In the previous post, we encountered Poe's posthumous presence in the Michael Connolly novel The Poet. Joel and Ethan Coen also channel ol' Edgar Allan in their dark comedy/caper film The Ladykillers. Here's a sample of such spirit (please disregard the Japanese subtitles), a scene-splicing clip that invokes Poe's work
both literally and wittily:
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