The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre
a film by Danny Ashkenasi
from the short story by Edgar Allan Poe
A desperate composer imagines himself the hapless victim of Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum”. Reality and fantasy converge with frightening consequences.
Select Articles
On Set Diary:
P&P – Today the Hair Gets Shorn
Thank You to the Crew of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”
P&P – The Revealing of the Cake
P&P – Day 2 – Blood on the Floor
P&P – Day 2 – The Merchant’s House
P&P – Day 2 – The Destruction of the Cello
P&P – Day 3 – Adventures with a Porta-Jib
Pre/Post-Production:
P&P – Intimations of the Horrors to Come
P&P Portraits in Color Grading
Notes from a Composer 