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I just told that story to a 5 year old last week who commented that the thumping of her chair was like a heartbeat. Even children can appreciate Poe without being scared.
My favorites are "House of Usher", "Mask of the Red Death" (I think that would make a fabulous classical ballet) and "The Raven." I bought the complete works for my 7th grade DD a couple of years ago, and she opened to "Telltale Heart".....couldn't sleep all night. I'll bet kids could see a movie and go right to sleep, but the WORDS....I think the images her own mind constructed from his words are what were impressive....
I wonder what he'd think of the movies made from his works?
I wonder what he'd think of the movies made from his works?
If he wrote to entertain, I think Poe would be flattered. There have really been some great film versions of his works. Wonder how he'd respond to The Simpsons' version of The Raven? Wasn't that a Halloween special one year?
And I LOVE your idea of a classical ballet of The Masque of the Red Death. It would easily lend itself to such interpretation, Sailaway. Wow, but can't you imagine the music and the costumes? Who do you see doing it?
I had the greatest discussion along those same lines with a group of HS 9th graders -- asking them if they thought Shakespeare would like Romeo + Juliet with Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio. The astute students who picked up on the fact Shakespeare wrote 'for the masses' and sought to earn a ha'penny, came to the conclusion he'd approve.
If he wrote to entertain, I think Poe would be flattered. There have really been some great film versions of his works. Wonder how he'd respond to The Simpsons' version of The Raven? Wasn't that a Halloween special one year?
And I LOVE your idea of a classical ballet of The Masque of the Red Death. It would easily lend itself to such interpretation, Sailaway. Wow, but can't you imagine the music and the costumes? Who do you see doing it?
I had the greatest discussion along those same lines with a group of HS 9th graders -- asking them if they thought Shakespeare would like Romeo + Juliet with Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio. The astute students who picked up on the fact Shakespeare wrote 'for the masses' and sought to earn a ha'penny, came to the conclusion he'd approve.
How wonderful that the 9th graders got involved in talking about Shakespeare.
I would like to see the Eifman Ballet do a ballet of "The Red Death". Or, I could see one choreograqphed by Anthony Tudor with Nureyev and Fonteyn in one of the leads, if they were still alive. Music, Stravinsky maybe.....
or Prokofiev. Definitely a Russian.
A ballet of Poe's "Masque of the Red Death" would be great, sailaway. I was going to say 'send your idea' to them, but maybe 'sell' it to them? Some things, if offered for free, have less attraction sometimes?
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Cool, indeed
