:: The Playlist ::: Is Joaquin Phoenix Returning To Acting Playing Edgar Allan Poe In 'The Beautiful Cigar Girl'?: "In what must be the biggest news ever broken by a sound recordist in history, Oscar winner Resul Pookutty has revealed that that Joaquin Phoenix is set to return to the world of acting.
Speaking to the Mumbai Mirror about his next project Pookutty reveals, '“I couldn’t be happier because I am doing a period film. It is a very special challenge because I have to recreate the sound textures of New York in 1854. It’s an adaptation of 'The Beautiful Cigar Girl' by Daniel Stashower and based on an eerie real-life experience of author Edgar Allen Poe which happened just months before his death. Joaquin plays Edgar Allen Poe.”"
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Uh, wasn't Poe already dead for a few years in 1854?
Yes. Poe died in 1849. In Baltimore. It's disturbing to see everyone giving Daniel Stashower credit for a book that is not original. There were many books in the 19th century about the murder and Poe (many of them also titled "The Beautiful Cigar Girl"). In the 1970s, two excellent books came out about the Mary Rogers case. One by Raymond Paul called "Who Murdered Mary Rogers" and one is by Amy Srebnick, titled "The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers". Paul figured out a possible solution to the case that makes a lot of sense. Srebnick brings out some of the feminist implications of the case and the country's reaction to it. There is also a good graphic novel by Rick Geary called "The Mystery of Mary Rogers" which would make a great film. Stashower just came afterwards and reprinted what was already written.
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