"The Cask of Amontillado" (A Reinterpretation)

Way back in 8th grade (1972-73), a group of us made a super-8 movie for English class. In 2010 my buddy David dug up the footage and had it transferred to DVD. I pulled it into Final Cut. What happened next is a bit hazy for me, but the next thing I knew, there was this video...

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Comedy

Tags:

• Edgar Allan Poe
• Poe
• high school film
• student film
• super-8

[perrybarton]

@garyjenkinsmusic Thanks G!! If you had known me then, you would not at all be surprised that I turned out the way I did...

[perrybarton]

@OhCurt Thanks fo dat! In those days, it was -- at least to us -- somewhat of a big deal to be making a movie. For most kids of my generation, our every waking hour was not documented in movin' pictures the way it would be for my nephews'/nieces' generation and beyond. Oh, and we also crawled 5 miles uphill in the snow to get to the schoolhouse for our book learnin'...

[OhCurt]

You haven't changed a bit. :-)

Thanks for sharing the classics. Something super special about super-8 movies in this current day of HD-video-shot-mindlessly-with-­phones.

[garyjenkinsmusic]

Duuuude! AWESOME! Love it! So cool that you guys did this and then found it all these years later! Funny seeing you as a pup!