Ivan Karamazov's Hallucination

This is an excerpt from "The Brothers Karamazov". The story: About midway through Dostoevsky's classic novel, the middle brother, Ivan, hallucinates the Devil, whom he sees as a beleaguered boss in charge of the Dept. of Criticism. At one point, the Devil launches into the monologue shown in the clip. (Ivan eventually winds up throwing an ink pot at him.)

Kudos to Andrew Tokuda, who shot and edited the piece. Be sure to visit his website at http://3rdlight.com/ .

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Colin Hussey
• Andrew Tokuda
• Dostoevsky
• Brothers Karamazov
• Devil
• 3rd Light Digital Media
• monologue
• cigar
• boss
• literature
• novel
• short movie

[jbihr]

nice work, Colin! Looks and sounds good.

Jeffrey

[cehussey]

Thanks!

[CBEMIRhubarb]

It's melodramatic, smarmy sounding, and not convincing. I feel like I'm being told a story by uncle, except it's that annoying uncle you regretted sitting down to talk to as a kid- when you would really rather be outside trying the new supersoaker he bought you as a bribe for this. Of course, as Dostoevsky's devil said: "Without criticism there would be nothing but 'Hosannah.'"

[apbpu12]

I did enjoy this! I think, though, it would be better done to have Ivan in the room with the Devil. When I read this chapter in the novel, I had the image of Ivan being absolutely tormented by every word the devil had spoken, split between denying the Devil's presence and trying to discredit the Devil's words as though he were his opponent. I just imagined the Devil speaking more or less to himself, reflectively, and then taking pleasure in the pain he was inflicting onto Ivan.. Fine job though!

[bradcarractor]

a white wall, a chair, a cigar, a few lines and one talented motherfu%^R!  Put them all together and you get an outstanding you tube video,\