{"id":1118,"date":"2009-07-15T06:57:20","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T05:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2009-07-15T03:48:17","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T02:48:17","slug":"silent-film-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/silent-film-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Film – The Fall of the House of Usher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best tips for things you have to see in a foreign city are always given at 2 AM in the morning in another far away city, this one came from @emmapersky<\/a> and @emp<\/a> one rainy night in London, that there is a film theater in San Francisco that plays silent movies<\/a> with live background music.<\/p>\n

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I totally forgot about this until I noticed posters for The San Francisco Silent Film festival<\/a> across the city, with a bit of good luck I then managed to go and see a show – The Fall of the House of Usher<\/a>, directed by Jean Epstein<\/a> and based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe.<\/p>\n

I don’t know much about surrealism and the movies of the time, but I truly enjoyed the whole experience around the movie. Castro Theater<\/a> is a beautiful old theater that makes the whole experience very authentic. In addition to that, lots of people in the audience dressed-up in the clothes from the era making it even more magical.<\/p>\n

The film was accompanied by by a pianist, who made such a good effort that it felt like it was a really well produced soundtrack that was part of the movie. Additional narration and translation of subtitles into English (they were in French) made it also very unique.<\/p>\n

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I still haven’t found the original Silent theater location, but this was close enough. Go see a silent movie next time a festival is in town, it’s magical<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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