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Actors: Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) |
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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER is a silent movie directed by french director Jean Epstein in 1928 with Luis Bunuel as assistant director.
One will find in this movie several themes treated by Edgar Allan Poe in his short novels, Epstein having freely adapted the short novel that gives the movie its name.
Roderick Usher is painting the portrait of his beautiful wife but the more he gives life to the portrait, the more she becomes pale and weak.
A classic.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- mental illness
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- simply wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- mentally ill
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- spiritual
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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