This was an interesting flick.
Max Schreck, the actor that played Count Orlok in the 1922 silent horror classic Nosferatu, was a method actor that would never be seen during filming without full make-up. He embodied his character day and night, even sleeping in a coffin to maintain his commitment to his character. He was so committed and mysterious, in fact, that rumors began to circulate that the director, Murnau, had actually hired a real vampire, not an actor.
Shadow of the Vampire, released in 2000, is a fictionalization of the filming of Nosferatu that indulges in the fantasy that Schreck, uncannily portrayed by Willem Defoe, was indeed a vampire. Murnau is played by John Malkovich, who gives the director an air of obsession for filmmaking, though this doesn't seem to pay off in the creative but disappointing climax.
The film shines most if you have seen Nosferatu, and is difficult to appreciate unless you have. The way Defoe embodies Orlok is frightening, almost as if Schrek rose from the grave to film the movie.
You owe it to yourself to see this if you enjoy filmmaking, classical vampire flicks, or just a good character performance.
Shadow of the Vampire
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Nov 3, 2009 3:31 AM #509203
Nov 3, 2009 7:04 AM #509249
downloading both now
Nov 3, 2009 8:05 AM #509258
back when vampires weren't totally gay, amirite.
Nov 3, 2009 1:04 PM #509293
2-D speaks the truth. I can't bring myself to enjoy any vampire movies where the vampires aren't either classical, like Dracula, or feral, like the book I Am Legend or 30 Days of Night.
Nov 3, 2009 10:22 PM #509456
Quote from AshThis was an interesting flick.
Max Schreck, the actor that played Count Orlok in the 1922 silent horror classic Nosferatu, was a method actor that would never be seen during filming without full make-up. He embodied his character day and night, even sleeping in a coffin to maintain his commitment to his character. He was so committed and mysterious, in fact, that rumors began to circulate that the director, Murnau, had actually hired a real vampire, not an actor.
Shadow of the Vampire, released in 2000, is a fictionalization of the filming of Nosferatu that indulges in the fantasy that Schreck, uncannily portrayed by Willem Defoe, was indeed a vampire. Murnau is played by John Malkovich, who gives the director an air of obsession for filmmaking, though this doesn't seem to pay off in the creative but disappointing climax.
The film shines most if you have seen Nosferatu, and is difficult to appreciate unless you have. The way Defoe embodies Orlok is frightening, almost as if Schrek rose from the grave to film the movie.
You owe it to yourself to see this if you enjoy filmmaking, classical vampire flicks, or just a good character performance.
not much of those lately. i blame misleading trailers.
but im sure i'll add those to my playlist. OFF TO FROSTWIRE
Nov 4, 2009 12:41 AM #509500
Frostwire? Dammit, man, move to the big boys: use bittorrent/thepiratebay.
Nov 4, 2009 12:42 AM #509501
Quote from AshFrostwire? Dammit, man, move to the big boys: use bittorrent/thepiratebay.
send me a step by step guide how it works and how to use it, also show how it won't **** up my computer... then i'll go to the big boys.
Nov 4, 2009 12:59 AM #509515
learn to use google, then you'll be able to go to the big boys
Nov 4, 2009 2:00 AM #509564
or that////////
Edit: Wtf it keeps opening with frostwire. wtf is Miro for then o.O
Edit: Wtf it keeps opening with frostwire. wtf is Miro for then o.O
Nov 4, 2009 2:52 AM #509654
Quote from soullesssend me a step by step guide how it works and how to use it, also show how it won't **** up my computer... then i'll go to the big boys.
Its pretty easy dude...
Nov 4, 2009 3:24 AM #509671
Quote from soullesssend me a step by step guide how it works and how to use it, also show how it won't **** up my computer... then i'll go to the big boys.
lol he uses frostwire but is worried about torrents ****ing up his computer
Nov 4, 2009 7:24 AM #509745
Quote from Gavellol he uses frostwire but is worried about torrents ****ing up his computer
oh god that gir avatar is just the icing on the ****ing rage cake.
Nov 4, 2009 7:47 AM #509755
Quote from Ashbittorrent/thepiratebay.
More like utorrent and torrentleech.
Nov 4, 2009 1:36 PM #509803
Microtorrent's pretty good, too, but I'm just so used to bittorrent because it's all I have on my school computers. I also liked Azures.