Cinetopias II “Valdemar”

Edgar Allan Poe

Cinetopias II “Valdemar”

Credits · Synopsis· Making of · Cast · Poster

“Era evidente que hasta entonces la muerte –o lo que generalmente se conoce por la muerte– había sido detenida por el proceso hipnótico. No pareció a todos que despertar a M. Valdemar habría equivalido a acelerar su fallecimiento.”

Edgar Allan Poe. El caso del Señor Valdemar.

Credits

Argentina. 1998 – 2000.
Production Company: Universidad del Cine, La Piedra, Productores Independientes (Gonzalo Calzada, Santiago Smith)
Screenplay and Direction: Gonzalo Calzada
Director of Photography: Alejandro Silva
Camera: Alejandro Silva
Art Director: Andres Zemeri y María Eva Duarte
Edition: Gonzalo Calzada

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Making of

Synopsis

Reading Edgar Allan Poe is reading in black and white. Not because of a historical matter, but because of its prose scenography and theme. Inspired in the short story “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”, this short film tells the story of a Medical Doctor who will try to capture his soul inside a movie camera before his illness vanishes him forever. Valdemar has been projected in several national festival awards being received with the enthusiasm stories filled with fantasy, magic and strangeness awake.