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Current Talk '04 II / Re: Masques of the Plague in 1841 PT, Corman, etc.
« on: September 09, 2004, 04:51:40 AM »
I'll make a note of that book, Luciaphil, thank you.
Gothick, your comments help me understand WHY Corman's "Masque" has the effect on me it does - I wonder how many viewers realize the levels of meaning at work. Your explanations make sense, which shouldn't surprise me since your comments on "Eye of the Devil" greatly added to my already substantial appreciation of that movie. (BTW, I hope to get back to "The Ninth Gate" again sometime this fall.)
I have seen "Masque" dismissed as trash on review sites. I admit it takes some effort for me to overlook Jane Asher's performance along with some of the extras who seem to be doing a school play. The Satan business is rather cheesy, too, but it's obvious that time and thought went into the movie as a whole. Besides the aspects we've already mentioned, one example is the Hop Frog subplot, which is extremely well integrated.
Think I'll have to have another go at the original story - it has been a few years.
Dark Shadows has to be one of the more creative shows I know of with the way it made use of several of Poe's stories, among other literary works. Some people may think of these borrowings as ripoffs or an easy out for the writers, but I feel that adapting and integrating a work within a new framework takes skill and talent (though I admit to being somewhat inconsistent as to when I cry "foul" or "fair" - or maybe I just haven't discovered the internal consistency of my judgments yet ).
BTW, for those who are curious, "The Seventh Seal" has a great scene of a young girl about to be burned for witchcraft and for carnal knowledge with the devil.
The more I look into the past, the more I see pestilence, famine, and war - and inhumanity - overshadowing all ...
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI
Gothick, your comments help me understand WHY Corman's "Masque" has the effect on me it does - I wonder how many viewers realize the levels of meaning at work. Your explanations make sense, which shouldn't surprise me since your comments on "Eye of the Devil" greatly added to my already substantial appreciation of that movie. (BTW, I hope to get back to "The Ninth Gate" again sometime this fall.)
I have seen "Masque" dismissed as trash on review sites. I admit it takes some effort for me to overlook Jane Asher's performance along with some of the extras who seem to be doing a school play. The Satan business is rather cheesy, too, but it's obvious that time and thought went into the movie as a whole. Besides the aspects we've already mentioned, one example is the Hop Frog subplot, which is extremely well integrated.
Think I'll have to have another go at the original story - it has been a few years.
Dark Shadows has to be one of the more creative shows I know of with the way it made use of several of Poe's stories, among other literary works. Some people may think of these borrowings as ripoffs or an easy out for the writers, but I feel that adapting and integrating a work within a new framework takes skill and talent (though I admit to being somewhat inconsistent as to when I cry "foul" or "fair" - or maybe I just haven't discovered the internal consistency of my judgments yet ).
BTW, for those who are curious, "The Seventh Seal" has a great scene of a young girl about to be burned for witchcraft and for carnal knowledge with the devil.
The more I look into the past, the more I see pestilence, famine, and war - and inhumanity - overshadowing all ...
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI