Opinion on “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) and related work
- Adaptation: “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1928)
“The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839
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Edgar Allan Poe (writer).
This review continues here.
References here: “Stories of Lough Guir” (1870), “Medusa’s Coil” (1930).
“The Fall of the House of Usher” (1928
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Seen in 2026.
Seen in a cinema with live piano and waterphone accompaniment.
An avant-garde adaptation where Poe’s narration is approximated by shooting the surprisingly drab faux-German-expressionist sets through prisms.