Why I am Afraid of the Dark
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9m 33s
HITCH'S ESSAY BROUGHT TO LIFE
In a memoir from 1960, Hitch recalled the moment when, as a young child alone in the dark, he first felt terror. Later, he learned how to turn dread into delight while devouring the dark stories of Edgar Allan Poe. It's such a moving piece—and the gravitational center for our series on Hitch and Surrealism—that I tapped my dear friend and Patron, actor Leo Daedalus to read it for this short movie.
Voice: Leo Daedalus
Music: Conte Fantastique after Edgar Allan Poe's "Masque of the Red Death" (1919); performed by Quatour Via Nova; Lily Laskine, harp
Video: Produced, written and directed by Joel Gunz
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