As mentioned, our gig at the Poe Birthday Celebration in Baltimore was a smash this year! (I wrote, designed and directed a theatrical staging of "The Fall of the House of Usher" to sold out audiences and wild applause). It left me with a complete lack of modesty about doing some fine work, And it's started me thinking...
The reason most adaptations of Poe fail (Corman, etc., etc.) is because thay try to take a rational approach to transrational material. What I bring to the equation is twenty odd years (and odd they were) directing in non naturalistic styles (Dadaism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Futurism, postmodernism, etc., etc.) Naturalism has no place in Poe's universe, which is based in the supernatural, which is at its core unexplainable and unknowable.
So, I've decided to continue writing Poe adaptations. My actors (that I've worked with for 20 years and were the living embodiment of Poe's characters) are all behind this and want to work on a continuing basis exploring and presenting Poe's work. So, while Fraudulent Productions will likely never rise again, it has set the stage for this new venture...
We're beginning the second act of this astounding chronicle of our lives, and the plot and the purpose seem to be coming into focus... I have to admit I'm liking 2005 a lot more than 2006.
The reason most adaptations of Poe fail (Corman, etc., etc.) is because thay try to take a rational approach to transrational material. What I bring to the equation is twenty odd years (and odd they were) directing in non naturalistic styles (Dadaism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Futurism, postmodernism, etc., etc.) Naturalism has no place in Poe's universe, which is based in the supernatural, which is at its core unexplainable and unknowable.
So, I've decided to continue writing Poe adaptations. My actors (that I've worked with for 20 years and were the living embodiment of Poe's characters) are all behind this and want to work on a continuing basis exploring and presenting Poe's work. So, while Fraudulent Productions will likely never rise again, it has set the stage for this new venture...
We're beginning the second act of this astounding chronicle of our lives, and the plot and the purpose seem to be coming into focus... I have to admit I'm liking 2005 a lot more than 2006.
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pastura:
hmmm, time for a new post. i was going to leave you a comment since i don't have the time or the awakeness (operating on 3 hours of sleep plus a full day of both jobs) to respond to your message... but i guess this wil have to suffice. 
edmark:
The fall of the house of usher is my favorite poe tale... behind it is the Gold Bug. I think it's excellent that you're essentially living and breathing poe. I'd do that too if I could, but I can't act. Plus, directing from the creative standpoints of modern art movements is pretty bad ass!