(re)Search my Trash

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="255" align="right"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="right"><img border="0" src="../stills/telltaleheartamusicabre-poster.jpg" width="250" height="361"></td> </tr> </table> <p>The story of this one is probably too well-known: The protagonist has killed an old man he has been living with for the sole reason that the old man’s vulture-like eye drove him crazy. Still, he insists he’s not insane himself, citing as proof how coolly and dare I say professionally he got rid of the dead body, chopping it up and hiding it under the floorboards which he put back into position perfectly. Of course, after a few days the police comes looking for the old man, and our hero insists he acted in the most natural way, inviting them in, letting them search the house while hardly showing any emotion – until he starts to hear the beating of the dead man’s heart, first ever so slightly, but increasing in volume, until the heart’s banging drives him crazy enough to tear out the floorboards the body parts are hidden under, thus revealing his guilt.</p> <p> </p> <p>Now <b><i><a href="../research/resultserieslinks.shtml?Tell-Tale Heart">The Tell-Tale Heart</a></i></b> is not only one of Edgar Allan Poe’s best known stories, it also has been filmed many times, with some adaptations being less faithful than others. This particular one stays very close to Poe’s original, so much so that it for the most part cites him verbatim. What’s remarkable about this version though is that it has the master’s words set to music, with director/composer/star Danny Ashkenasi singing Poe’s words into the camera – but what sounds like a recipe for disaster has actually turned out to be an artistic delight thanks to Ashkenasi’s avant-garde approach to both direction and music, as instead of setting Poe’s words to pictures, he makes himself the center of attention, surrounded by cellos giving a moody accompaniment, and the story is thus displayed in Ashkenasi’s acting, reflected by the music and clever editing – which all works nothing short of beautifully. </p> <p>  <p>  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2020"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>