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"I don t drink...wine."- The Dracula Thread

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  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I'm really looking forward to this movie.

    There's an irony to 'Nosferatu'. Murnau 'created' the character of Orlok and the events of his film because the Stoker widow wouldn't allow him to adapt her husband's book. Now, both the Murnau and Herzog films are generally ranked among the best, if not the best, of the Dracula adaptations, loose and faithful. I have hopes that Eggers' will also end up high on many lists. So by not allowing Murnau to adapt Dracula, Florence Stoker forced him to do something else, and that something else seems to be held in higher esteem than most if not all of the dozens of Dracula films and TV series floating around out there.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    I'm really looking forward to this movie.

    There's an irony to 'Nosferatu'. Murnau 'created' the character of Orlok and the events of his film because the Stoker widow wouldn't allow him to adapt her husband's book. Now, both the Murnau and Herzog films are generally ranked among the best, if not the best, of the Dracula adaptations, loose and faithful. I have hopes that Eggers' will also end up high on many lists. So by not allowing Murnau to adapt Dracula, Florence Stoker forced him to do something else, and that something else seems to be held in higher esteem than most if not all of the dozens of Dracula films and TV series floating around out there.

    And pretty much everyone can just stick the name Dracula to any rubbish horror story so it can sell better.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
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    It could've been even worse. Florence Stoker sued Murnau over Nosferatu, she won the case and all copies of the film were supposed to be burned as a result. Thankfully, some escaped. Nosferatu's made a really strong and positive contribution to Dracula's legacy - imagine the irony if the intervention of Stoker's widow had prevented that from happening.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    I'm reading Dracula: Sense and Nonsense, by Elizabeth Miller at the moment. Boy does it set the record straight on things.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Is it me or is the Dark Universe still happening, maybe?
    https://www.cbr.com/invisible-man-wolf-man-leigh-whannell-next-universal-monster/

    Not directly related to Dracula, but...
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