UPA's adaption of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart is perhaps the studio's most unique representation of their attitude of animation: presenting an artist's point of view as well as staying true to the source material of a previous author's intent. James Mason is perfect as the first person narrator of his descent into madness concerning the murder of an elderly man whose white eye proves to be a very unsatisfying distraction to him. Lots of atmospheric music combined with some of the most intense abstract images and a dark screen for nearly 30 seconds contributes the most effective thriller moments in animation history. This is highly essential viewing for lovers of UPA and Poe.
Review of The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart
(I) (1953)
UPA's The Tell-Tale Heart is an intensely thrilling Edgar Allan Poe short
13 June 2007
Warning: Spoilers