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ROGER CORMANs MASTERPIECE
THE TOMB OF LIGEIA is the definitive of Roger Corman's eight Edgar Allan Poe film adaptations. This is the best. The first thing that impresses the viewer is the innovative cinematography by Arthur Grant. It is stark yet hauntingly beautiful. The opening scene at Ligeia's burial is an impressive piece of filmmaking. It immediately draws the viewer into this tale of obsession where images are presented in such a way leaving one uncertain as to what was actually observed. Roger Corman directs these scenes with an emotional fervor entirely different from his other Poe tales juxtaposing quick editing, insightfully ambiguous dialog and penetrating camera movements creating a truly unique experience. There is something very erotic in a more mature sense about this whole film. There is no notion of carnal lust present in any of the images yet the viewer can feel a sense of stirring of the passionate emotions between the two principal characters, Verden Fell and Lady Rowena Trevanion. Vincent Price is truly brilliant as Verden Fell, husband of the late Lady Ligeia Fell. He plays this elusive and enigmatic character with complete conviction and confidence. Elizabeth Shepherd is equally brilliant as the curious and interested Lady Rowena as she exudes an aura of repressed burning sexuality. This is all conveyed by a mere hand gesture, a look or the ever-slightest touch or just the utterance of some seemingly unimportant words. Price tends to be oblivious to these very subtle advances in an almost asexual trance of consciousness yet he still conveys a sense of yearning for a passion perhaps lost or just lying dormant. Corman's directorial abilities are so acute in this film that the viewer really has no direct insight to where he is going with this intriguing and engaging story, yet when the tale concludes it all becomes apparent and quite logical. Equally important is Roger Corman, the producer. Robert Towne's screenplay is filled with incredibly intelligent, witty, amusing and crisp dialogue. Vincent Price and Elizabeth Shepherd did wonders with Towne's use of language making the characters' eccentricities and frailties startlingly real. Editor Alfred Cox made use of well timed and trimmed cuts to heighten and enhance certain plot elements putting the viewer off balance yet increasing the viewer's awareness of the narrative. Cinematographer Arthur Grant and art designer Colin Southcott combined to make indelible images that are so simple and economic in design yet convey a strange and beautifully haunting setting that entices the viewers' intellectual curiosity in an emotional response. Even composer Ken Jones' score is economical in its construction yet it is very effective. It just seems to flow with the images waiting for the viewer to make an intellectual connection that again elicits an emotional response. This is a very impressive and important film and it is rather curious that it remains somewhat unknown to the general public.

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Corman, Price and Poe at their Best
Roger Corman delivers a masterpiece of filmmaking from Robert Towne's script based on the story "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe. It seems like Corman saved his best Poe for last. Vincent Price gives a brilliant and genuinely cryptic performance in this movie (I love those crazy eyeglasses he wears). I think this is Vincent Price's best screen performance. It was almost like he wasn't acting at all. This is a lush and very attractive movie but beware what lies beneath it all. It has been very underrated by far. Did you see her move?

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The Tomb Of Ligeia
Verden Fell (Vincent Price) loses his wife Ligeia but then he meets another women they fall in love and get married. The problem is the spirt of his dead wife comes back in the form of a cat to kill them. Every night he goes to Ligera's grave when his wife falls asleep, until he bring Ligera's body into the house. Then more problems begin. Roger Corman's last film with Vincent Price. An OK film. Based on an Edgar Allen Poe Poem. ....