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P&P – Day 5 – The Pendulum Swings
Filming the Deadly Progress of the Pendulum The most famous image from Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story “The Pit and the Pendulum” is of the sword swinging back and forth, coming down ever closer over the hapless protagonist tied … Continue reading
MONTAUK EXCURSION
Overnighting in the Far East of Long Island to Attend the Screening of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” at the Offshore Art and Film Festival Me on the Long Island Railroad last Friday – a three hour … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Poe Musicabres, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged AirBnB, art, Chase Markoff, Christine Wexler, Elsa Keefe, Film Festival, George Washington, How to Hack Birth Control, J.O. Jerusalem, Jordan Bromley, Jules Sheehan, lighthouse, Long Island, Meeting House, Montauk, musicabre, Nicole Page, Offshore, Outdoor, Quaker, Sassy Mohen, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P at the OFFSHORE FILM FESTIVAL
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” is playing as part of the Offshore Film Festival, enjoying its inaugural year in the tony vacation town of Montauk at the far eastern tip of Long Island. The festival runs today … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Ed, Here’s Your New Viola/Piano Duet!
Ed’s birthday is today, and, as every year of the past 29 years that we’ve been together, I compose a viola/piano duet for him on his birthday. He plays viola, I play piano. Each one of these duets is called … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works, Notes in the News
Tagged birthday, computer, duet, Edward Elder, Evocation, gothic, musicabre, piano, score, Viola, XXIX
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P&P SILVER MASK AWARD
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” received the award for Best Horror Short from Silver Mask Live Festival Silver Mask Live Festival requested that I send them selfies with my award certificates, so I obliged:
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged 2022, Award, best, certificate, Congratulations, excellence, festival, Fifteen, Film Festival, horror, live, Los Angeles, season, selfie, short, short film, Silver Mask, The Pit and the Pendulum
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Short-Filmz Reviews P&P
I don’t generally publish back to back blog posts on the same day, but mere hours after I posted about the award from the Royal Society of Television and Motion Pictures for my short film Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The … Continue reading
P&P ROYAL AWARD
The Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture Awards gives “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” an Outstanding Achievement Award for Short Film
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Achievement, Awards, Motion Picture, musicabre, outstanding, Royal, RSTMP, short film, Society, television, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P at NEW YORK LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”, my musical short film Edgar Allan Poe adaptation (say that 3 times fast) is currently playing on-line as part of the New York Lift-Off Film Festival through the month of July. For … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged adaptation, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, film, Judges, July, Lift-Off, musicabre, New York, Select, short film, shorts, The Pit and the Pendulum, vote
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