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Nosferatu
2 DVDS/APPROX. 90 MINS/1922/GERMANY PG
2 DVDS/APPROX. 90 MINS/1922/GERMANY PG
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Nosferatu is a product of the German expressionist movement, it was filmed in 1922 by director F.W.Murnau and starred Max Scherck as Count
Orlock. Nosferatu is an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula but because of legal rights certain names had to be changed. It is finally good to see
a nice edition of this film as it is a film that is in the public domain and has seen a lot of crappy releases. The Madman directors suite 2 disc edition
is a must have for any fan of the film, it’s loaded with extras such as a commentary, image gallery, featurette and an essay on the film.
The plot is as follows: a real-estate clerk (Thomas Hutter) is sent to finalise the sale of a house that is opposite the house of Count Orlok’s. He
meets Count Orlok when he is made to walk across the bridge to the castle as his tried driver refuses to take him. Count Orlok picks him up and
takes him to his house where they sit down to eat, Count Orlok refuses to eat anything and is excited by the site of blood from Hutter’s thumb as
he cut it accidentally. Here the film descends into Hutter discovering the true nature of Count Orlok. From bites, to coffins, the all too familiar
vampire associations are here, but don’t let that hold you against it. The film is magnificent.
The film is pretty consistent with the novel and only a few changes were made, names, locations, and Orlok’s victims die and do not turn into
vampires. If you haven’t seen this film, you might wonder why should I bother? The realism and expressionism of the locations, the film was shot
on location around parts of Eastern Europe, the film is just visually amazing and really is a true piece of art. The film is disturbing, beautiful and
really enjoyable.
The main thing about this film is that with all the vampire films that have been made with bigger budgets, better technology, this film still stands on
its own. It is a must have in any collection of horror movie fans. And now us Australian and New Zealand Nosferatu fans have been given an
excellent release of a movie that has suffered through crappy VHS copies with added comical sound effects, poorly released DVDs, but now it is has
been restored and the score re-recorded so we can experience the film the way it was meant to be.
Orlock. Nosferatu is an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula but because of legal rights certain names had to be changed. It is finally good to see
a nice edition of this film as it is a film that is in the public domain and has seen a lot of crappy releases. The Madman directors suite 2 disc edition
is a must have for any fan of the film, it’s loaded with extras such as a commentary, image gallery, featurette and an essay on the film.
The plot is as follows: a real-estate clerk (Thomas Hutter) is sent to finalise the sale of a house that is opposite the house of Count Orlok’s. He
meets Count Orlok when he is made to walk across the bridge to the castle as his tried driver refuses to take him. Count Orlok picks him up and
takes him to his house where they sit down to eat, Count Orlok refuses to eat anything and is excited by the site of blood from Hutter’s thumb as
he cut it accidentally. Here the film descends into Hutter discovering the true nature of Count Orlok. From bites, to coffins, the all too familiar
vampire associations are here, but don’t let that hold you against it. The film is magnificent.
The film is pretty consistent with the novel and only a few changes were made, names, locations, and Orlok’s victims die and do not turn into
vampires. If you haven’t seen this film, you might wonder why should I bother? The realism and expressionism of the locations, the film was shot
on location around parts of Eastern Europe, the film is just visually amazing and really is a true piece of art. The film is disturbing, beautiful and
really enjoyable.
The main thing about this film is that with all the vampire films that have been made with bigger budgets, better technology, this film still stands on
its own. It is a must have in any collection of horror movie fans. And now us Australian and New Zealand Nosferatu fans have been given an
excellent release of a movie that has suffered through crappy VHS copies with added comical sound effects, poorly released DVDs, but now it is has
been restored and the score re-recorded so we can experience the film the way it was meant to be.
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