Nosferatu
to start off calmly HOLY SHIT ROB EGGERS! I've been waiting for this movie all god damn year and you mother fucker. I logged in on my computer so I can type out this shit. Sorry for the length. You know what no I'm not.
I love Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Francis Ford Coppola has a love and respect for the genre that made that film so fun to watch. This being said, Nosferatu corrects every wrong that movie made. For starter, Nicholas Hoult put Keanu Reeves to shame. Maybe it's not fair to pin the two movies against each other, but I'm doing so. The look of Coppola's Dracula was by far the most compelling part of the film. It touched on the gothic horror, and dark whismy that vampire folklore possesses. The performances, so sorry Winona, is where his film struggles. Nosferatu, however, finally gives us the combination the genre desperately needed.
If you have made it this far and are like "wow she's kind of weird about vampire movies." Yes I am. Let's continue.
Coppola makes a major mistake when it comes to the accuracy and seriousness of his retelling. It is a mistake I would make if I were directing a vampire retelling myself. I would make the vampire hot. Coppola gives us two versions of Dracula. One that Reeves (Jonathan Harker) meets and another that Winona encounters which is just Gary Oldman. I mention this because Eggers gives us, the audience, the terrifying yet sensual look of classic vampires.
Because you know what you should be weirdly attracted to Count Orlok. There's a reason that the genre has made such a shift in recent times. Vampires are supposed to be erotic but not sexy. This plays on Victorian fears surrounding sexuality that that much resemble the puritan ideals in America much earlier. The whole point is the unexplainable sensuality of the Nosferatu.
okay I've been ranting for too long. Loved the movie. It was great.
Go look at my vampire movies list, or maybe my creature features. I also have a vampires playlist on Spotify if you want to check that out. I feel like I just wrote a thesis.
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