The Raven

Titolo originale: The Raven
Regia: James McTeigue |
Anno: 2012
Origine: Hungary | Serbia | Spain | United States of America |
Generi: Crime Thriller Mistero
Tag: poison | blackmail | masked ball | baltimore, usa | buried alive | historical figure | serial killer | deadline | newspaper review | newspaper office | hard times | life imitates art | pendulum |
Cast: John Cusack | Luke Evans | Alice Eve | Brendan Gleeson | Kevin McNally | Oliver Jackson-Cohen | Jimmy Yuill | Pam Ferris | Brendan Coyle | Sam Hazeldine | Adrian Rawlins | Aidan Feore | Dave Legeno | Michael Cronin | Michael Poole | Michael Shannon | Charity Wakefield | John Warnaby | Matt Slack | Ian Virgo | Michael J. Fourticq Sr. | Jasmina Ilic | Teodora Uveric | Kristof Farkas | Luka Mijatović | József Tálos | Matt Devere | Sergej Trifunović | Miloš Đuričić | Mike Kelly | Bojan Perić | Ana Sofrenović | Steve Agnew | Malina Nikolic | Miklós Kapácsy | Andrew Hefler | Pierre Boris Jaurdin | Tamara Krcunović | Jason Ryan | Antal Publik | László Konter | Mark C. Phelan | Krisztián Peer | Annamária Ördög | Ádám Földi | Dejan Cubrilov | Máté Haumann | Péter Fancsikai | Sava Rapic |

Nel 1849 Edgar Allan Poe vive a Baltimora in pessime condizioni economiche, elemosinando bevute nelle locande e qualche angolo nei giornali locali per pubblicare le sue poesie. Unica luce della sua esistenza è Emily, la giovane e ricca figlia di un militare in pensione, che lo scrittore è intenzionato a sposare contro il fermo volere del padre. Una notte, la polizia ritrova il cadavere di due donne, una madre e una figlia, in un appartamento chiuso dall'interno senza possibili vie di fuga. L'ispettore Emmett Fields riconosce nella scena dell'omicidio gli stessi dettagli narrati da Poe nel racconto I delitti della Rue Morgue e decide di coinvolgerlo nelle indagini. Lo scrittore diviene così suo malgrado l'unica persona in grado di interpretare gli indizi lasciati sul luogo dall'estimatore assassino.

Frasi

Emily Hamilton: So, I had to hear about your stunt [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: Emily, you are my greatest and on [...] D
Ivan: That's life, isn't it? So much less satisfyi [...] D
[first lines] Breathless Tenement Man: It's the f [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: [gasping to the stranger] Tell Fi [...] D
Ivan: I always knew you had one story left in you [...] D
Emily Hamilton: [to Poe about the secret note] You [...] D
Ivan: You came this far, Mr. Poe. Are you really g [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: I often thought I could hear the [...] D
Ivan: [concerned about the mud] Mr. Poe, your clot [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: [in relation to the murder] You'r [...] D
Emily Hamilton: Please don't let me die in here. D
Edgar Allan Poe: What's going on? Detective Field [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: Who's next? D
Capt. Charles Hamilton: [in reference to the stori [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: It appears that my writing has be [...] D
Detective Fields: Do you have a cause of death? D [...] D
Detective Fields: Why would hair be attracted to a [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: I will kill him. No matter how th [...] D
Capt. Charles Hamilton: Mr. Fields, I'm happy to i [...] D
Emily Hamilton: And neither the angels in heaven a [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: [screaming after Ivan] i'll send [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: Take this kiss upon the brow!/And [...] D
[last lines] Detective Fields: Hello, Ivan. D
Edgar Allan Poe: I feel as if I've gone from autho [...] D
Capt. Charles Hamilton: If you know what's good fo [...] D
Emily Hamilton: Why are you doing this to me?... [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: [after pulling up the floor and f [...] D
Emily Hamilton: [breathless] You did mean it? Edg [...] D
Ivan: [through the floorboards] Shut it, Emily... [...] D
[first title card] Title Card: On October 7, 1849 [...] D
Detective Fields: [about the most recent murder] Y [...] D
Ivan: The idea of drinking something that will kil [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: [finding a replica of the Pit and [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: You're mad. Ivan: Really, Mr. Po [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: [to Fields about Emily] Your men [...] D
Maddux: [about Poe] The only thing he's ever kille [...] D
Detective Fields: [viewing the scene] This crime i [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: [screaming after Ivan] I'll send [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: You are referring to one of my st [...] D
Percy: You must sell a hell of a lot of papers the [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: [after the killer escapes] He was [...] D
Ivan: I always knew you hand one story left in you [...] D
Maddux: I believe that God gave him a spark of gen [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: [after he hops into the carriage] [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: [to Fields about the murders] Do [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: Emily, I think we should reconsid [...] D
Detective Fields: I believe the killer is taunting [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe: Her innocence was the first part [...] D