house of usher ( also known as the fall of the house of usher and the mysterious house of usher ) is a 1960 american horror film directed by roger corman and written by richard matheson from the short story " the fall of the house of usher " by edgar allan poe .

the film was the first of eight corman/poe feature films and stars vincent price , myrna fahey , mark damon and harry ellerbe .

in 2005 , the film was listed with the united states national film registry as being deemed " culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant . "

on august 6 , 2010 , bric arts presented the film in prospect park with a new score and psychedelic overlays and flashforwards by marco benevento in celebration of the film 's 50th anniversary .

versions exist on dvd with running times between 76 and 80 minutes .

house of usher ( film )

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midst of it all . this is the house of usher . the opening settings of both the movie and
of the house of usher
, is a short story that dipicts poe ' s true essence . a story of
the
fall
has been omitted from the film version of
the house of usher ,
but not the pitfalls . view full article in timesmachine »
the fall of the house of usher is a 1928 film from france , directed by jean epstein , with a screenplay co - written by epstein and a young luis bunuel . it is an adaptation of the famous story
the fall of the house of usher
by edgar allan poe .
the fall of the house of usher movie vs short story . ( 2016 , dec 28 ) . retrieved from urltoken
one of many film adaptations of poe ' s story , including an american short film also made in 1928 , and a 1960 adaptation starring vincent price .
most readers of edgar allan poe’s short story , “the fall of the house of usher” , will notice some obvious changes in roger corman’s movie , the fall of the house of usher . in the film , philip winthrop traveled to the house of usher , a grim mansion surrounded by a tarn , for his fiancee madeline usher . madeline’s brother roderick opposed philip’s intentions of getting married to madeline and taking her back to boston with him . he told phillip that the usher family is afflicted by a cursed bloodline which made all their ancestors mad , criminals , etc .
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make his way to the usher estate , was for a dear friend , mr . usher . the two characters ,
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the house of usher is no more - and the place whereon it stood is as if - it had never been .
models for them , stemming from the book . the film contained the same basics of the
the production team of director stamatia maroupas , cameraman josh flavell and researcher farz edrak preparing to film with parliament house loading dock manger sandy mcinerney .
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with the headline : screen : ' house of usher ' ; poe story on bill with ' why must i die ? ' .
made from an amalgam of edgar allan poe stories , including “the oval portrait” and “the fall of the house of usher , ” epstein’s film suspends time in the atmospheric tale of a painter whose actual wife fades as his portrait of her nears completion . it stars marguerite gance , wife of abel gance , whose
victor reynolds arrives at the notorious house of usher , whereupon he is greeted by old acquaintances roderick and madeline usher and their servant , markus . as victor uncovers more about . . . see full summary »
james sibley watson jr and melville webber ' s 1928 short film of edgar allan poe ' s the fall of the house of usher , with a soundtrack by colin z . robertson ( hands of ruin ) . urltoken the soundtrack is also available separately on bandcamp : urltoken the video was taken from the national film preservation foundation ' s treasures from american film archives . the soundtrack includes samples from the g - town church sampling project by tobias marberger .
what was it—i paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the house of usher ? “ ( pg . 65 ) all three of the characters suffered from madness and gloom , evidently brought on by the forlorn setting . poe’s description of the house and then comparing it to his description of its inhabitants , roderick and madeline usher , gave the readers a feeling of terror and gloom . corman’s film implied that the house itself was the monster . viewers saw this throughout the film , by the objects falling mysteriously , the houses’ constant trembling , the eerie sounds etc .
victor reynolds arrives at the notorious house of usher , whereupon he is greeted by old acquaintances roderick and madeline usher and their servant , markus . as victor uncovers more about the history of the house and the disappearances of those that entered it previously , he begins to realize that he is in mortal danger .
were intended to be stonger between mr . usher and the traveler , instead of the other
the glasgow film festival is showing some great films and hosting some very interesting events this year . one part of the programme that caught my eye , in particular , is the ‘sound & vision’ section . on sunday 22nd february at the pollokshaws burgh hall , a live orchestra will perform alongside the 1928 silent film adaptation of edgar allen poe’s ‘the fall of the house of usher’ .
initialy , don ' t know of one another in the adapted film . instead , the traveler comes to
in the first story , but is alive throughout most of the film . either way , madaline was the
cameraman greg nelson explains how the house production team used a drone to capture parliament house from a unique perspective .
poe creates a sensation of claustrophobia in this story . the narrator is mysteriously trapped by the lure of roderick’s attraction , and he cannot escape until the house of usher collapses completely . characters cannot move and act freely in the house because of its structure , so it assumes a monstrous character of its own—the gothic mastermind that controls the fate of its inhabitants . poe , creates confusion between the living things and inanimate objects by doubling the physical house of usher with the genetic family line of the usher family , which he refers to as the house of usher . poe employs the word “house” metaphorically , but he also describes a real house . not only does the narrator get trapped inside the mansion , but we learn also that this confinement describes the biological fate of the usher family . the family has no enduring branches , so all genetic transmission has occurred incestuously within the domain of the house . the peasantry confuses the mansion with the family because the physical structure has effectively dictated the genetic patterns of the family .
most readers of edgar allan poe’s short story , “the fall of the house of usher” , will notice some obvious changes in roger corman’s movie , the fall of the house of usher . in the film , philip winthrop traveled to the house of usher , a grim mansion surrounded by a tarn , for his fiancée madeline usher . madeline ' s brother roderick opposed philip ' s intentions of getting married to madeline and taking her back to boston with him . he told phillip that the usher family is afflicted by a cursed bloodline which made all their ancestors mad , criminals , etc . he did not want the evils to spread through madeline and phillips “future children” . philip felt that he could not see madeline and himself endure much more , so he finally convinced madeline
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is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
this is a vastly underseen film , and in my opinion , this film is a gothic horror classic , and i think this should be on a few more film / media / literature professors ' syllabuses . this may be corman ' s best work with price .
not necessarily mean that all of his stories depict evil . in the case of “the fall of the house of usher” , for example , it was not evil that caused the mansion to collapse . it was fear and insanity . fear of a long , poisoned direct ancestry that haunts the living descendants each day , and the unhealthy mental mind of a product of that lineage , is what figuratively ended the house of usher , not evil . additionally , the mental disorder that paranoid roderick usher led to his believe in the being of plants…
as a fan of edgar allan poe , it was fun to see vincent price bring roderick usher to life in this atmospheric roger corman film . it ' s interesting that . . .
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edgar allan poe ' s stories are in the public domain . you can read
the fall of the house of usher
on numerous websites , such as here or here .
spared by the adaptation : in the story roderick and madeline fall down dead together and the house collapses around them . in this film madeline takes roderick by the arm and pretty much drags him out of the house before it collapses .
it ' s not precisely the edgar allan poe short story that emerges in house of usher , but it ' s a reasonably diverting and handsomely mounted variation .
there were many plot changes in the film version . secondary characters were dropped , the cast of dinosaurs . . .
we had long meetings with the big cheeses of parliament — the presiding officers , the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives , the usher of the black rod , the serjeant - at - arms , the head of the department of parliamentary services and so on .
old dark house : the super - creepy usher mansion , way out on the moors , that no one wants to take allan to .
a parody of a contemporary film program , it included photos of film stars and poems by adoring film fans , with epstein’s essays the feature presentation . his writings praised the american close - up and the capacity of a split second of film to convey drama , tragedy , or comedy . he lamented the current state of french films , calling them “albums of poses and catalogues of décor . ” his sister marie had meanwhile written to filmmaker germaine dulac , asking her advice on becoming an actress . soon , the epstein siblings were in paris .
the film is riddled with strangeness and decay , which more than compensate for its clunky moments .
an expressionistic film based on poe ' s story , about a murderer and his mental breakdown .
jackson , the haunting of hill house , 34 , 40 , 106 - 107 .
myrna fahey , mark damon and vincent price in roger corman ' s the fall of the house of usher : ‘made in 15 days for less than $ 300 , 000’ . photograph : allstar
i can ' t believe that this film isn ' t required viewing for all film students . i also can ' t believe its so obscure . this is a work of art . probably the best example of german expressionism that one can find .
evil detecting dog : not even animals will approach the usher house , as shown in one scene where allan approaches a dog and it scurries away .
the house and the ushers one of the central themes underlying the short story , the fall of the house of usher , is that of the nature of the house . the way it is described and the way it is so mysterious . another central theme about this story is the nature of the people that live in the house . they are portrayed very much in the same manner throughout the story . thus , they have several similarities with each other . all of which are of a bad feeling , showing how bad things are for the people…
no human eye can isolate the unhappy coincidence of line and place which suggest evil in the face of a house .
as , the tale that was read to mr . usher towards the end of the short story , made a
in the story , madeline was barely mentioned or known of until the end . in the film , she was a critical character and essential to the plot of the movie . the foreshadowing in the film was much more predictable than in the short story because it was easier for the viewers to see and feel what was coming next . after viewing the film , readers still felt that the book painted a broader picture because of poe’s use of descriptive detail . throughout the film , there was a strong sense of anticipation and excitement which added to the suspense of the plot .
story : falling squarely into the arabesque camp , the fall of the house of usher is a gothic horror parable par excellence . the unnamed narrator is summoned by a childhood friend , roderick usher . on arrival at usher ' s gloomy residence , he finds his host near breakdown , and his sister madeline apparently on the verge of death . usher reports that madeline has died , but finally confesses that he buried his sister alive . madeline briefly reappears , and the house itself , seemingly a living , sentient presence , collapses as the narrator makes his escape .
an aging schlock film director tries to make his final movie , but it won ' t be easy .
top left : the haunting of hill house , first edition , 1959 . top right : poster for the movie version of the book . bottom : shirley jackson , plan of the ground floor of hill house , ca . 1958 . [ image via library of congress ]
‘it is not everyone who can put ‘a good thing’ properly together , ’ wrote edgar allan poe in an essay ‘on unity of effect’ in the southern literary messenger in june 1836 . roger corman’s 1960 film the fall of the house of usher ( or ‘house of usher’ , as it was released in the usa ) was the first in the director’s series of poe adaptations for american international pictures , and critical opinion tends to rank the later films , such as masque of the red death , more highly . nonetheless usher , presented here in its original aspect ratio in arrow’s beautifully restored blu - ray version , shows that corman knew what he was doing from the beginning . the film’s flaws , such as they are , ensured that the film was given a mixed reception on release but since then its reputation has grown in stature ( the benefit of hindsight comes into play here of course , since we can now see the film as part one of a series and forgive its more obvious missteps ) and this edition , extremely well presented and accompanied by an interesting and informative selection of extras can only further enhance corman’s reputation even if , in the final analysis , the film as a whole falls short of being an out and out masterpiece .
a young doctor visits the secluded home of his ailing mentor - eric usher - who believes the house itself is alive and plotting to drive him insane , manifesting itself through ghostly apparitions .
much shorter less , dramatic instances . the story read to mr . usher was an element
house of usher is based on the short story , the fall of the house of usher , by american horror writer edgar allan poe [ 1809 - 1849 ] . the story was first published in burton ' s gentleman ' s magazine in september 1839 and was slightly revised before being included in a collection of his fiction entitled tales of the grotesque and arabesque in 1840 . the story was adapted for this movie by another american fantasy / horror writer richard matheson .
edgar allen poe , “the fall of the house of usher , ” in philip van doren stern , ed . , the portable poe ( new york : penguin books , 1977 ) , 245 , 247 , 257 .
let the past burn : the ushers seem freed at the end by the collapse of their house .
the physiotherapeutic jill michaelson ( izabella miko ) has difficulties to date since her beloved rick usher ( austin nichols ) and his twin sister maddy ( danielle mccarthy ) left her without giving any explanation . out of the blue , rick calls her to tell that maddy has died . jill decides to travel to the house of usher to attend the funeral of maddy , who was her best friend in college and saved her life , and has a cold reception of the housekeeper mrs . thatcher ( beth grant ) . when jill is leaving the house , rick invites her to have dinner and tells that maddy and he have neurasthenia and is hyper - sensitive . the love is rekindled and rick asks her to stay until the next weekend . along the days , jill makes love with rick and is haunted by the ghost of maddy . sooner she discovers the dark secret of the cursed family usher .
the house of usher
is another version of the short story of edgar allan poe . the screenplay develops the drama and romance of jill in a very slow pace but the resolution when jill finds the bonds in the usher family is rushed and confused . the polish izabella miko shines in this film and i look forward to see her again . my vote is four . title ( brazil ) :
o mistério da casa dos usher
(
the mystery of the house of the usher
)
symbolism of “the fall of the house of usher” in “the fall of the house of usher” edgar allan poe creates a setting that expresses how miscommunication and unstable relationships can cause to the fall of many . before the story formally begins , a quote from de beranger is introduced as the introduction that states “son coeur est un luth suspend ; sitot qu’on le touche il resonne” . this quote is french , which translates to “his heart is like a suspended lute ; when it is touched it resonates . ” in…
backstory asked annabel crabb about what was involved in producing the six - part series the house , which takes the viewer inside areas of parliament house which are usually off limits .
likewise , the poem
the haunted palace ,
which poe places almost exactly in the center of the story , is similar to the house of usher in that some
evil things
are there influencing its occupants in the same way that roderick usher , the author of the poem seems to be haunted by some unnamed
evil things .
after he has finished reading the poem , usher offers another of his bizarre views ; this time , he muses on the possibility that vegetables and fungi are sentient beings — that is , that they are conscious and capable of having feelings of their own . he feels that the growth around the house of usher has this peculiar ability to feel and sense matters within the house itself . this otherworldly atmosphere enhances poe ' s already grimly threatening atmosphere .
the story and the film both depicted the siblings’ illness the same way . the film also implied that roderick may have viewed philip as a romantic rival , which suggested an incestuous relationship between madeline and roderick . they were not regarded as twins in the film and were not at all similar . in the film , phillip was preoccupied with madeline and fear . in the story , he spent most of his time reading , painting , and listening to roderick’s music . his whole purpose of being there was to cheer roderick up .
film - makers : roger corman ( b1926 ) started his film career as a messenger boy at twentieth century fox in 1948 , before starting to direct his own films in the mid - 1950s . beginning with apache woman ( 1955 ) , corman forged a relationship with independent producers samuel z arkoff and james h nicholson , and turned out huge numbers of cheap
exploitation
films . for house of usher , the film ' s original , more horror - movie - ish title , corman spent $ 270 , 000 , almost three times his usual budget . he could thus afford to hire vincent price , who had shot to horror movie fame in house of wax ( 1953 ) .
three years after her lover , rick usher , and her best friend , maddy usher , had suddenly disappeared from her life without explanation , jill masters receives a phone call with news of . . . see full summary »
like so many of poe ' s stories , the setting here is inside a closed environment . from the time the unnamed narrator enters the house of usher until the end of the story when he flees in terror , the entire story is boxed within the confines of the gloomy rooms on an oppressive autumn day where every object and sound is attenuated to the over - refined and over - developed sensitivities of roderick usher .
the narrator tells us that he fled from the chamber and from the entire mansion and , at some distance , he turned to look back in the light of the
full , setting and blood - red moon
( emphasis mine ) and saw the entire house of usher split at the point where there was a zigzag fissure and watched as the entire house sank into the
deep and dank tarn
which covered , finally , the
fragments of the ' house of usher . '
there are more varying interpretations of this story than there are of almost any of poe ' s other works . for some of the widely differing interpretations , the reader should consult the volume twentieth - century interpretations of poe ' s
fall of the house of usher .
one key to the story is , of course , the name of the main character . an usher is someone who lets one in or leads one in . thus , the narrator is ushered into the house by a bizarre - looking servant , and he is then ushered into roderick usher ' s private apartment and into his private thoughts . finally , usher also means doorkeeper , and as they had previously ushered lady madeline prematurely into her tomb , at the end of the story lady madeline stands outside the door waiting to be ushered in ; failing that , she ushers herself in and falls upon her brother .
was epstein’s last to court the avant - garde and his penultimate silent . widely praised , the film was considered by many critics to be , in the words of henri langlois , “not only the ultimate expression of ten years of experimentation but their justification . ” still , the film had its detractors . surrealist poet robert desnos decried
there are times when i think that of all the genres , the horror film most misses silence . the western benefited from dialogue , and musicals and film noir are unthinkable without words . but in a classic horror film , almost anything you can say will be superfluous or ridiculous . notice how carefully the draculas of talkies have to choose their words to avoid bad laughs . the perfect horror situation is such that there is nothing you can say about it . what words are necessary in
the pit and the pendulum
?
the fall of the house of usher
resides within its sealed world , as if - - yes , as if buried alive .
dr . alan harker receives an invitation and arrives at the house of his former professor at the prague university , roderic usher , who lives with his housekeeper helen in an old castle . dr . usher is insane , living with ghosts , and invites his former student harker to proceed with his research . he tells to harker that when his daughter melissa died many years ago , he had developed a means to reanimate her using the blood of prostitutes . along many years , dr . usher and his assistant morpho kidnapped and killed many young women to keep melissa alive . but when harker meets dr . seward , who is the doctor of dr . usher , he explains that dr . usher is delusional . what is the truth about dr . usher and his secret ?
in the nursery ' s latest silent film project - the fall of the house of usher - jean epstein & luis bunuel ' s 1928 interpretation of edgar allan poe ' s classic tale of paranoia and suspense . in the nursery ' s new score is the 8th in their optical music series , a repertoire of work dating from 1996 and including landmark titles such as the cabinet of dr caligari , man with a movie camera and the passion of joan of arc . in the nursery ' s new score incorporates sound design along with more traditional instrumentation ( inc . shruti box & sansula ) to encompass the gothic nature of epstein and bunuel ' s avante - garde vision . with haunting , and at times stunning , imagery , this movie really is film as art and in the nursery ' s score helps to reinforce the art of film . film synopsis as his beloved wife madeleine succumbs to a mysterious illness , sir roderick usher invites his old friend allan to his castle for support . he arrives to find roderick consumed with completing a painting of madeline , something that seems to draw the life out of her with every brush stroke he makes . once the picture is finished , madeline collapses , and her physician confirms she is dead . after a solemn funeral , a ghostly presence invades the house of usher… cinema’s first true gothic horror .
surging , gorgeous , expansive music from this leeds combo designed to accompany a film following three years in the band’s life .
left : paperback edition of anne river siddons , the house next door , published in 1978 . right : still from the 2006 lifetime movie of the house next door , showing architect kim dougherty standing before his creation .
usher
, wasn ' t about to break that tradition . though there were many simalarities , there
09 . the vault ( 2 : 36 ) 10 . the ancestors ( 2 : 58 ) 11 . house of evil ( 4 : 53 ) 12 . catalepsy ( 4 : 13 ) 13 . pallbearers ( 2 : 03 ) 14 . buried alive ( 8 : 14 ) 15 . fall of the house of usher ( 13 : 50 )
poe ' s the fall of the house of usher in poe ' s , ' the fall of the house of usher , ' roderick usher is the main protagonist , he is a male , an outcast ( as he doesn ' t seem to have many friends ) , part villain ( as he buried his sister alive ) and also part victim ( as he suffers from an illness which makes him allergic to most everyday things ) and is descended from an incestuous family . the story is like all other gothic stories , it has an emphasis on horror , old - fashioned settings…
i bought a second - hand super - 8 film back in the 70 ' s , thinking it would be an extract from a hammer film . but it was this film , with no sound track . i thought it was wonderful then and i still do now - especially when i used to project it onto a large screen in a darkened room . after trying several pieces of music , i found a track from tangerine dream ' s force majeure album that seemed to fit perfectly . i did a home - striping job on the film ( i still have nightmares about home - striping ) and added the music . i ' ll have to dig the film and my projector out to find which track it was . i do wish there was a good copy of the film available on dvd .
in the tradition of edgar allen poe join the usher family as they descend into madness . set in the 1880s a traveler returns to the usher mansion to try to reconnect with his childhood friends and find out what killed his sister .
i found it to be very interesting . a great deaprture from the normal film - making style of the 20 ' s and 30 ' s , and a wonderful piece of expressionism .
demonstrate their style , technique , and knowledge of writing fundamentals . in the short stories ,
the lottery
and
the fall of the house of usher
written by jackson and poe respectively , the authors depend heavily upon the settings within each story to enhance or explore elements such as mood , atmosphere , conflict , and theme . jackson ' s
the lottery
takes place in small town middle america , while poe ' s
the fall of the house of usher
presumably takes place in the countryside or suburbs of the eastern seaboard…
welcome to the last theater on the left ' s presentation of the 1928 silent film version of edgar allan poe ' s
the fall of the house of usher .
this is the american version created by js watson jr and melville webber . this presentation includes the film in its entirety . in addition , i have created a short introduction which includes some of the history behind the making of the film . i have created a new soundtrack for the film which includes tracks from urltoken and incompetech . com . music : rising game , spider eyes , and interloper by kevin mcleod ( incompetech . com ) licensed under creative commons : by attribution 3 . 0 urltoken ofelia ' s dream and sad day by urltoken licensed under creative commons : by attribution - no derivs 3 . 0 urltoken all video used in this presentation is believed to be in the public domain .
an unnamed narrator approaches the house of usher on a “dull , dark , and soundless day . ” this house—the estate of his boyhood friend , roderick usher —is gloomy and mysterious . the narrator observes that the house seems to have absorbed an evil and diseased atmosphere from the decaying trees and murky ponds around it . he notes that although the house is decaying in places—individual stones are disintegrating , for example—the structure itself is fairly solid . there is only a small crack from the roof to the ground in the front of the building . he has come to the house because his friend roderick sent him a letter earnestly requesting his company . roderick wrote that he was feeling physically and emotionally ill , so the narrator is rushing to his assistance . the narrator mentions that the usher family , though an ancient clan , has never flourished . only one member of the usher family has survived from generation to generation , thereby forming a direct line of descent without any outside branches . the usher family has become so identified with its estate that the peasantry confuses the inhabitants with their home .
three years after her lover , rick usher , and her best friend , maddy usher , had suddenly disappeared from her life without explanation , jill masters receives a phone call with news of maddy ' s death . her last wish was for jill to attend her funeral . conflicted , jill returns to the house of usher , a remote new england enclave . her love affair with rick is rekindled as she learns he suffers from the same malady that robbed his twin sister , maddy , of her sharp mind before taking her life . his affliction is manifested in a rare nerve condition , which renders him hyper - sensitive . under the watchful eye of the caretaker , nurse thatcher , jill appears to be haunted by the ghost of maddy , and the secret of the house of usher is exposed
i was struck , watching the film recently on a new dvd , by how completely it engaged me . some silent films hold you outside : you admire them , but are aware of them as a phenomenon . with
the fall of the house of usher ,
i barely stirred during the film ' s 66 - minute running time . a tone , an atmosphere , was created that actually worked . as with
nosferatu ,
the film seemed less a fiction than the realization of some phantasmagoric alternative reality . epstein ' s openness to the grand gesture is helpful , as when madeline is in her coffin , and her white bridal veil spills outside and blows in the wind .
in the fall of the house of usher , edgar allan poe writes of a sickly brother and sister that live in an old estate , and a narrator’s account of the ushers’ final days . the story is scary on two different levels . the first and most obvious that is noticed just by reading on the surface is the creepy atmosphere of the house and death of the main characters . poe makes this level of scariness very accessible by the diction and imagery that he uses . the second level of scariness is the psychological…
‘some silent films hold you outside : you admire them , but are aware of them as a phenomenon . with the fall of the house of usher , i barely stirred . a tone , an atmosphere , was created that actually worked…less a fiction than the realization of some phantasmagoric alternative reality . ’ – roger ebert”
the three versions of the film have completely different plots . in the original cut , usher is a old killer tormented by the ghosts of his victims ; in the second version , usher is a supernatural being who needs human blood to stay alive ; finally , in the third version , he was turned into a mad scientist who kidnaps village girls and use their blood to keep his daughter melissa alive .
a traveller arrives at the usher mansion to find that the sibling inhabitants , roderick and madeline usher , are living under a mysterious family curse : roderick ' s senses have become . . . see full summary »
during the whole of a dull , dark , and soundless day in the autumn of the year , when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens , i had been passing alone , on horseback , through a singularly dreary tract of country ; and at length found myself , as the shades of the evening drew on , within view of the melancholy house of usher .
cast : vincent price ( roderick usher ) , mark damon ( philip winthrop ) , myrna fahey ( madeline usher ) , harry ellerbe ( bristol ) , eleanor lefaber , ruth oklander , geraldine paulette ( ghosts ) .
lighter and softer : in the poe story roderick and madeline are siblings , and there is loads of incest subtext . in this film , they are husband and wife .
part 7 : ( white house , morning ) the cabinet meeting includes a discussion of the attack on fort fisher / wilmington , nc and then turns to a discussion of the proposed thirteenth amendment that includes vigorous objections from secretary of interior john usher and a lengthy defense of the abolition amendment and his wartime emancipation policies by president lincoln .
well , thanks , now everytime my house makes a screatch noise or when i hear something , i can ' t help but think my house is plotting something against me .
corman’s film implied that the house itself was the monster . viewers saw this throughout the film , by the objects falling mysteriously , the houses’ constant trembling , the eerie sounds etc . the role of the narrator was eliminated in the film , so the viewers had to make conclusions and descriptions based on what the viewers might have seen . this is a challenging task because the viewers were so caught up in the movie that the viewers might have not noticed a few things which would have otherwise been explained and described in the short story . in the short story roderick asked for phillip , through a letter . roderick was sick and wanted comfort and company . poe’s story was captivating and creepy but corman changed the story and made madeline and phillip lovers . the story and the film both depicted the siblings’ illness the same way . the film also implied that roderick may have viewed philip as a romantic rival , which suggested an incestuous relationship between madeline and roderick . they were not regarded as twins in the film and were not at all similar . in the film , phillip was preoccupied with madeline and fear . in the story , he spent most of his time reading , painting , and listening to roderick’s music . his whole purpose of being there was to cheer roderick up . in the story , madeline was barely mentioned or known of until the end . in the film , she was a critical character and essential to the plot of the movie . the foreshadowing in the film was much more
two modern additions to the film also enhance it . instead of replacing the original french titles and their boldly stylized calligraphy , this version uses the voice of actor jean - pierre aumont to read them in english . the effect is that the titles are as real as the film , and aumont is standing outside of it , next to us , confiding the horror they contain .
this adaptation of edgar allen poe ' s terrifying gothic tale of the last members of the ancient race of the ushers features the work of roger corman and vincent price .
we wanted to be able to film the opening of all the doors of parliament so you can see straight through from front to back ( a design feature hardly ever witnessed now due to security reasons ) .
a traveller arrives at the usher mansion to visit his old friend , roderick usher . upon arriving , however , he discovers that roderick and his sister , madeline , have been afflicted with a . . . see full summary »
katie valdesuso november 30 , 2010 engl 439 prof . allan r . life the evocation of terror in edgar allan poe’s the fall of the house of usher in his philosophy of composition , edgar allan poe informs us that he begins writing with “the consideration of an effect” ( 430 ) . most of poe’s poetry and fiction exemplifies his assertion that a preconceived effect upon a reader is undoubtedly fundamental to his creative work . poe’s tales of terror in particular epitomize the supremacy of his craft…
the sickly decadence and claustrophobia of the usher household is admirably evoked by floyd crosby ' s ' scope photography and daniel haller ' s art direction .
the occupants of the house are roderick usher and his young wife , madeline . in the original story by edgar allen poe , they were brother and sister , but the implication of incest has been removed by epstein , who explains with a title card that the men of the house of usher have all been obsessed with painting their wives . roderick is consumed with fear that his wife will die , and no less fearful that she will be buried alive . does he hope that his portrait will transfer her essence to a form that will live forever ?
roderick usher : i suggest you leave , mr . winthrop . no ? then perish with us . see more »
epstein ' s assistant director on the film was young luis bunuel , who had just finished his notorious collaboration with salvador dali on
un chein andalou ,
a boldly surrealist film . did he contribute to this film ' s weirdness ? no doubt , although epstein was a surrealist himself and the underlying story itself is less interested in psychological plausibility than in the creepiness and oddness of its immediate impression . ( bunuel eventually quit after a quarrel with epstein . )
after a long journey , philip arrives at the usher mansion seeking his loved one , madeline . upon arriving , however , he discovers that madeline and her brother roderick usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady : roderick ' s senses have become painfully acute , while madeline has become catatonic . that evening , roderick tells his guest of an old usher family curse : any time there has been more than one usher child , all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths . as the days wear on , the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax .
a traveller arrives at the usher mansion to visit his old friend , roderick usher . upon arriving , however , he discovers that roderick and his sister , madeline , have been afflicted with a mysterious malady : roderick ' s senses have become painfully acute , while madeline has become nearly catatonic . that evening , roderick tells his guest of an old usher family curse : any time there has been more than one usher child , all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths . as the days wear on , the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax .
( 1926 ) , which was also luis buñuel’s first film credit . among his commissioned works , epstein also further explored cinematic impressionism in his films ,
. he died of a stroke in early april , 1953 , having just turned 56 years old . that same year henri langlois arranged a tribute to him at the cannes film festival .
by victoria price , arkoff said ,
roger had an answer . . . ' the house is the monster ! can ' t you see it ? it ' s the house ! ' . . . in the middle of shooting , roger made sure he had covered his bases . he asked vincent price to utter a couple of lines that he had written into the script at the last minute - ' the house lives ! the house breathes ! '
poe next sets up a sense of the
double
or the ironic reversal when he has the narrator first see the house of usher as it is reflected in the
black and lurid tarn
( a dark and gruesome , revolting mountain lake ) which surrounds it . the image of the house , you should note , is upside down . at the end of the story , the house of usher will literally fall into this tarn and be swallowed up by it . and even though poe said in his critical theories that he shunned symbolism , he was not above using it if such symbolism contributed to his effect . here , the effect is electric with mystery ; he says twice that the windows of the house are
eyelike
and that the inside of the house has become a living
body
while the outside has become covered with moss and is decaying rapidly . furthermore , the ultimate fall of the house is caused by an almost invisible crack in the structure , but a crack which the narrator notices ; symbolically , this is a key image . also central to this story is that fact that roderick and the lady madeline are twins . this suggests that when he buries her , he will widen the crack , or fissure , between them . this crack , or division , between the living and the dead will be so critical that it will culminate ultimately in the fall of the house of usher .
after a long journey , philip arrives at the usher mansion seeking his loved one , madeline . upon arriving , however , he discovers that madeline and her brother roderick usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady : roderick ' s senses have become painfully acute , while madeline has become catatonic . that evening , roderick tells his guest of an old usher family curse : any time there has been more than one usher child , all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths . as the days wear on , the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax . written by jean - marc rocher and nina
but shooting something like the house , it ' s all a bit more up in the air .
this film set the template for the poe - corman - price series with its literate script , corman ' s effective direction , price ' s immersive emoting and brilliant employment of light and color .
it is possible that poe wanted us to imagine that when usher tries to get rid of that other part of himself , the twin half , he is , in effect , signing his own death warrant . certainly at the end of the story , lady madeline falls upon him in an almost vampire - like sucking position and the two of them are climactically , totally one , finally united in the light of the full moon , by which the narrator is able to see the tumultuous fall of the house of usher . ( the full moon , of course , is a traditional prop for stories of this sort ; that is , one finds it in all gothic , ghostly , and vampire - type stories . )
at last ! world premiere release of intense , evocative les baxter score for famous roger corman debut in series of edgar allan poe tales starring vincent price , filmed for american international in evocatively - colored widescreen . while original session elements have long - since vanished , complete music tracks mixed into mono and assembled for film do remain . slight variances in levels designed for later addition of dialog & effects in post - production could not be completely avoided but have been minimized during mastering of this cd . as a result , most cues have identical assemblies of film itself , albeit happily without dialog or effects ! ( we edited together short pieces to create better musical experience . ) every cue appears ! rare music - only elements survive courtesy mgm vaults , efforts of taylor white of percepto records . neat bonus ! mgm commissioned chace productions to restore long - lost original
overture
, previously heard only with initial 1960 release of film in theaters . chace provided newly - restored master to intrada for this cd premiere as well ! les baxter creates sometimes beautifully evocative , sometimes intensely scary score with some of his most striking and exciting music in a lengthy and successful career . film itself was later re - titled the fall of the house of usher . les baxter conducts . intrada special collection release limited to 1200 copies !
allan visits the sinister usher family mansion , where his friend roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife madeline . the portrait seems to be draining the life out of madeline , slowly leading to her death .
part 2 : ( white house interior , nighttime ) the second scene opens with a visualization of one of lincoln’s recent dreams . abraham & mary lincoln are then seen inside mrs . lincoln’s white house boudoir , discussing the dream and other subjects , including the possibility of a new push for the proposed thirteenth amendment , abolishing slavery .
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as roderick usher explains that he has not left the house in many years and that his only companion has been his beloved sister , the lady madeline , we are startled by poe ' s unexpectedly introducing her ghostly form far in the distance . suddenly , while roderick is speaking , madeline passes
slowly through a remote portion of the apartment
and disappears without ever having noticed the narrator ' s presence . no doctor has been able to discover the nature of her illness — it is
a settled apathy , a gradual wasting away of the person
in a
cataleptical
state ; that is , lady madeline cannot respond to any outside stimuli . the narrator then tells us that nevermore will he see her alive . of course , then , the question at the end of the story is : was the lady madeline ever alive ? or is the narrator deceiving the reader by this statement ? roderick usher and the narrator speak no more of the lady madeline ; they pass the days reading together or painting , and yet usher continues to be in a gloomy state of mind . we also learn that one of usher ' s paintings impresses the narrator immensely with its originality and its bizarre depiction : it is a picture of a luminous tunnel or vault with no visible outlet . this visual image is symbolic of what will happen later ; it suggests both the vault that usher will put his sister into and also the maelstrom that will finally destroy the house of usher .


strings is a 2012 british drama film directed and written by rob savage .

after a successful run in a number of film festivals , it went on to win the raindance award at the british independent film awards .

applauded for its success despite its low budget , the total cost of production was just £ 3,000 .

director , writer , cinematographer and editor , savage took strong commitments to get the film produced including lack of sleep to the point of hallucinating .

strings ( 2012 film )

review of deborah greenblatt , renaissance trios for strings , greenblatt & seay , 2012 . strings , forthcoming .
“a mighty cello work driven by psychological tumult . ” strings , june 2012 .
“beethoven pours his heart into two epic cello works . ” strings , july 2012 .
“in praise of anton von webern’s lyrical cello sonata . ” strings , september 2012 .
“the cello works that sealed a maestro’s reputation for genius . ” strings , may 2012 .
review of ondřej kukal , present for violin and cello duo , strings , october 2012 .
“6 ways for the non - bassist to teach double bass . ” strings , june 2012 .
“three sets of beethoven variations that give a nod to mozart . ” strings , august 2012 .
“mysticism , mathematics , and thimbles : the cello music of sofia gubaidulina . ” strings , february 2012 .
“decisions , decisions . should you go with a french or german bow ? ” strings , june 2012 .
review of thomas daniel schlee , streichtrio op . 75 , bärenreiter , 2012 . strings , august 2013 .
review of manfred trojahn , string quartet no . 4 , bärenreiter , 2012 . strings , december 2013 .
review of igor raykhelson , sonata for cello and piano , alphonse leduc , 2012 . strings , forthcoming .
review of dvořák , concerto in b minor for violoncello and orchestra , op . 104 , edited by jonathan del mar , bärenreiter , 2012 . strings , september 2012 .
review of charlotte seither , merging strain and deixis for solo cello , bärenreiter , 2012 . strings , forthcoming .
review of beethoven , variations for cello and piano woo 45 , op . 66 , woo 46 , edited by jonathan del mar , bärenreiter , 2012 . strings , august 2012 .
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review of martin bresnick , prayers remain forever for solo cello , carl fischer music , 2012 . strings , forthcoming .
“a transcendent work that fares well on stage and in film . ” strings , october 2013 .
strings premiers at the raindance film festival on the 28 th of september . book tickets here .
won best director - animation film chicago international children ' s film festival won the prize of anifilm praha for unconventional and inventive technigue of animated film zlin film festibal - xxxiv . 1994
review of lowell liebermann , sonata for cello and piano no . 4 , theodore presser company , 2012 . strings , forthcoming .
susan philipsz . study of strings . 2012 . eight - channel sound installation , variable . courtesy the artist and tanya bonakdar gallery
won the prize of anifilm praha for unconventional and inventive technigue of animated film zlin film festibal - xxxiv . 1994 won best director - animation film chicago
« the imposter ( dir . bart clayton , usa , 2012 ) – review
ottawa 02 / cortoimolafestival international short film festival / cinanima 02 / black nights film festival / 32th international film festival rotterdam / anima 2003 / animac 2003 / tampere film festival / the 2003 environmental film festival in the nation ' s capita / fredrikstad animation festival / tough - eye international tirku animated film festival / the 2003 melbourne international animation film festival / expresionen corto / anima mundi / international film festival kelibia / the 2003 melbourne international film festival / the brisbane film festival / sicaf 2003 / edinburgh international film festival / vi barcelona short film festival - mecal / fantoche / ars electronica festival / 2nd international best of short film festivals / the krok international animated film festival / le triages international animated film day / new independent animation from japan in ica / 22nd uppsala international short film festival / 14th . san sebastian horror and fantacy film festival / baf 03 / låfalternativa , x independent film festival of barcelona / taipei golden horse film festival / best animated films of the year / animadrid / nippon koma festival / 45 international festival of documentary and short film festival of bilbao / 13th flickerfest international short film festival
susan philipsz . study for strings . 2012 . eight - channel sound work . installation at kassel hauptbahnhof , documenta 13 , 2012 . courtesy the artist , tanya bonakdar gallery , and isabella bortolozzi galerie . photo : eoghan mctigue
vertigo films has acquired bifa and raindance - nominated teen drama strings from first time film - maker rob savage .
in a pig ' s eye
2010 , 10min . director : atsushi wada > site sound design : kyohei takahashi producer : koji yamamura awards : best film : fantoche international animation film festival silver jabberwocky : international film festival etiuda and anima excellence award : japan media arts festival excellence award : student cg festival best short film : belo horizonte international short film festival funniest film : ann arbor film festival best animated short film : kavalan international short film festival experimental section grand prix : roanne animation film festival best animation film : curtas vila do conde international film festival animasian award : toronto reel asian international film festival best of the festival : london international animation festival special distinction : china international animation & digital arts festival honorary mention - 25fps : 25fps international festival exiperimental film / video jury’s special mentioning i : tallinn black nights film festival animated dreams
daido seimei
kaze to ame to hikari to
( hd 30 sec . 2012 )
review of holger sassmanhaus and j . peter close , early start on the double bass , volumes 1 - 3 , bärenreiter , 2012 . strings , forthcoming .
review of tomaso albinoni , trio sonatas op . 1 , vol . 4 , ed . martin lutz , breitkopf & härtel , 2012 . strings , january 2014 .
review of josef suk , string quartet no . 1 in b flat major , op . 11 , edited by zdeněk nouza , bärenreiter , 2012 . strings , forthcoming .
won the prize of anifilm praha for unconventional and inventive technigue of animated film zlin film festibal - xxxiv . 1994 has been awarded the second prize of category c the5th international animation festival in japan hiroshima ' 94 won best director - animation film chicago international children ' s film festival
strings also won savage a place on the renowned berlin film festival talent campus , “i was mentored by filmmakers such as werner herzog and mike leigh . ” his next gig is also a short film for channel 4 .
strings , which is now bifa nominated has been picked up by vertigo films - one of the uk ' s biggest production and film distribution companies .
no strings
( the first film ) was released with a limited stock . it is at this time sold out and out of print . no strings 2 stands on its own with an original story and new characters .
“four post - tonal scales for the cello . ” strings , august 2014 .
“the path to success as a string quartet . ” strings , september 2015 .
“how’s your floor tone ? ” “my studio , ” strings , july 2016 .
review of ernani catena , 23 souvenirs for string quintet , strings , forthcoming .
“practice mythbusters : common misconceptions about practice for advanced students . ” american music teacher , june / july 2012 .
creative process : interview with koji yamamura , muybridge ' s strings [ yonemura miyuki , kojo fumiyasu , gondo shunji collaborated by koji yamamura , the japanese joumal of animation studies , 2012 , vol . 13 , no . 1a march 1 , 2012 / japanese society for animation studies ] nromans roger : the composistion technique of animation ' s soundtrack [ natsuko yokoyama department of musical creativity adn the environment , tokyo university of the arts 2012 ] a psychological study of yamamura ' s
muybridge strings
[ masao yokota studies in humanities and social scieneces no . 83 the institute of humanities and sciences nihon university 2012 ]
“how rostropovich inspired one of prokofiev’s last great works . ” strings , november 2013 .
“making the move from practice room to concert stage . ” strings , october 2014 .
“a legend in his own time” ( rostropovich retrospective ) . strings , february 2017 .
“is it possible to play with a straight bow ? ” strings , june 2018 .
review of troika ( matt haimovitz / christopher o’riley ) , strings , february 2018 .
prekiso eigo ; micro story ( animation , direction ) text : arthur binard , music toshio nakagawa , nhk education , 2 mint . every month 2011 . 04 ~ 2012 . 03 / 2012 . 04～2013 . 3 on air ar nhk etv
takeshi art beat
( nhk world , openning title 26 sec . 2012 ) > takeshi art beat > nhk world
behind the scenes of the film is showing during the opening credits and the crew is seen setting up the sets and preparing the puppets for filming and the title of the film appears 6 minutes into the film , after the first scene .
“a great work that marks the end of an era . ” strings , february 2014 .
“the case of the cryptic 12 - tone love letter . ” strings , march 2014 .
review of brahms piano trios , kavakos / ma / ax , strings , february 2018 .
flower and steam
2012 , 4min . 06sec . director : eri kawaguchi sound design : kastutaka suzuki producer : koji yamamura
best feature – an exceptionally realized fiction film that raises the possibilities of filmmaking and that will withstand the test of time . the ifp gotham independent film award ™ will be presented to the film’s credited director ( s ) and producer ( s ) .
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“flying high : three keys to conquering upper - position anxieties . ” strings , august 2017 .
review of domenico dragonetti , string quintet in g minor , diletto musicale , strings , forthcoming .
people who are eating
2012 , 2min . 58sec . director : saki muramoto music : haruna maemura , sound design : ikumi takahashi , satsuki sato producer : koji yamamura award : ask ? prize : ask ? film festival
“how to play sibelius’ malinconia op . 20 for cello and piano . ” strings , august 2011 .
“successfully playing beethoven’s music requires mastery of your bow - arm weight . ” strings , october 2017 .
“a surmountable hurdle : retraining a collapsing - locking left fourth finger . ” strings , april 2018 .
review of eric ewazen , trio for trumpet , cello , and piano , strings , september 2014 .
the wing
short film for children animation part dr . : hajime kobayashi 1998 )
“ strings has really been the project that has allowed me to work professionally within the industry . the same team who made strings worked with me on sit in silence , an entry for the sci - fi - london 48hour film challenge ( which introduced the world to gareth edwards of monsters fame ) , which came second place out of over 200 entries and won the bfi future film award .
but what are his hopes for the future of strings ? “we’re hoping that the film will get picked up for distribution and will lead to bigger , brighter things for all involved . the cast are all exceptional in the film , so i’ll eat my hat if they aren’t immediately snapped up for larger roles . following the news of the film’s nomination for best debut we have already received some exciting news for the film , which i’ll reveal after the press release has gone out . ”
“a loose latin tribute to the genius of j . s . bach . ” strings , june 2013 .
has invited from carrousel international du film de rimouski , dresden children ' s film festival , 10jahre berliner kinderkinotage and the festival of light filmfest won certificate of participationawards from44 . internationale filmfestspiele berlin - kinderfilmfest 1994 , the 5th international new england childrens ' s film festival , cairo international film festival , the 37th internatonal leipzig festival for documentary and animation , 8 . internationale trickfilmtage schorndorf and annecy 95
in competition : annecy 2005 / tabor film festival / anima mundi 2005 / 54th melbourne international film festivaln / london international animation film festival / ars electronica festival / fantoche / krok2005 / ottawa international animation festival / rever festival / 48th international leipzig festival for documentary and animated film / cineeco2005 / l ' alternativa 2005 . 12th barcelona independent film festival / festival internacional de filmets de badalona / etiuda & anima 2005 / fike 2005 - évora international short film festival / animated dreams world premiere :
world of yamamura animation
( japan society ) newyork invitation : 16th filmfest dresden / anime explosion ! ( the kennedy center ) / anifest2005 / 2005 taiwan international animation festival / toronto japanese short film festival 2005
“mocked by critics , lost in love , ‘rach’ rebounds with this cello classic . ” strings , january 2014 .
“total immersion : what’s behind the success of the russian school of string playing ? ” strings , march 2015 .
“exquisitely crafted : exploring mendelssohn’s piano trios for violin , cello , and piano . ” strings , may 2015 .
“the idea of dance : exploring baroque dance forms in bach’s solo cello suites . ” strings , august 2015 .
“a farewell note : schubert’s string quintet in c major , d . 956 . ” strings , january 2016 .
review of oslo string quartet , schubert g major and beethoven op . 95 quartets , strings , december 2017 .
text is an essential part of your application ' s interface . get an introduction to the concepts behind manipulating and drawing attributed strings on ios . learn how uikit has adopted attributed strings to make creating text effects even easier .
this is a film about poo , and the things that you should and shouldn ' t do .
another great nfb memory film . . . . . thks nfb for marking my childhood . . . . . the making of the film was good also . . i recommend it . . . .
“how to prepare cello excerpts from beethoven’s symphony no . 5 for an orchestral audition . ” strings , april 2013 .
“and now for something completely different . ” ( galanterie dances in bach’s cello suites . ) strings , october 2015 .
review of wolfgang birtel , arrangement for four cellos of schumann’s träumerei , schott , 2011 . strings , february 2013 .
review of huang ruo , four fragments for solo cello , theodore presser company , 2013 . strings , october 2013 .
review of antonín dvořák , cello concerto in b minor , bärenreiter edition and facsimile of autograph , strings , forthcoming .
review of john harbison , abu ghraib for cello and piano , associated music publishers , 2011 . strings , forthcoming .
open play , forgetting eye
2012 , 8min . 39sec . director : alimo > site music : yuri habuka sound design : suzuka sekine producer : koji yamamura
bingham ray breakthrough director award – to a filmmaker whose first fiction film pushes the boundaries of creativity and demonstrates a unique vision . the ifp gotham award will be presented to the film’s credited director ( s ) .
“update to dvořák chamber works is a relief for performers” ( review of antonín dvořák , string quartet op . 2 , piano trio op . 26 , piano quartet op . 87 , and string quintet op . 97 , new bärenreiter scores and parts , 2012 ) . strings , september 2013 .
“sarabandes and gigues : stepping into baroque dance forms in bach’s cello suites , part ii . ” strings , september 2015 .
review of mieczyslaw weinberg , string quartet no . 13 op . 118 , sikorski , 2011 . strings , march 2013 .
premiering at the raindance film festival on the 28 th september is strings by rob savage . making the aforementioned helmers look old , savage began principle photography on his feature on his eighteenth birthday ( whilst casually doubling up as cinematographer and editor ) . “ strings started life as a short film , inspired by the advent of university , ” savage remembers . “it was a pretty slight script , all set in one bedroom and made up of post - coital conversations . ”
by michael berliner — guardian media network journalist , and freelance film producer . follow him on twitter @ michaelberliner .
has invited from the 5th international new england childrens ' s film festival , cairo international film festival , the best of hiroshima ' 94 in canada , u . s . a . , world youth film festival in canada , anima mundi 9 6 , deesin anime the festival of cartoon and animated filma of brussels and the festival of light filmfest
“now hear this : a new generation of cellists is pushing the boundaries as singer - songwriters . ” strings , january 2015 .
“when there is no metronome marking : 4 keys to picking the right tempo through logical intuition . ” strings , december 2017 .
the cloudy dog talk about
2012 , 3min . 30sec . director : asami ike > site sound design : fumiya iwanaga , yu hashimoto , masumi takino producer : koji yamamura
any category of art , music , film , literature , etc . , based on a set of stylistic criteria .
won the 1st prize , animation , adult july for from chicago internationale children ' s film festival prize for outstanding film animation for t . v . category : ' 97 seoul animation expo certificate of participationawards : the world animation celebration , cianima ' 97 , cartoombria 3ed international animation film competition , anima mundi 98 andottawa 98 international animation festival panorama : annecy97
sunset flower blooming
2012 , 10min . 19sec . director : hu yuanyuan music : yamamoto takahisa sound design : suzuki katsutaka producer : koji yamamura award : best student prixw : sicaf2012
' somers town ' , shane meadows ' 2008 film , was fully financed by eurostar . shane says he “never once thought about eurostar
while making the film - so why did they fund it ? photograph : everett collection / rex feature
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“take a seat : find ( or fashion ) the right cello chair or double bass stool for you . ” strings , june 2018 .
review of j . s . bach , cello concerto bwv 593 ( arr . ) , bärenreiter , 2014 , strings , october 2014 .
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the man who ate an apple
2012 , 3min . 57sec . director : yantong zhu music : yoshihiko katori , ryo tanaka , teiichiro fukiya sound design : masumi takino producer : koji yamamura
“war and peace : 70 years down the road , recalling the inspiration for shostakovich’s piano trio no . 2 . ” strings , december 2014 .
in the story of this animated film , a series of events which need judgements , spontaneity and decisiveness of the
junior directors
continue to occur . the film was completed with the ideas from those
junior directors
through having several workshops with them .
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digital platform / pay tv : films that are not released theatrically but have played gotham award qualifying festivals and then are released exclusively via a digital platform or paytv / cable vod in 2017 may qualify for consideration in all relevant categories , with the stipulation that the films first screened in 2017 at one of the following qualifying festivals : berlin , cannes , los angeles film festival , sundance film festival , sxsw , toronto international film festival , or tribeca film festival . the digital platform release can be via vod , streaming , dto , or dtr .
“loss of control : the iconic elgar cello concerto requires the mastery of a different sort of spiccato . ” “my studio , ” strings , june 2016 .
review of beethoven , variations woo 45 , op . 66 , woo 46 , edited by jens dufner , henle , 2010 . strings , january 2013 .
awas ! a weekend of animation shorts , kuala lumpur , malaysia , may 2017 16th countryside animafest cyprus , nicosia , cyprus , june 2017 7th international film festival «on the edge» , sakhalin , russia , august 2017 11th cromarty film festival , cromarty , uk , 2017 . 11
a wind egg
2012 , 10min . 30sec . director : ryo okawara music : yuri habuka sound design : masumi takino producer : koji yamamura award : lotte reiniger förderpreis für animationsfilm : internationale trickfilm - festival stuttgar
numbers four and five show digital domain , a special effects production company started by james cameron , being bought twice , once by a beijing company in 2012 and then by a hong kong - based business in 2013 .
“at last : an urtext that solves the problems of a popular cello transcription . ” review of henle edition of franck’s cello sonata . strings , december 2014 .
tokyo / montreal - making process of
muybridge ' s strings
( 14 min . 55 sec . ) hd / 2011 / jpanan / 14min . 55sec . / color direction , camera , edit : koji yamamura , sanae yamamura produce : yamamura animation in tokyo at yamamura animation , drawing and animation process of
muybridge ' s strings
, in montreal at nfb , depicting the sound produced . the documentary of making
muybridge ' s strings
( 2011 ) .
my milk cup cow
2014 , 11min . 03sec . director : yantong zhu music : asuka horiguchi sound design : ayane fukushima producer : koji yamamura award : international animated films festival krok : grand prix international film festival etiuda & anima : special golden jabberwocky puchon international student animation festival : grand prix tokyo student film festival : animation departmen grand prix shimokitazawa film festival : grand prix japan media arts festival : new face award jameson cinefest ( miskolc international film festival ) : attila dargay prize seoul international cartoon & animation festival : inspiration of asia prize shanghai international film festival international student shorts award : best creativity prize filmschoolfest munich : arte prize unknown treasures of chinese animation award ( france ) : new talent prize from cdccparis digicon6 asia awards : asian perspective prize , japan silver prize asiagraph 2014 division ii & division iii : excellent work dc shorts film festival ( america ) : special jury mention ask ? film festival 2014 : tomohiro nishimura prize tokyo anime award festival 2014t : graduation work department : frogman prize
has invited from ica young japanese cinema on england in 1990 , young japanese cinema on u . s . a . in 1991 and cinema jove ' 92 in valencia won certificate of participation awards from tampere film festival ' 91 in finland and shanghai international animation film festival 1992 in china .
films must be american . the film must be directed and / or produced ( credited lead producers ) by a us born or based filmmaker .
7gines en corto 7th festival internacional de cortometrajes de gines , pase infantil , gines , spain , april 2017 19th nccc film & animation festival , sanborn , usa , may 2017 25th international animation festival of brazil – anima mundi 2017 , rio de janeiro , são paulo , brazil , july 2017 5th international festival of animated film constantine ' s gold coin , nis , serbia , july 2017 3rd still voices short film festival 2017 , ballymahon , co . longford , ireland , august 2017 16th concorto film festival 2017 , pontenure and piacenza , italy , august 2017 2nd turku animated film festival - taff , finland , turku , august 2017 13th busho the budapest short international film festival 2017 , budapest , hungary , a , august 2017 3rd västerås filmfestival , västerås , sweden , september 2017 13th indie - anifest 2017 , seoul , korea , september2017 25th raindance film festival 2017 , london , uk , october 2017 10th animasyros international animation festival + agora of the island of syros , the island of syros , greece , october 2017 3rd world animation celebration , usa , ca , october 2017 6th international tour film festival , rome , italy , october 2017 36th uppsala international short film festival , uppsala , sweden , october 2017 6th international tour film festival , rome , italy , october 2017 36th uppsala international short film festival , uppsala , sweden , october 2017 4th new chitose airport international animation festival , chitose , hokkaido , november 2017 25th kineko international children’s film festival , tokyo , japan , november 2017 41st cinanima 2017 , espinho , portugal , november 2017 3rd animation marathon , athens , greece , november 2017 24th international film festival etiuda & anima , kraków , poland , november 2017 10th les sommets du cinéma d ' animation - festival international de montréal , montréal , canada , november 2017 10th piccolo festival animazione , pordenone , udine , trieste , gorizia , venice , italy , december 2017 11th cairo international forum for animated films , egypt , cairo , 2018 . 02 21th new york international children ' s film festival , uy , usa , 2018 . 02
“last year’s model : the arpeggione is a vestige of a distant past , but well worth a fresh look for violists and cellists . ” strings , october 2014 .
in spite of his cinephilia and interest in the nuts and bolts of filmmaking , savage maintains his emotional focus as a director . “strings is a film about the listlessness of being a teenager : it’s about the thrill of finding a connection and the long hours of boredom spent after you realise that “love” can’t solve everything . ”
a short student film exploring the ways in which music is used by the armenian youth in london to express and share their identity in a british context .
five fire fish short film / 4 : 3 ( standard ) / may 2013 / 1min . 29sec . / no dialogue / canada , japan direction , animation and painting : koji yamamura production : yamamura animation music : maurice blackburn it is improvised to create on an ipad app mclaren ' s workshop , etching on film . almost motions happened to synchronize with music of mclaren . ipad app mclaren ' s workshop etching on film > trailer > a urltoken nfb vimeo vimeo
dive deeper into advanced techniques when using attributed strings on ios 6 . learn about kerning , ligatures , and other advanced typographical features of string drawing to create compelling text effects .
excellent film . we would be seriously hard pressed by cn or cp to even think about filming something similar 2day . i wonder if hunter harrison or claude mongeau have seen this ? i often think about alternative uses of railways when i walk the tracks north of huntsville , ontario where the ontario northland used to operate until dalton mcguinty ' s termination on 28 / 09 / 2012 . an interesting film could be made toronto to moosonee + this route requires a show case train from toronto to the ocean in ontario . where is the # vision # leadership ?
made for only £3000 , this accomplished micro - budget feature was written , co - produced , directed , edited and shot by robert savage when he was just 17 years old . it was selected for future film festival 6 in 2013 and went on to win the discovery award at the british independent film awards .
filmmaking with a point of view . each ifp gotham independent film award ™ will be given to individual films or performers in films where the vision of an individual director , producer , writer or writer / director is abundantly evident , and where the film cannot be classically defined as a
work for hire .
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the important distinction between regular advertising and branded content is that the brand remains the host of the party alone , letting good content speak for itself with the hope being that the audience feels gratitude towards the brand at the end . you can see this in the grolsch - backed , youtube - launched , free - to - view feature film the fourth dimension starring val kilmer , and in terry gilliam ' s pasta - company - funded short film , the wholly family , which premiered at the london film festival in 2011 .
review of brahms , sextet in b flat op . 18 and sextet in g op . 36 , miniature scores and parts , edited by christopher hogwood , bärenreiter classics . strings , september 2011 .
in only ten years , the portland - based studio laika has become a foremost voice in feature film animation . founded in 2005 , the studio released its first stop - motion feature , the henry selick - directed coraline , in 2009 to rave reviews . then came paranorman in 2012 , followed by the boxtrolls in 2014 , all three of which were nominated for a best animated feature oscar . along the way , the studio has emerged as an industry pioneer , inventing new technologies to refine their art and overcome obstacles as they arise — a tendency that earned them a technical oscar earlier this year for their innovations in 3d printing . now , they’re set to release their most ambitious film yet with kubo and the two strings , the epic fantasy adventure and directorial debut from company ceo and former lead animator , travis knight .
however , as david cox ' s guardian article from 2008 explains , some fear a dangerous precedent could be set . eurostar fully financed shane meadows ' 2008 film somers town to the tune of £750 , 000 – the director says that he
never once thought about eurostar when [ he ] was making this film
, and that his artistic integrity was not compromised in the slightest , but at the same time , the film does cast eurostar in a fantastic light . the ability to disguise advertising as art , in something as significant as a feature film with a respected director , for £750 , 000 , without being forced to label your product as an advert , actually sounds like a pretty good deal .
the ifp gotham awards , selected by distinguished juries and presented in new york city , the home of independent film , are the first honors of the film awards season . this public showcase honors the filmmaking community , expands the audience for independent films , and supports the work that ifp does behind the scenes throughout the year to bring such films to fruition .
man & whale
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new director
( short film ) : asia pacific advertising festival 2008 earth vision prize for children ' s film :
earth vision - the tokyo global environmental film festival
special jury award in tv category : 5th china international animation and digital arts festival september 27 to 30
they consider this their most difficult film yet thanks to the enormous action and fantasy set - pieces and the wide variety of natural landscapes , from torrential seas to gleaming ice structures .
madog : guitar
vibe - id ( music channel co . , ltd . tv channel station id 1999 ) certificate of participation awards : annecy 00 / holland animation film festival
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madog : fish
vibe - id ( music channel co . , ltd . tv channel station id 1999 ) certificate of participation awards : annecy 00 / holland animation film festival
the teenage director brought a surprisingly mature perspective to his immediate youthful experiences , yet the film’s beginnings were not sheltered from teething problems . “i had started shooting on borrowed prosumer cameras . i was pretty happy with the film , but lost all the footage after a power surge fried my pc and everything on it . i tried to cheer myself up and bought a german drama called requiem – i remember feeling completely recharged after seeing it . to this day i count it as a film that epitomises what i would love to achieve as a filmmaker . ”

madog : bone
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we clearly like watching films and online video – they take up a lot of our attention time . for example , according to comscore figures in august 2012 alone , 188 million us internet users watched 37 . 7bn online content videos , an average of 22 hours 15 minutes for each viewer .
writer - director rob savage won the raindance award at the british independent film awards for his film strings , which he shot for £3 , 000 in his flat with his friends . he wrote it when he was 16 years old , started shooting at 17 years , and finished it when he was 19 years old . rob took his inspiration from what was going on in his life . rob ' s already working on his next feature , and would love to be back at the bifas in future years . rob was looking forward to speaking to john hurt and writing a role for him . strings is out in cinemas in spring 2013 . and rob would love to work with actor aidan gillen . urltoken - visit flicks and the city ! urltoken - like flicks and the city on facebook ! urltoken - follow flicks and the city on twitter ! interviewer : jan gilbert urltoken - follow jan on twitter ! urltoken - visit jangilbert . co . uk ! thanks to british independent film awards urltoken
writings fly away
2011 , 13min . 17sec . director : ryo orikasa music ：kozue katsuragi sound：yurie tsutsum , kozue katsuragi producer : koji yamamura award : tomohiro nishimura（jury）prize : ask ? film festival
this is a really cool interview ! i really admire women in the film industry because women are not admired particularly in this field , and that saddens me . kuddos to you , liz meriwether !
for her 2012 reworking , philipsz has isolated only the viola and cello parts . recorded onto multiple channels , the piece is a note - by - note deconstruction of the original composition , replete with fraught silence . these charged absences call attention to the fact that other instruments—and the musicians who played them—are absent .
this short film from director gerald potterton ( heavy metal ) stars buster keaton in one of the last films of his long career . as
the railrodder
, keaton crosses canada from east to west on a railway track speeder . true to keaton ' s genre , the film is full of sight gags as our protagonist putt - putts his way to british columbia . not a word is spoken throughout , and keaton is as spry and ingenious at fetching laughs as he was in the old days of the silent slapsticks . for more background information about this film , visit the urltoken blog .
hollywood insiders have been speculating for years about when a chinese company would eventually buy up a hollywood studio , and last year wanda was rumored to be eyeing dreamworks animation , lionsgate , or even mgm . in 2012 wanda became the biggest theater group in the world after buying amc theaters , a major us chain .
the winter issue of filmmaker spotlights the upcoming awards season as well what ' s up and coming on the festival circuit . debuting and distributed at the 2016 sundance film festival , the winter issue highlights the year ' s most talked about films , what to expect at the sundance and berlin film festivals , and awards season predictions . the issue will also feature a special commemorative section on the 2015 gotham awards .
it ' s time for supper
2013 , 08min . 28sec . director : saki muramoto music : yasutake hirai sound design : nozomi nakatani producer : koji yamamura award : tomohiro nishimura（jury）prize : ask ? film festival
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the film is described as “a painfully honest teenage romance” about a german exchange student who begins an impulsive and ultimately destructive relationship with a shy british boy in her final weeks before returning to munich and her warring family .
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wang jianlin , the richest man in china , and by some measures the richest in asia , became the owner of the hollywood film studio legendary entertainment today ( jan . 12 ) , through his dalian wanda group .
apron strings is a movie starring laila rouass , scott wills , and jennifer ludlam . celebrity chef anita hasn ' t seen her family for twenty years . that is until her son michael decides to do some soul searching and track down his aunt .
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nominating committees committees are comprised of film critics , festival programmers and others not directly engaged in the production and distribution of films will review all submitted films that meet the criteria and determine the final nominees in the competitive categories .
omg liz meriwether yes i became really obsessed with the “fempire” of screenwriters after diablo cody won the oscar for juno and i think my secret motivation for studying film right now is that i want to be a part of it .
no strings attached is so palpably calculated that you know if the camera had pulled back a foot from the bed in which portman and kutcher were pretending to have sex , you ' d have seen their agents standing by beaming : proud parents , proud pimps .
while it ' s not without problems , no strings attached is a romantic comedy worth watching , and that ' s saying a lot . every member of the cast lights up the screen with humor and charm and there are a lot of genuinely funny moments .
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when he mentions the dying breaths of stop - motion , he ' s talking about famed stop - motion house will vinton studios , the claymation house responsible for the tv show the pj ' s , as well as the california raisins and other advertising hits . knight interned there , working as a young animator , and when the company had major financial problems , knight ' s father phil , founder of nike , became the majority shareholder and installed travis first as a board member , then as ceo and president . the knights rebranded the studio as laika in 2005 , and moved it away from advertising and into feature - film production . kubo is the first film travis knight personally directed , but he ' s been a hands - on animator on all three of its previous feature films — 2009 ' s coraline , 2012 ' s paranorman , and 2014 ' s the boxtrolls . ( that ' s him in the post - credits scene at the end of the boxtrolls , personally animating two characters from the film having a wink - wink meta conversation about being controlled by invisible hands . )
a terrific debut film from a knowledgeable and very talented filmmaker , with convincing and intriguing characters in a strongly dramatic narrative . it ' s photographed and edited with a fresh and highly visual style that makes the most of the excellent cast , creating strong enigma and conflict - along with humour - as the story progresses . the scenes with the young german actress dealing with emotional pressures are particularly strong and well handled . all the young cast turn in convincing portrayals and they , like the film itself , are always watchable , as are the wide range of locations and settings . i fully recommend a viewing of this film - get in early on what i feel sure is the beginning of a quality body of work from this original young director .
best screenplay – an outstanding screenplay for an independent fiction feature . the screenplay may be an original work or one adapted from previously published or existing work in any medium . the gotham award will be presented to the film’s credited writer ( s ) .
after a stingy man eats some cherry seeds , a cherry tree grows on his head and he gets into a lot of trouble . this animated film is a modern interpretation of the traditional japanese rakugo story
atama - yama
set in contemporary tokyo .
breakthrough series , short form – the awards honor an exceptionally realized new digital series of short form content that expands the possibilities of creative , independent storytelling in serialized content . the gotham award will be presented to the film’s credited creators and executive producers . .
this film depicts evolution from birth of life to whale in the sea with music and images by dedication to the american contemporary composer george klum ' s
vox balaenae ( 1971 )
. there are 4 part , proterozoic , paleozoic , mesozoic and cenozoic .
reese witherspoon had an accident shortly before filming started ; her bruises and cuts are real . instead of covering them with make - up or waiting until she healed more , jeff nichols decided to film her like that because it suited the character . see more »
study for strings is a contemporary interpretation of an eponymous 1943 orchestral work by pavel haas ( czech , 1899–1944 ) , who composed the score while imprisoned in the theresienstadt concentration camp in what is now the czech republic . the nazis filmed a performance of the completed work at the camp as part of the 1944 propaganda film teresiendstadt . almost immediately after filming was completed , haas and many members of the prisoners ' orchestra were killed . the conductor , karel ančerl ( czech , 1908–1973 ) , survived the holocaust , and after the war he reconstructed the composition .
screening availability by the nominating committee . • the film must be submitted by password protected viewing link ( direct link or third party “screening room” ) or on dvd by the deadline or made available for screening by nominating committee . ( not applicable to the gotham audience award )
this movie , is one of those , you must not miss , if you appreciate wonderful pictures and a beautiful atmosphere . the scenes and environment was what hooked me . one glance at the backgrounds and the detail level is enough to make you beg for more . the story is okay , it is not fantastic , but i think it ' s well told . the concept of this movie is fully thought through bit for bit , it is revealing the ground rules for a world , where everyone is bound by strings , like a little world inside a box , but still it ' s a whole new gigantic world like on another planet . the sound and sound score is perfect , it gives this film , the last bit of atmosphere . it has already become one of my favourites , and there is no film like this one out there .
given the size and the significance of the legendary deal—described as the purchase of a controlling stake for $ 3 . 5 billion—and the close ties between wanda and china’s political elite ( paywall ) , some are already concerned that wanda’s buyout could come with strings attached ( paywall ) for a major hollywood production company .
admittedly , wang has told the media in the past that us film studios will have to produce films that chinese censors can accept , if they wish to profit from china’s fast - growing movie market . but that remains true whether they’re owned by a chinese billionaire or not .
santa barbara has a long history of filmmaking . so much so that california’s first movie studio was built in santa barbara in 1910 . that’s right ! the “flying a studios” of the american film company / ace manufacturing company was california’s first movie studio , and called santa barbara home .
this funny charming film serves as a love letter to canada ' s past railroad industry and the lure of the canadian landscape for visitors from abroad . the train was such an elegant , comfortable , and accessible method of transportation and a way to see the beauty of the country ' s landscape . it ' s unfortunate that this form of travel has become virtually non - existent in canada , save for the rocky mountaineer that ' s exorbitant rates are beyond what most can afford ! the ending of this film makes me laugh out loud every time i watch it .
barack obama and mitt romney have crafted their campaign narratives , telling you who they are , what they’ve done , and how they would lead america . but there’s more to their stories . the choice 2012 journeys to the places , people and decisive moments that made the men who are competing for the presidency . hundreds of hours of research and dozens of original interviews reveal new details and fresh insights about the two candidates — and our choice this november .
best documentary – an exceptionally realized non - fiction film that deals creatively with cultural , artistic , historical , social , scientific , economic or other subject matter . the objective is to recognize the significant artistic and / or social impact of the director’s vision it may be photographed in actual occurrence , or may employ partial re - enactment , stock footage , stills , animation , stop - motion or other techniques , as long as the emphasis is on fact and not fiction . the gotham award will be presented to the film’s credited director ( s ) and producer ( s ) .
bring me up
2010 , 6min . 40sec . director : miki tanaka > site music & sound design : minori nagashima sound effects : miho miura producer : koji yamamura awards : student competition : special mention awardanimfest zagreb 2010 the best of art on wall prize : new media film festival
referencing fucking åmål ( 1998 ) , red road ( 2006 ) , somersault ( 2004 ) , breaking the waves ( 1996 ) , better things ( 2008 ) and le rayon vert ( 1986 ) , savage’s list of influences betrays a savvy european cinephilia , while strings exhibits a strong understanding of how to use cinematic style to emotional effect .