國影電影編號：M202206007

放映規格：DCP

級別：保護級

片長：65分鐘

發音：默片

字幕：中英文

厄舍府的沒落 La Chute de la maison Usher

Jean Epstein 尚．艾普斯坦 | B&W | DCP | 1928 | 默片 Silent | 65 mins

男子參觀亞瑟家族的豪宅厄舍府，在這座充滿詭異氣息的房舍，龐大的空間更顯得陰冷。此時，他發現朋友羅德里克正為他美麗卻虛弱的妻子瑪德琳畫著肖像。隨著畫作漸漸完成，妻子的病情也產生了變化……。

本片改編自1839年愛倫．坡著名的同名驚悚小說。死亡的威脅與等候幽魂的暗示，讓不安開始蠢蠢欲動。透過慘白的特寫鏡頭以及刻意營造的角度，將故事內對厄舍府的恐怖及神秘展現得淋漓盡致。路易斯．布紐爾同時以編劇及副導的身分參與拍攝，阿貝．岡斯更是以演員的身分登場。

Roderick Usher lives in a remote, crumbling mansion in the countryside where he obsessively paints portraits of his dying wife, Madeline. Allan, Usher’s childhood friend, is summoned to the house where Madeline seemingly passes away, her body taken to the crypt. But is Madeline really dead? And what forces emanate from the tomb that drive Roderick toward madness?

Based on the 1839 short story by American author Edgar Allen Poe, La Chute de la maison Usher is a hauntingly beautiful film and a prime example of the Gothic in cinema. Using atmospheric lighting and set design, coupled with slow motion and superimposition, Jean Epstein brings this classic horror story to life. Both engrossing and unsettling, the film perfectly captures the hypersensitive Usher’s descent into madness. With its immersive hand-held shots and use of close-ups, the film is also remarkably ahead of its time.