
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ngl montresor is kinda fine
My 9th grade students read the story today and then watched this adaptation, they really loved it! Great work to everyone involved! -Sincerely, a Poe loving English Teacher
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I'm Indonesian.
I'm so happy to watch this.
It's really help me for doing my home work. Great job!
Getting some crazy Bruce Campbell vibes off of David here... Love it!
I wish I knew this channel existed before because this film was amazing, the cinematography, acting, soundtrack, everything about this is amazing and very accurate especially some of the lines, I look forward to all new projects and I'm now going to watch your other films because this was absolutely phenomenal.
My favorite Edgar Allen Poe story.
the cask of amontillado is one of my favorites☺️
This is perfect! I am a fan of Poe’s work. Scarier is the game The Dark Eye, which was based on Poe’s works. This was one of them. And Fortunado got what he deserved.
There is a story I would love to see in a movie. I forget the name, but this man was supposed to marry his cousin with whom he did not like. The end is her teeth falling out of the box on his desk…perfect!
The game version had him just walk into a room talking nonsense since he was so plastered. One by one he placed the bricks, building a wall and at the end, dropped a torch inside and placed the last brick.
8:13 small note, in the original story he actually breaks the neck of the bottle, not pop the cork.
Its a small thing but it is to be noted.
"Here I knocked off the neck of a bottle which I drew from a long row of its fellows that lay upon the mould.
'Drink,' I said, presenting him the wine"
Omg, I thought only I knew that! I liked this comment for u
"An excellent joke indeed."
And an excellent production, indeed.
Kudos all around, and the actors get an encore.
Bravo, Bravo, Bravo.
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watch this in school, really good story and acting
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The guy who's playing Montresor (the guy who kills) is so hot lol. So much more attractive than the guy I imagined when I was reading the story
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I'm so thankful for this video! I have a hard time comprehending literature from this era so I really appreciate having a visual composition of the words I was reading.
I was never one into old stories made by someone like Edgar Allen Poe but this peaked my interest 1 million percent
This is my Faborite of Poe's works. Thanks for putting this together!
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i remember watching this in my ELA class, i loved it because it was a short day and cuz i never seen the animation/ casting of Amontillado, really amazing.
Thanks so glad you liked it and it left a positive impression!
High production value, good work guyss
Thank you 🙏
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It was so incredible how Montresor screamed with Fortunado to show him no one will hear him scream
Excellent work, I love watching this every once and a while.
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14:25 I’m shook. Best music ever. The fact that Montressor was sad when it ended
The acting in this short film didn't have to be this good. Kudos to the actors!
Oh and because of short movie, I understood the story better since English isn't my first language. Thank you so much.
this was amazing, from the acting to the film. it made me more understand the story of "The cask of amontillado". Thank you so much. keep up the good work!!!
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Wow! A masterpiece based on the story!
Having read this story in the 8th grade, I so wish that this movie was available to my classmates and myself. There are many things that you have captured on. I could over and over again, and never get tired. One thing that is unresolved me is that exact gesture that Fortunato makes to suggest that he is a Mason. Wish there could be something done with the name "Montressor." So well done.
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I am a Master Mason. Without going to deeply into it, there are several peculiar 'grips' one uses when shaking hands with other Masons, several peculiar footsteps one makes when completing Masonic rituals, and several peculiar hand gestures one uses depending on the level of Masonic Ritual one is currently doing. Likely Fortunato used the hand gesture or grip of an Entered Apprentice Mason, which is what Freemasons use to introduce themselves to other Masons if they do not know which rank the other person is.
There are also 9 tools of operative masonry that figurative or Freemasons uses to represent moral beliefs. The trowel in the video is clearly a pun. It is both a Freemason tool to teach about morality, but it also has the hidden meaning that Montressor will be a literal Mason and brick Fortunato up.
@@MutteringCondolences the trowel signifies death which is no deep masonic secret.
Edgar Allan Poe was an anti-mason and knew the meaning
Edit: I swear that I found some anti-masonic quotes by him a few years back but now Google and chatGPT
tell me he had no ties to the political organization nor did he make any anti secret-society statements.
I thought it was in his Wikipedia and the Wikipedia on the anti-masonic party.
@@MelvinIsMerlin The trowel does not symbolize death in Freemasonry. Just as the Operative Mason uses a trowel to spread cement to bind a building together, and trowel symbolizes the shared experiences and values that bind Freemasons together.
Death, especially in the 3rd degree, is a part of those experiences and values, but it is hardly the most important or one that stands out. I would argue that Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, or the 4 major tenants of the 1st degree of Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, and Justice.
Thank you for your long and detailed response. I'm sorry about my pretty insulting reply.
Perfect short film for Scary/Halloween season
I love this story and I love these actors sm they portray the characters so well
Watched this movie for fun cuz I was bored, didn't regret, awesome movie.
Feels like an allegory of someone turning the tables on life ('Fortune') and chains it to a wall in the bowels of the earth where it knows each brick (time) will be placed (right in front of you - powerless to do anything about it) until it is time for the final one/
Fun fact: in order to play his role as Fortunato, Frank Tirio Jr. actually let himself be buried alive and will not come out for 50 years? THAT’S dedication
This Flower Duet is powerfully flowing in truthful artistry . Cheers, right hear, around the next corner. Mysteries ❤
Tha acting is really good! Great work!
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Excellent. This deserves many more views.
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@@PoeMovies Thanks! I'll do that, now.
So well done, thank you for the effort and time you took to make this!
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Always my favorite work by Mr Poe
This some fine acting! Good job!
broo we watched this in class and Montresor had me curling my toes
LOL REAL
My teacher played this in class when I was a freshman and I loved it! I couldn't find it until now, my junior year, and i am over the moon excited to have found it again!
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this is sick dawg
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Wow this really acted well but i must admit i really happy how clear & concise the quality of video is.
I love Montresor’s laugh ❤️
He really compares his petty revenge over an insult to fighting in a war 💀
Amazing work! Congratulations!
Thank you for this! Extremely well done! Helped visualize what I was reading so much!
Very well done! Bravissimo! But I do demand more!
Thanks so much, we’re hoping to make more
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Thankyou for MAKING A VIDEO FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING!! The story was HARD TO UNDERSTAND!! Especially for us visual learners!! Thankyou :)
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3:13 Okay, now rewatching this, I never noticed the bottle marked "Red Death". Was that meant to be an Easter Egg to "The Masque of the Red Death"?
The story from the book and from this video was connected they are the same Thank you very much for this now I understand the story it was to mysterious in the first place when you read the story by yourself and try to solve it but watching this video makes it more smooth and clear.
Excellent!
Why is the man chaining him up so fine..
Nahhhh what
@@ChefSporty shhhhhhh
What the hell 💀
@@monkey-ho3xl shut up
It's called immurement, an old form of torture
Even though the acting is somewhat campy there is a serious eerie feeling to it all i love it
Another fantastic take.
i wasnt at class when they watched this and we’re doing an essay now, i turn it on and people are saying “oh the murderer is hot” like.. 😨
Well many do love David. You should watch our other film-his acting is wonderful in that one as well.
@@PoeMovies which one is that??
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Know that on the night of the Gala Event I shall raise my glass and whisper, Fortunato
I have a final exam tomorrow which is going to have questions on the text that we read of this story but I remembered being really confused as to what was going on, so I searched up people reading the story to help me understand it better and then I saw this! Watching this was like watching an episode of a tv show! Very intriguing and kept my attention! Thank you for this! I’ll be able to visualize what’s happening in the story as I reread it now! 💜💜💜
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this is really close to how i pictured it. awesome!
Love the Red Death reference.
Can we talk about something really quick?
I dunno if it’s just the acting, but I feel like Montresor’s actions were very… rehearsed. Like he was acting on memory. He knew what he was doing and how to do it. He’s done it before. Fortunato wasn’t his first victim. And it’s likely he wasn’t the last.
this is truly great , I really enjoy edgar allan poe's work and this was a very good representation
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This is my favorite Poe story. This movie was brilliant, gorgeous, just as I imagined it. Of this I have no doubt! Well. Fucking. Done.
Thanks so much for your kind words!!
bro really took it seriously
That was awesome! Well done!
Fortunato: u do not comprehend Montressor: no I do not. So dead pan.
This is great quality. Way to go. Liked
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Bro I saw this in my English class. I love this so much! Love the scream-off they have.
watched this in class two weeks ago, holy I am so impressed, truly underrated, only 50k views?! I didn't expect this much detail, great job (:
is that mari from omori?
@@ghoulsvshumansuser7326 yea
I'm sorry but is no one going to talk about how handsome Montresor is! Anyways, I love the adaption of this story and how you filled in some of the extra details that Edgar left for his readers to interpret. I greatly enjoyed the film. 🖤
Edit: Just now looking through the comments better and I can clearly see that I'm not the only one that's fallen in love with Montresor...even if he is kinda psycho. 😍
David is certainly handsome. A very nice person too.
That's awesome. Thank you so much for the reply. It means a lot. I love all of your content! 🖤
@@PoeMovies what is montresor real full name?
@@ryuzaki4079 it’s not given in the story
Excellent movie it helped me understand this piece better for English class👍
This is a legit masterpiece 🙌 in class read the story and omg this is really good
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