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TELL-TALE MURDER IN RUSSIAN
Tell-Tale Subtitles #3 Welcome to the third and (so far) final installment of Tell-Tale Subtitles, where I share screenshots of my first short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” with subtitles added. The first … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia
Tagged Award, cello, Covid 19, Cyrillic alphabet, Edgar Allan Poe, heartbeat, horror, Moscow, murder, musicabre, musical, Russian, Russian International Horror Film Festival, subtitles, The Tell-Tale Heart, travel restrictions
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TELL-TALE RUSSIAN SYMPATHY
With tongue in cheek but sincere curiosity I asked whether the jury felt sorry for me… I knew already back in March that the Russian International Horror Film Festival was going to give my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged Award, Covid 19, DROP, Ed Elder, festival, film, gmail, horror, Jury Award, Moscow, musicabre, pandemic, Russian, Russian International Horror Film Festival, short film, Special Prize, Sympathy, The Tell-Tale Heart, translation, Victor Boulankin
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TELL-TALE RUSSIAN HORROR INTRODUCTION
To Russia with Chills Today “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” will play early evening at two festivals, not streaming via the internet but in front of physically assembled live audiences: the Russian International Horror Film Festival in Moscow, and … Continue reading
TELL-TALE IN-PERSON FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Physical (non-virtual) screenings in Long Island & Moscow UPDATE – 10/18 New York Long Island Film Festival nominates “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for 6 awards Best Thriller Short Best Score Short Best Cinematography Short Best Sound Short Best … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Covid 19, dropping pins, Edgar Allan Poe, Festical, film, horror, Lindenhurst, Long Island, Moose Lodge, Moscow, musicabre, musical, New York, NYLIFF, Q&A, Russia, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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The TELL-TALE VEGAS / NYC / MOSCOW TRIFECTA that was – and then wasn’t
Thanks for Nothing, COVID 19 I was supposed to watch “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” in a Moscow movie theater today, in fact precisely while I’m typing this, “sheltering in place” this Saturday morning New York time, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged Brandon Ruckdashel, Casablanca, coronavirus, Covid 19, Cyrillic alphabet, Days of the Dead, first grade, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Las Vegas, Moscow, musicabre, New York, NewFilmmakers NY, Opera, pandemic, Reels of the Dead, school closing, sheltering in place, The Tell-Tale Heart
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