Nosferatu

max schreck as nosferatu was genuinely super disturbing i can't belive he was a real guy and not a long fingered eldritch creature. this film was CRAZY. It left me with so many questions I will treat you to my search history: - how did filming silent movies work? (Film was cranked by hand) - max schreck (to see if he was real) - when was the cinema invented (1896) - is the music in nosferatu i hear the same as the original (no the original score was lost in the copyright battle with bram stoker's widow?!?!?! ikr) - what did contemporary audiences think of nosferatu (they absolutely shat their pants) - what was the budget for nosferatu (apparently quite cheap) - was nosferatu distributed internationally (smuggled copies made it into UK USA and France) - when did charles dickens die (i thought he might have like to see nosferatu but it turns out he died in 1870 rip you legend) - when was the streseman era (idk i just thought weimar germany? turns out nosferatu was not made in the streseman era) - how many frames per second were silent movies (around 16 and then sped up) - did they play music in theatres for silent movies (yes they usually had scores but sometimes the pianists were just freestyling) safe to say this really piqued my curiosity. but I also had to watch over the course of three nights (2024 nosferatu reference ;) because silent films send me to sleep i just cant help it my eyelids go heavy. I really really loved the ridiculous melodramatic acting made me giggle. it was also so artistic with the use of shadows and scenic backgrounds. id say this is less of a film and more a piece of historical art so I really don't know how to rate it. enjoyment wise i did keep napping BUT this may be the coolest most revolutionary thing I have watched. it's nosferatu for gods sake. I think I have to give a 5 for historical and artistic and personal interest and terrifying and whimsical