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Nosferatu with Matthew Film Guy Weiss (Season 8, Episode 5)
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This film is over 100 years old and it is still wildly creative, spooky, terror inducing and arresting. It is beautiful, expressionistic and chilling. Iconic and ground breaking with the power to creep out. There is so much established ...See moreThis film is over 100 years old and it is still wildly creative, spooky, terror inducing and arresting. It is beautiful, expressionistic and chilling. Iconic and ground breaking with the power to creep out. There is so much established here that today we take for granted, and it remains thematically bold, especially in its reminder that life and death are not opposites but part of the same whole of existence - a whole which could plausibly include vampires, but which certainly includes human beings. As characters, the difference between Dracula and Nosferatu are striking. Count Orlok (Max Schreck) is a grotesque monster though which Dracula is aristocratic and regal. The difference is notable and immediate to see. Although perhaps Orlok's self isolation can be relatable in these days. We at Movie Night Extravaganza are fans of German Expressionism. The dream like quality, the surrealistic design, the symbolic nature of it all. Murnau's Nosferatu lends itself so well to those qualities. With some of the greatest shots in early horror that stick with you as images from the dark subconscious long afterwards. The claws moving over the shadows. Those hands. The shadow on the wall. What was done with visuals here influenced everything after it. It is fascinating to see the seeds of so many things it influenced and with large spiritual themes and connections to the natural world. Nature preys on other things to live. It is notable how different the black and white public domain of this is vs. the restored tinted version. We get a little bit into that in the show too. In any case, this film is a legend, and that's without knowing the story about director F.W Murnau's MISSING SKULL. See less
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Forrest Miller
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Forrest Miller (producer)
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Updated Oct 2, 2024
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Oct 2, 2024 (United States)

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