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Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

Directed by Jean Epstein · Cinematography by Georges Lucas, Jean Lucas

72 min33 frames

Horror

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Fall of the House of Usher — official trailer

What is Fall of the House of Usher about?

Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Allan arrives at the crumbling estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless—even deadly—lengths to keep them apart.

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What does the cinematography of Fall of the House of Usher look like?

Sampled across 28 frames, the coverage of Fall of the House of Usher leans on medium shots and close-ups. Cinematographer Georges Lucas keeps most of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for most of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in most of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Fall of the House of Usher?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Fall of the House of Usher (1928) are #2f2d29, #241b15, #111010, #44342c, #eaebea, #8e7d6c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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