The Tell-Tale Heart (1953) Keys One of
short stories more emotionally engaging of writer Edgar Allan Poe
is indeed 'another
The Tell-Tale Heart , translated mostly as
Heart detector, but also known as The Sound of the Heart
, published for the first time in January of 1843 in the journal
The Pioneer, for a fee of $ 10 ...
Among the various film adaptations, jumps to
'eye ' s self-titled animated short
The Tell-Tale Heart , Directed in 1953 by Ted Parmelee
, director of many activities, such as the animated series Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
, 1959.
Originally announced as a short film in 3D, to produce it is the UPA
,
United Production of America, American production house that aims to produce film d 'animation at low cost, but not of lower quality, focusing on simplifying the style and 'use of a few frames per second, the so-called
"Animation Limited" , leaving the mind of the viewer to become part of the creative process.
The so clear break from the canons of realism in which they are forced animations of large companies like Disney
or
Warner Bros is one of the 'other attached to the fact that the UPA accepting those born workers in these homes that had been fired or resigned because they were underpaid.
The screenplay was by
Bill Scott, screenwriter, actor and voice actor, Fred Grable and
, animator of animated series such as Star Trek
, 1973,
What's New Mr. Magoo? , 1977 and created from the same UPA,
The New Adventures of Batman , 1977, and
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang - Fonzie and Happy Days Gang of 1980, as well as some episodes of Scooby Doo
. Among the designers are Paul Julian, a veteran of the Warner Bros
, and nothing less than to the creator of the "Beep-Beep
'of the same name now
Road Runner.
To give voice to the protagonist and narrator of the story is the 'British actor James Mason
, known for his role in the movie Lolita
, adaptation of the' novel by Nabokov
directed by Stanley Kubrick
; in 1962, but saw it
Le Notti di Salem , movies TV in 1979 based on a novel by Stephen King
.
Manufactured by no means be underestimated just because
Short Film d 'Animation ,
The Tell-Tale Heart is the first in this category which have been classified as "adults only
" by the censors in the UK, and this although in short there is no mention of any "
dismembered corpse", unlike the original story.
Also in 1953, the film also received a nomination for '
Academy Award, the Oscar-winning
as "
Best Animated Short Film in the United States" premium, then went Short
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom of Disney.
Shortly there to say about the famous story, especially counting the apprezzabilissimi only 7 minutes in length of the short, brought here in the original language ...
's introduction says: "
The movie you are about to see is based on a story told about a hundred years ago by the greatest masters of drama and suspense of' America ... The story is told through the eyes of a madman ... who, like all of us thought of 'being healthy. >.
