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The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:00 pm
by Michael O'Regan
Is Jean Epstein's 1928 film around?
It is reckoned by Everson to be the best ever adaptation of Poe on film.
Re: The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:10 pm
by Richard M Roberts
Michael O'Regan wrote:Is Jean Epstein's 1928 film around?
It is reckoned by Everson to be the best ever adaptation of Poe on film.
Incapable of Googling today are we?
http://www.amazon.com/Fall-House-Usher- ... 320&sr=1-4" target="_blank
RICHARD M ROBERTS
Re: The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:13 pm
by telical
There are a couple of version's of it on YouTube also, one
dubbed with a translation of the French subtites, so it wouldn't
qualify as a true silent film in the state that it's in.
Re: The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:17 pm
by Michael O'Regan
Richard M Roberts wrote:Michael O'Regan wrote:Is Jean Epstein's 1928 film around?
It is reckoned by Everson to be the best ever adaptation of Poe on film.
Incapable of Googling today are we?
http://www.amazon.com/Fall-House-Usher- ... 320&sr=1-4" target="_blank" target="_blank
RICHARD M ROBERTS
Well, ya see. I thought maybe asking might stimulate some discussion on the film.
On the other hand...Google this!
Re: The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:59 pm
by Murnau
I love Jean Epstein’s films and his La chute de la maison Usher is the best adaptation of Poe’s classic (it combines stories of Usher and The Oval Portrait) I have seen. Very atmospheric, surrealistic and visually beautiful in all its darkness and weirdness. A real classic like Murnau’s Nosferatu, don’t miss that one although Image’s dvd is about average. Epstein’s best film with Finis Terrae (1929).
Re: The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:40 pm
by silentfilm
As this film is PD, there are 16mm prints floating around too.
Re: The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:45 am
by Brooksie
The James Sibley Watson Jr version (also 1928) is also worth checking out if you're interested. As it's not a straight narrative adaptation in the traditional sense, it tends to divide people between those who find it a pointless confection and those who think it's gorgeous, but I'm firmly in the latter category.
Re: The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:29 pm
by Jack Theakston
Somewhere in my collection, I have an issue of the American Cinematographer from the period that is written by Watson. The text is pretentious clap-trap, but the images are interesting in that the show how some of the amazing in-camera effects were done in the film.
Re: The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:05 am
by merchantord
What is the quality of the transfer like on the DVD referenced above? Does anyone know?
Re: The Fall of the House of Usher
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:14 pm
by Richard M Roberts
merchantord wrote:What is the quality of the transfer like on the DVD referenced above? Does anyone know?
The quality is excellent. That disc came from AllDAy Entertainment.
RICHARD M ROBERTS