《Descendants of the House of Usher》

Japanese: 《アッシャー家の末裔》 - あっしゃーけのまつえい
《Descendants of the House of Usher》

…Influenced by Louis Deluc (1890-1924), he published works such as “The Movie” (1921) and “Film Theory on Mount Etna” (1926), which developed the theory of “photogénie.” He was also active as an avant-garde director, and his most famous work is “The House of Usher” (1928), a fantastical visual depiction of Edgar Allan Poe's horror novel. He was captured by the German Gestapo during World War II, but narrowly escaped exile, and after the war he taught at the Institut Supérieure de la Cinema in Paris. …

*Some of the terminology referenced in "The Descendants of the House of Usher" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ルイ・デリュック(1890‐1924)の影響を受けて,〈フォトジェニー〉理論を展開した《映画よ今日は》(1921),《エトナ山上の映画論》(1926)などを発表する。アバンギャルドの監督としても活躍し,エドガー・アラン・ポーの怪奇小説を幻想的な映像表現で描いた《アッシャー家の末裔》(1928)が代表作。第2次世界大戦中ドイツのゲシュタポに捕らえられたが危うく追放を逃れ,戦後はパリの映画高等研究所の教壇にも立った。…

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