a question about Randolph Carter.
Randolph Carter is one of the main protaginists in the unnamable and the unnamable 2(written also by H.P. lovecraft. Does this movie have any thing to do with those two movies?
shareRandolph Carter is the main character in a number of Lovecraft's work, but outside of that connection, there's not much in common. There is no commonality between the creative teams of the movies, and they are very different from each other. The Unnameable is based on a short horror story by Lovecraft and it and its sequel are live-action, and The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is based on a fantasy novel by him (his only fantasy novel) and is animated.
One could, I suppose, follow the adventures of Randolph Carter through Lovecraft's work. That might be interesting, but I don't think it would necessarily flow well. Besides, the events from the short story "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" pretty much precludes the further adventures of Randolph Carter -- at least in THIS Universe.
Cheers,
Edward
There is certainly a Randolph Carter chronology in Lovecraft's works, as he features in three clearly sequential works (The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The SIlver Key, and Through the Gates of the Silver Key), is the narrator of a fourth (the aptly titled The Statement of Randolph Carter), and through Dream-Quest is linked to a fifth (Pickman's Model).
share"...The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is based on a fantasy novel by him (his only fantasy novel)..."
At the risk of initiating a semantic argument, aren't all of Lovecraft's novels fantasy? Dream-Quest isn't his only novel.
"The Unnameable is based on a short horror story by Lovecraft and it and its sequel are live-action..."
It's also important to mention that The Unnameable and its sequel are only loosely based on Lovecraft's story of that title, and that Randolph Carter doesn't actually appear in the story. He was borrowed by the film's producers for the film series.
"At the risk of initiating a semantic argument, aren't all of Lovecraft's novels fantasy? Dream-Quest isn't his only novel."
Well, he wrote two novels, "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" and "At the Mountains of Madness". Dream-Quest is pretty much a fantasy adventure, but AtMoM more comfortably fits into the definition of science fiction (albeit science fiction from the 20's, which nowadays could be considered fantasy).
I suppose one could broaden the definition of "fantasy" to include science-fiction, but that wouldn't really help, as it would pretty much whack the different definitions.
Randolph Carter appears in the Dream-Cycle stories, as well as the short stories "The Statement of Randolph Carter", "The Unnameable" (although he is not mentioned by first name, it's probably safe to assume that the narrator is Randolph Carter"), and maybe others I can't recall offhand.
Cheers,
Edward
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Actually, Lovecraft wrote three novels, the third being "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward." This has served as the basis for two films, although neither has done full justice to Lovecraft. (Almost doesn't need to be said, does it? Has any author's work ever been so poorly served by motion pictures as Lovecraft's?) I'm looking forward someday to seeing a really good version of any of the three. From the discussion here I definitely want to see this film of "Kadath." Some of you may have seen a half-hour film of "Cool Air," another Lovecraft story, on the "New Twilight Zone." Aside from changing the narrator's gender, it's actually pretty faithful to the original.
shareBryan Moore has done a really excellent adaptation of "Cool Air", in case you're interested. Lurker Films is offering it as part of their H. P. Lovecraft Collection.
I guess it gets a bad rap on occasion, but I really enjoyed The Resurrected -- aside from a few tweaks, I think it was pretty faithful to the story in a lot of the most important ways. And, unlike quite a few Lovecraft-based movies, it becomes MORE faithful toward the end (except for the Timecopian ending).