Nosferatu

about Eggers works: i was not particularly moved by the northman the witch which i had so much hyped for, left me with disappointment. maybe it is something rare in the american cinema landscape but as someone who watches a fair share of european films, it wasn’t something out of the ordinary. it was good but nothing more. the lighthouse was a masterpiece. about Nosferatu: the tavern scene. oh the lightning and sound design were excellent. the door creaking. the flames crippling. the wind howling. the people murmuring. oh and the lights. we can never truly see the lampshades in details because of the iridescent orange flames, how strongly they glow. hell is here. the way the frame almost becomes 3:4 when hutter enters the carriage, as if entering a cage, making himself a prisoner. it is certainly with purposes but the editing was really interesting. during hutter’s journey it felt as if they were continuity errors, which accentuates the characters feeling of being utterly lost. incredible work on the technical side. scénographe, costumes, everything. not usually a fan when the movie takes too much time to reveal the monster’s appearance because it always ends up being a tiny bit disappointing. but my god. it is worth the wait. specially when the first time we see him it is in his truest form. without any artifice. we face him. lily-rose you shall never be referred as a nepo baby ever again. she was good in the king but never really had any good material to work with in her previous works. but my god does she shine in this. a new ant queen has been chosen. was familiar with bill’s and nicholas works since hemlock grove and skins respectively so no surprises there. just excellent. my tall kings gothic horror is erotic. by far the steamiest movie of the year (no one speak to me about no babygirl) nosferatu totally naked sucking hutter’s blood while in cowgirl elle ‘s moan-like-weeps, i mean weep-like-moans “use me” “the taste of you” it is no coppola’s dracula but it is good. one thing that did bother me is how knock’s actor is calculating his movements during the spell scene so he does not show full frontal. it took me off. i know it’s american cinema for a large audience but still. “nosferatu is manipulating them, there is no consent” ok but we are not the same, i’m reading it as women resisting and finally succumbing to their own desires and freeing themselves by no longer conforming to society’s norms. at last they’re their true selves. “i met thomas and became normal” “your true nature” “why must you be such a contrarian?” meaning why can’t you be like the rest of us? why can’t you comply? “know your place” “you will learn how to conduct yourself” the hysteria diagnosis ellen being seen as impure because used oh do i love that nosferatu do not say “you are denying yourself to me” but “you are denying yourself” “is she yours? - she knows no master nor mistress” and in the end, when ellen dies, next to her corpse the cat is there. free. finally the material is respected. really enjoyed the scenes with the harding couple. it brings so much more depth to the message. when we first encounter the husband he presents himself like a beast, an animal that cannot resists his wife and keeps on knocking her up. his wife, blond, all in light colours, a devot. denying her husband displays of affection in public. and at the end, we see him, without the hold of any demon but himself, not being able resists and profaning her tomb to consume her body once more. anyway, *bravo.* * * and please everyone go watch the tv shows penny dreadful and the terror.