The Music of Erich Zann

[themindbusterator]

lmaoo the first encounter o the stairs s hlarious!! great job this is awesome

[Daydreamtomb]

best adaption ever! 

[MyLovelyHomicide]

veeeeery loosely based....

the end shows its telling a complete different story

[VmonX]

I don't understand about Erich's death: it's not suppose Erich get "possesed" by the "entities" because his music summon'em?

Nevertheless, it's a excellent animation and good history, I like it! :D

[Metacobhc]

@VmonX I think Eric's music acctually kept them away from intruding into this world, or at least that's what I thought after reading the short story...

[uptohisneck]

great-ass claymation, but not a great interpretation of the story. gotta go cosmic horror! complete the cycle! Zann must be annihilated!

[ActionBastard85]

Read it. It creeped me out.

[berserkur19]

I almost crapped my pants at 2:33 , holy shit that was creepy

[Ptrrrrrrrr]

I mainly missed the original theme. Erich Zann played at the brink of the unreal. The idea was that he kept the madness of the infinite at bay with his music.

Was alright though.

[kalostous]

Many approach Lovecraft’s work the wrong way. Even many of his heroes try to rationalize but are confronted with situations unreasonable for Earth - so to say - standards. Lovecraft features no Boogie Men, the Arch Enemy in his works is Madness, the clash of limited human rational capacity against the Transcendental. And this is the battle that Zann lost and the student deserted. Whether Zann played violin, viol or cello - in fact it must have been viola - is irrelevant. Friendly greetings!

[stalker104]

what the hell?! he was playing a violin in the original story!

[Aragorn212]

was it Trunembra the Angel of Music?

[byjohnson1]

This documentary is screening at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival in Los Angeles, September 11, 2010! Buy tickets here: brownpapertickets [dot] com/event/117721

[hgla1]

The Music of Erich Zann is screening at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival in Los Angeles, September 11, 2010! Buy tickets here: brownpapertickets [dot] com/event/117721

[Rezindez]

He died because he was hit by paper? What a woos.

[Mexicanthrasher]

scary

[franzthebear]

Eine sehr gute Arbeit,die Stimmung von Lovecraft´s Geschichten is genial eingefangen !!!

[cardboardpastries]

Nice video, though if you'll allow me to nerd out, it was actually a Rennaissance viol (a.k.a. a cello) that Erich Zann played in Lovecraft's story. He later confirmed it by referring to Zann as a "cellist." Hoo boy that felt good!

[lathyz]

Great Video!!!! but i remember that story, and i believe was a voilin, not a piano, but the story is very good, the end of story is the best!!!! and, somebody can found la Rue d Austeil?? :O great history of Lovecraft!!!

Greetings from Mexico to the creator of the video!!!

[wuetenderPenner]

sehr geil, vielen dank!

[omegavalderrama]

Well, its a good animation work on its own, but nothing to do with the novel tough, it was a violin not a piano, and this left out all the epic climax finale.

[jkpeskey]

It was not a violin. He was an old German "viol" player - most likely a viola (that being the first string instrument. Although playing in a theater orchestra it would not be a viol...so probably was a viola!

[omegavalderrama]

Well sorry dude but the spanish version i read it was a violin, anyway a violin/viola is more accurate than a piano!!

[candecibrian]

I don't understand this hole thing of varieté music... and the poster killing him. Would someone explain tome please?

[derBene]

Did you read the original story by Lovecraft? It leaves a lot unanswered, too.

You can also try asking the artist, Anna Gawrilow, herself at her account: youtubeDOTcom/user/trickfilmno­ir.

Sry that I couldn't help you out ;)

[xxgolgothasaurxx]

What were the notes that were not of this world? HOW could that be done lol?

[omegavalderrama]

u figured out

we couldnt never understand something that isnt from this world, from this reality actually

[derBene]

It's okay to not like it. But how often did you encounter a book based movie that is better than the original? So please don't compare in such a simple way, it really rarely helps anyone.

A good comparison would be if you told what you miss in the movie.

[KnifeFan]

yeah, i apologise for my inappropriate word choice. i should say i was disappointed, because movies of that style are often very cool, and so is the novel. not so this video, i think.

to watch it before reading the story is maybe a good thing to do, but not the other way around..

i miss many things, but since it says "loosely based on the novel" this is irrelevant. as a movie of that kind it may be not bad, but as an adaption of HPL's work it is, i find.

[bissolis]

great

[windmuhlen]

THIS IS ONLY AMAZING!!!!!1

[nurgle75]

fantastic work.5 stars.

[eberik]

Very well done, deviated from the original story some, but that added some new twists to it in the end.

Again, very well done.

[W4RW017]

Hm, would've been nice if the playing of Zann was used with modern electronic equipment in order to properly display what Zann actually played. When I read the short story I got the impression that whatever Zann played on his violin (piano, in this version) it was not from this world. Or well, sounds "not from this world" as it was pictured 1921.

[quazusss]

@W4RW017 said: "Hm, would've been nice if the playing of Zann was used with modern electronic equipment in order to properly display what Zann actually played. When I read the short story I got the impression that whatever Zann played on his violin (piano, in this version) it was not from this world. Or well, sounds "not from this world" as it was pictured 1921."

The answer is: Jonny Greenwood - Bodysong

(listen to the whole composition, for me, Erich Zann's music begins with 1:53 there)

[SpecialProductions]

very good, well made. The ending really got me with the piano playing by itself. It would've been phenomenal if done with a violin ,but the piano worked superbly. very nice and suspenseful.

[PiesteritzerBemme]

there are some differnce but over all a great short clip!

great atmosphare and it's really scary

[ico3232]

2:33. Holy Crap!

[NYCPulpHero]

people thats why the owner said "LOOSELY BASED."

idiots

[cha5]

It reminds me of some of the early Silent German Expressionist films

'The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari' 'Nosferatu'

You can see the influence.

[GoblinXXX]

Like F W Murnau by way of Nick Park ;)

[shivabel]

...and above all ...where is the violin of Erich Zann???

[ghostmaster24]

@shivabel IT WAS A VIOLA! A VIOLA! SOMETHING COPLETELY DIFFERENT!

[Rezindez]

@ghostmaster24 It said viol, not viola.

[velron134]

what about the "dimension"he saw through the window in the actual story? This short created an eerie atmosphere, but I think it missed the point that Lovecraft was trying to give out.

[RedLightBulbs]

Not exactly the story I remember but clearly inspired by it. Still, wonderful animation and such an eerie mood. Great work!

[dcspc]

EXCELLENT!

[Drasil16]

Nice adaptation of the story. Him getting killed by the poster was kind of far fetched but great atmosphere.

[demonicdog88]

Hahah very good! I hope to see more...

[dusk1234567890]

Zann got killed by a poster

[dcspc]

2:33 was quite scary

[DXsuckitclub]

i do not recall zann playing the panio, but never the less it was a short film in which showed the terror and beauty that zann's music projected.

[SkillzMcFly]

As I remember it was the violin.

[samcwic]

A viol, actually.  A kind a cello.

[Joszuaprocess]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I'm sure HP would of loved it.

[goldgrif]

What a great short, despite some of the issues others have, I LOVED IT

[SerafimXXX]

GAH! I'm tired of peoples ignorance of Lovecraft. Erich Zahn DOES NOT PLAY THE VIOLIN!

He plays the Viol. They are two very different things.

[Crasshole1986]

YEAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

[Reaper978]

Great work!

[pryorandrew]

this is the what my nightmares consist of!

[RentIsMyLife]

Erich Zann looks like a friendly(?) version of Count Orlok [Nosferatu]. hahaha

[RentIsMyLife]

I love the animation of this, as well as the overall atmosphere!

There are a few differences, but, I love it nonetheless. I just read this and watched it again to compare, haha

[gottwo9]

The beginning of the film stays true to the essence of this amazing short story and then it seems to abandon it quickly. It's hard to understand why the creators of this film would go to the lengths of making a well polished stop motion film of a wonderfully disturbing tale and not stay truer to the original work. This piece of film was sadly disappointing.

[Nonamed22]

Very well done. Impressive.

I like it very much.

It may divert a bit from the original with the piano instead of a violin but it still is great.

[Paeremannen]

I think I remember the old man to have been more friendly?

[derBene]

Me, too. I think in the book he's just in despair because of the powers he had contact with.

He also was violin player not a piano player.

Still cool I'd say :)

[stoictales]

this is really well done...

[tikwacomics]

Ah, ich liebe die Geschichte von Zann und das hier ist genial eingefangen ... Was machst du denn im Moment so? Lust auf ein Projekt mit der kleinen Gruftschlampe?

[babeinchicago]

I love Lovecraft...but this is ridiculous!!! Lovecraft, smovecraft!

[derBene]

Smove? What does that mean?

Also: it's a pity that you don't like it.

[cuaji51206]

it's one of those 3rd grade lame ass jokes where you rime stuff just to make fun of people, ignore it this is really well done

[distantworld]

Nice :)

Although it is only based on HPL' story; many differences between it and the original.

[Metul721]

yeah the original story features the old man playing a violin right?

[derBene]

I don't see many differences, too. And I read the original story. But maybe I just don't remember right =_=

[SaintSanic]

Saw this at the H.P. Lovecraft film festival in Portland Oregon. Look it up. Anyways:

One of my fav H.P.L. stories of all time. This is a great one.

[mikeboas]

Saw this at the 2006 HPL Film Fest. Fantastic!

[derBene]

There's a HPL film fest oO?!

[EarenionGilGalad]

Creepy and funny at the same time ;)