More animation, and more Edgar Allan Poe, although the story is reduced to a minimal trace in this 1969 short from the Zagreb animation studios. I’ve no idea whether the title is a misreading (or mistranslation) of Poe’s or a deliberate play on the masks used in the masque but I’ve gone with the most common labelling. Directors Branko Ranitovic and Pavao Stalter use a paint technique to sketch the stages of a tale that continues to resonate today. Watch it here.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope
• The Tell-Tale Heart from UPA
In lieu of a picture of myself ala Roger Corman’s version on one Hallows, here’s someone who does it a lot better
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_lVqP1-Efo
“Beneath your dancing feet are the tombs of tortured men! Thus does the Red Death rebuke your merriment!”