- Actors: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard, Luc Dartagnan
- Directors: Jean Epstein
- Writers: Jean Epstein, Edgar Allan Poe, Luis Buñuel
- Producers: Jean Epstein
- Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Silent, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Paradox
- Release Date: Oct 1 2002
- Run Time: 63 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005ABVH
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#48,950 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #93 in DVD > Classics > Silent Films
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As his beautiful young wife Madeleine dies slowly of some dread ailment, fevered artist Roderick Usher asks his old friend Allan to keep him company in these morbid times. Shortly after Allan arrives, Madeleine dies--or does she? As Roderick himself succumbs to the melancholy, noises from Madeleine's tomb cry out--Death is not the end! Working from several of Edgar Allen Poe's stories, French avant-garde visionary Jean Epstein crafted one of the most highly acclaimed and internationally renowned film adaptations of Poe. Co-directed with surrealist filmmaker Luis Bunuel and starring Abel Gance's wife as the undead Madeleine, this 1928 classic is a true feast for the eyes and proof positive that the German Expressionists did not have a corner on the Gothic horror market. Newly mastered from a 35mm preservation positive, with a soundtrack by acclaimed music historian Rolande de Cande adapted from medieval music.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful film; really bad music!,
By Steve (Syracuse, New York United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Fall of the House of Usher (Full Screen) (DVD)
This is an absolutely fantastic spooky film which draws you in. The DVD presentation is very good, with an excellent print and excellent picture quality. The only drawback is that this is a French film and some stupid guy guy has to read all the titles and lines, and you can barely understand what he's saying through his strong French accent. The other thing about the soundtrack is the music. It's a cross between Irish folk music and church music. When I started this DVD I tried to turn off the sound, but then realized that there were no subtitles, so I was forced to listen to the bad music and that old French wretch throughout the film, but it's not TOO distracting. The audio is the only reason I didn't give this DVD 5 stars, and though I do prefer the 1949 version of this title this one has mesmerising cinematography and is really good for a silent film.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very nice!,
This review is from: The Fall of the House of Usher (Full Screen) (DVD)
A beautiful film with talented actors. Dreamy. Hypnotic. Highly surrealistic, artistic, and arresting.I immediately recognised that this must have influenced Dario Argento's surreal <i>Suspiria</i>, and, after some research, found out that in fact, it did (to think that this film inspired Argento is something that I really enjoyed finding out!) (The soundtrack to this film is also very appropriate, very unearthly, ethereal.)
2.0 out of 5 stars
ALMOST UNWATCHABLE,
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This review is from: The Fall of the House of Usher (Full Screen) (DVD)
looked like some people got together after drinking all weekend and decided to 'make a movie'. it just looks [poorly made], and the music just doesn't do anything to conjure any mood other than dry boredom.
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