Verna Recites "The City in the Sea" | The Fall of the House of Usher

Verna Recites "The City in the Sea" | The Fall of the House of Usher | Netflix

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7 ай бұрын

Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The City and the Sea” sounds even more eerie when Carla Gugino's Verna is reciting it.
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@Snomo 7 ай бұрын

The amount of money I'd pay just to have Carla Gugino recite all of Poe's poems with this amount of sincerity and passion-

@MelonHei 6 ай бұрын

fr tho her voice is so 🥹

@morrislary4576 6 ай бұрын

Her, Carl Lumbly and Bruce Greenwood. They should just put out a set of recordings of nothing but them reading the poems.

@zacsby5256 6 ай бұрын

The way she gradually transitioned from a normal tone to a whisper on that "the hours are breathing faint and low" bit...the emphasis she put on breathing. Absolutely brilliant.

@Snomo 6 ай бұрын

@@zacsby5256 And my favourite part, at 1:07 with "resignedly beneath the sky, the melancholy waters lie... but lo-", the change in her facial expression and hushed voice is INCREDIBLE. She makes the poem so intense and heartfelt. So so good. 💙

@moonstruck336 5 ай бұрын

standing at your side reciting it almost next to your ear, you feel her close, you hear her almost whispering the lines and as your emotion overtakes you and you turn to see - you realize suddenly with a slight scare, standing in the room there's no one there

@mst3KGf 6 ай бұрын

"Came to me when you adorable little things started building cities." Love that line because it underlines just how old and powerful Verna is. This is not something the Ushers can "fix" like they always have. This is an ancient, otherworldly entity that has determined they will all die and there is no stopping her. (It's frankly amusing how earlier in this scene and then in the next episode, she lets both Madeline and Pym "kill" her and then pops back up laughing and commending them on their job. It's all fun and games to her.)

@luiousy7329 6 ай бұрын

She is a demonlord lol

@luxitos2867 6 ай бұрын

Very Lovecraft. Nyarlathotep.

@quannguyenle9775 6 ай бұрын

@@luiousy7329 more like an old gods, surely predate chritian

@MrNuclearturtle 6 ай бұрын

The idea that Arthur Pym is the only who probably has more of an inkkling of where she comes from is a testement to that fact. Roderick mentioned on Pyms exbidition, he encountered a hollow hole far up north, inside an ancient city, more than likely where verna comes from or is the very least a manifestation of what a human could comprehend it looking like, since Lovecraftian stories make it a point that a primitive human mind can only visually construct what is in front of them, is only what their minds can make sense of

@the_grand_inquisitor2511 6 ай бұрын

@@quannguyenle9775lol they were reciting lyrics from the doja cat song paint the town red😂 when she says “I’m a demon lord”😂

@three11phil 7 ай бұрын

she was amazing in this. The scene with her and Lenore is touching yet heartbreaking at the same time

@kyleoliver637 6 ай бұрын

That scene really was impactful. The only good Usher alive, and she had to succumb to that agreement inadvertently too.

@VioletDisregard23 6 ай бұрын

That scene made cry.

@toukomiraart815 4 ай бұрын

Petition to get Carla Gugino audiobook of Poe’s complete works! 😭

@gingerayyle 6 ай бұрын

Carla Gugino's delivery is impossibly beautiful-her eyes gaze with a mournful sadness in awe of what she's witnessed in her ancient years, each word, a heavy hammer to nails on a cosmic coffin

@WoodsyLadyM 7 ай бұрын

Love this. Carla Gugino does a lovely job of reciting Poe. Please post her reciting "The Spirits of the Dead," the poem in the last scene of the series. Thanks.

@dannydark1452 7 ай бұрын

She deserves an award

@WoodsyLadyM 7 ай бұрын

@@dannydark1452At the least, Carla needs to get an Emmy nomination for this role. She was fantastic.

@dannydark1452 7 ай бұрын

@@WoodsyLadyM Emmy, Saag, people's choice, poissbly golden globes. I didn't cry when my little brother died in June but this scene made me cry. I'm fairly 99% certain she will get an award

@dannydark1452 7 ай бұрын

@@WoodsyLadyM right though she was captivating

@WoodsyLadyM 7 ай бұрын

@@dannydark1452 So sorry for your loss. Poetry can be cathartic.

@dannydark1452 7 ай бұрын

Ive already binged watched this show 2 times in a row in 4 days... Its BEAUTIFUL POETRY LITERALLY! Absolutely loved it.

@luxitos2867 6 ай бұрын

This feels very Lovecraftian. Both the poem and Verna. "She" is an unknownable eldritch being. Almost like Nyarlathotep with the way he uses so many different forms and likes to play with humanity. (Also, all the Egyptian iconography and references underscores this)

@bradmarshall892 6 ай бұрын

H.P. Lovecraft is basically Edgar Allen Poe's brother from another mother. Today, we would label him a superfan. Lovecraft consumed himself in Poe's literary cannon and added his own esotericly entertaining twist to gothic lore.

@jimnoelzarate5765 7 ай бұрын

I love how the show makes EAP's poem more mournful and haunting.

@soleilfray6397 7 ай бұрын

Mesmerizing. I kept rewinding because I loved the sound of her voice reading it.

@francescafrancesca3554 6 ай бұрын

IKR!!??

@ksay6950 6 ай бұрын

This is probably my favorite scene - Verna's and Madeline's conversation. Loved the dialogue and the acting.

@NgocTran-nf5hr 7 ай бұрын

“Poem is a safe place for the truth”👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️

@rthamant 5 ай бұрын

Notice how Mads leans back when Verna makes the line "Came to me when you adorable little things started building cities." That level of detail in acting is amazing. It's the exact response of someone going, "Oh ****, you're -really- not human." if that someone was psychopathic.

@eliza1498 4 ай бұрын

i feel like, even when they first made the deal with her in 1980, madeline and roderick never truly grasped or appreciated verna's existence as an immortal who has witnessed, and likely even enabled, the rise and fall of entire civilizations. madeline doubly so is guilty of this, shown when she tries to condescend and bully verna into new terms like she's just another board member. that little moment of fear from her as she realized exactly who she was sitting across from was so satisfying.

@dan_38 4 ай бұрын

@@eliza1498 they were just getting over the high of burying a man alive and trying to pay off as innocent. They weren't thinking clearly enough to notice the subtle things, like Verna's comments or the actions going on around them.

@99bottlesofwine 6 ай бұрын

I'd love to commend Mike Flanagan for knowing where and how to cut the poem though!!! It still sounds so complete and haunting.

@Mightyblackcats 2 ай бұрын

its criminal that Carla didnt get an awards for this performance

@nataliasofia6724 2 ай бұрын

Carla Gugino just makes me cry. What a stunning stunning artist.

@LilSplicerLeah 2 ай бұрын

I’ve never been a big poetry fan but I’ve always loved Poe & this was the first poem that fascinated me. It’s always stayed with me. Thought it was because I read it when I was going through the typical angsty teen stage period. 20 years later hearing Carla recite it the first time. I wasn’t aware I had tears running down my face. Until my SiL asked me if I was okay. Her voice was so hauntingly beautiful. It was when I first read it but hearing it. Just made it 100x more impactful. Same with Bruce Greenwood reciting Annabelle Lee.

@dreamkeeper6464 7 ай бұрын

Her voice ❤ and in Bly Manor as she narrated was magnificent.

@YourRandomGuy 7 ай бұрын

The way she says it makes it sound better. 🤌

@kyleoliver637 6 ай бұрын

Her voice is just so alluring her character is both flirty and full of mysticism and also a good amount of bad bitch all in one.

@bashagreis5018 6 ай бұрын

Carla is just great. I liked the series but Carla, her interpretation of the Raven (and her voice) made it magnificent.

@lottiilotta2971 9 күн бұрын

This reaches my heart so deeply and get me goose flesh every single time😢

@myklorenzo87 7 ай бұрын

I actually return to this scene several times so it's good to see someone finally uploaded it

@arontamas5639 6 ай бұрын

The way she delivers her lines should be taught in Acting schools!

@troygardner6559 7 ай бұрын

It’s haunting!! It reflects the current situation in the world 🌍!!

@user-gi8pk9uc7q 7 ай бұрын

I love EAP, anyway, but Carla recites this poem so well!

@patsyplasticanapollyanna6142 7 ай бұрын

So beautiful it gives me Chills!

@ecogoths6668 3 ай бұрын

the cops arriving as verna says “a stir is in the air” makes it seem like she could feel what kind of chain lenore has just started, as she told her in the end, she changed the world the minute she broke through that door and saved her mother. that the world would heal after the ushers faded away

@deborahkbowen 6 ай бұрын

You speak these powerful words with such beauty that they make my soul soar 🖤

@katjamariaherrmann 6 ай бұрын

Oh, how I love Verna! She's perfect. This scene makes my heart melt. ❤

@Kyzen_001 6 ай бұрын

I've re-watched this one scene a dozen times just to hear this poem. I get chills every time!

@moonstruck336 5 ай бұрын

chills ! just perfect ! I love Carla !

@chemtrayliaindafukkinskya Ай бұрын

What a time to be alive... masterpieces combined

@nonsense7129 5 ай бұрын

She gives me major Gaunter O’ Dimm vibes

@JohnCallahan360 5 ай бұрын

Without question Bruce Greenwoods AWARD winning performance of his entire career! And all the metaphors OMG, genius writing and performances all around.

@janasoskova007 6 ай бұрын

Why can't I give more likes here??? Perfection! She recites so so so well

@joshdegroot3910 2 ай бұрын

I was on holiday in Spain and got COVID, so I spent it watching House of Usher. BEST HOLIDAY EVER!!!!!!!!

@gdm415 5 ай бұрын

Wow!! Very chilling. Great reading

@totallynameless8861 7 ай бұрын

I wonder what she means by this in this context. That even Hell respects death, and that therefore the deal between them could not, would not, be altered?

@bradmarshall892 6 ай бұрын

One way to look at it is to think of the town as The House of Usher. The injection of this poem in the narrative is textbook foreshadowing. The city in the sea sinks to the bottom of the lurid ocean in the poem. Roderick Usher's house sinks into the ground.

@totallynameless8861 6 ай бұрын

@@bradmarshall892 I got that part, but why is she quoting it in response to Madeline's request for renegotiation?

@bradmarshall892 6 ай бұрын

@@totallynameless8861 It could be that Death is reasserting that the deal cannot be unbound or changed. The town in the poem suffers similar innevitability. I think she is basically saying that it's out of her hands to acquiese Madeline.

@totallynameless8861 6 ай бұрын

@@bradmarshall892 I agree.

@Leo_07_07 20 күн бұрын

It's just a series. Live in reality

@trishaleighartinsoul 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant and beautiful.

@theblaseblonde5799 5 ай бұрын

This is magical

@brendanbotha4618 Ай бұрын

Stunning

@LokeshThakur Ай бұрын

Verna's character bears a resemblance to Tyche, the Greek goddess of fate, who was believed to wield the power to shape the destiny of individuals and even entire cities. This parallels Edgar Allan Poe's "City in the Sea," where Death reigns over a city, a poem Verna recites to Madeline, hinting at her perceived authority over the fate of cities. The raven perched atop the statue's head, adorned with a masquerade mask in the final episode, serves as a modern interpretation of Tyche's statue head with blindfolds, symbolizing the arbitrariness of fate based on individuals' actions. For instance, when Verna confronts Frederick Usher, she implies that his fate was influenced by his own choices, opting for a creative and painful demise via demolition, instead of a sudden heart attack. Another interesting point to note was the raven, who was probably not Verna at all. According to Euripides, a well known Greek playwright, Tyche's decisions were influenced by Apollo, the Greek God of Prophecy, who happens to have a raven for a messenger. While there are notable differences between Verna's character and the mythology of Tyche, it's intriguing to draw connections and speculate on their significance.

@Cleric0Youth 6 ай бұрын

Her delivery is the best delivery I’ve found but I dislike that she doesn’t do the entire poem

@lilachodan4941 7 ай бұрын

Love this

@lilachodan4941 7 ай бұрын

1:42 this face! 😯😳

@CreativeUsernameEh 19 күн бұрын

Listening to this outside, a few feet from a very unafraid Raven

@sinduraman5136 6 ай бұрын

She recites poetry like Dame Judy Dench recites Shakespeare 😮

@frauleinloonylove7273 4 ай бұрын

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, but Verna needs her own spinoff series.

@chiefchale7710 3 ай бұрын

this scene was very DARK, i have watched it like 100+ times, her expression is haunting

@Aggient 5 ай бұрын

This poem reminds me of Rapture from BioShock.

@katjamariaherrmann 5 ай бұрын

I love like she takes away the child's life. It's part of the deal, but she does it in a lovely way.

@sabrinafojo2490 6 ай бұрын

I saw this scene and was happy. I recited it with her... People do not understand Lady Raven Corvid Crow

@WTFENIGMA 7 ай бұрын

What did the poem mean

@iDeist 7 ай бұрын

But lo, a stir is in the air! 🎃

@iDeist 7 ай бұрын

a wave... there is a movement there.

@iDeist 7 ай бұрын

The waves have now a redder glow.

@iDeist 6 ай бұрын

The hours are breathing faint and low

@iDeist 6 ай бұрын

And when, amid no earthly moans

@iDeist 6 ай бұрын

Down, down that town shall settle hence

@coolbluesman 5 ай бұрын

I thought this was gonna turn into a Thriller video. May I echo Laura Roslin: Where's the clarity, man?!?! hah?

@phatman9762 Ай бұрын

This woman was in a movie with Pauly Shore....

@Kyzen_001 4 ай бұрын

I just realized that if you pay close attention, there’s no humanity in her eyes as she recites the poem. I think this is because she’s never been human, and she is incredibly ancient.

@angelagomes4077 4 ай бұрын

I feel like Vincent Price would be terrified

@shakeyfly 4 ай бұрын

When do we hear the name Verna. I watched the series but at no time did I know her name was Verna?!?

@eliza1498 4 ай бұрын

(spoilers) she introduces herself as verna when she first meets madeline and roderick usher on new years eve, i think.

@sugabud 7 ай бұрын

Can someone explain the meaning to me? I wanted the clarity to kick in for me but I don’t have any brain cells :(

@user-tk1ef2pt8t 7 ай бұрын

It’s a poem about a city drowning in the sea

@sugabud 7 ай бұрын

@@user-tk1ef2pt8t thank you…I meant the deeper meaning, the relevance to the storyline, why it was for Madeline etc

@DXPhyll 7 ай бұрын

@sugabud it's about the city that they built, so proud they were and the marvels of it...the arrogance of building it where it ultimately was going to fall and disappear only to be forgotten

@dashx1103 7 ай бұрын

It is a poem about Aquaman.

@wormer104 7 ай бұрын

The Ushers are the Death in the poem with Verna being the hell doing them reverence.

@villanellest 5 ай бұрын

I respect the dubbing artists, but I would never watch this structure, which is integrated with Carla Gugino's voice, dubbed.

@brunosalezze 13 күн бұрын

Clarity

@jeroendesterke9739 2 ай бұрын

That is less than half of the original poem.

@Joseph-nx5gv 6 ай бұрын

The prettiest people do the ugliest things, on the road to riches and diamond rings.

@marinzivkovic4662 6 ай бұрын

I wonder why she didn’t made Morella go outside the same way she did with waiters

@katherineheasley6196 6 ай бұрын

She gave her the choice. The waiters had no attachment to the party other than being employed for it, so when she whispered to them, they left immediately. Verna gave Morella the same whisper, but Morella chose to stay because she'd wanted to come to the party. For all we know, Verna whispered to everyone except Prospero, but only the waitstaff and security employees left.

@marinzivkovic4662 6 ай бұрын

@@katherineheasley6196 yeah but I’m wondering why only them left. Would you go out if some random woman at the party whispered to you “get out”

@katherineheasley6196 6 ай бұрын

@@marinzivkovic4662 she's an eldritch being from before humans even existed. I'm assuming she's got some kind of power of persuasion. Choice seems very important to her, so perhaps what she did was to give everyone the choice to stay or leave, and only the ones with no attachment to the party other than money took the opportunity.

@eliza1498 4 ай бұрын

@@marinzivkovic4662they mention in one of the scenes following the party that the survivors don't recall exactly what was said or who said it, only that she said something that compelled them to walk away. i can only imagine it felt, to them, like some sort of baser instinct calling for them to leave. after that, whether they obeyed it or not was up to them.

@PolarBear0110 25 күн бұрын

You see, this is why you don't do deals with deities. Deities have the ability to see things from several different positions and perspectives we can not. If I had to do a deal with her, I would ask to be her apprentice. To learn what she is and what her motivations are. Learn her methods and be given the ability to replicate her powers and abilities.