Nosferatu


I wanted to go see the new Nosferatu movie.  But first I watched the original 1922 version which is good but has a total hokey sound track. Then I stumbled upon the 1979 version with Klaus Kinski. Werner Herzog, Low budget B quality but turns out to be my favorite even over the new 2024 version and the Bram Stoker's Dracula.   Kinski adds a super creepy, sad almost vulnerable quality to the character.  But the best part is the sound track.  Sound track was scored by the band Popol Vuh.  I was able to stream the entire sound track on Qobuz.  If you like these types of movies this one is worth a watch. Roger Ebert gave it 4 stars and a nice write up. 

"One striking quality of the film is its beauty. Herzog’s pictorial eye is not often enough credited. His films always upstage it with their themes. We are focused on what happens, and there are few “beauty shots.” Look here at his control of the color palate, his off-center compositions, of the dramatic counterpoint of light and dark. Here is a film that does honor to the seriousness of vampires. No, I don’t believe in them. But if they were real, here is how they must look." --Roger Ebert 

 

Nosferatu the Vampyre

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I know I’m in the minority and will never be asked to teach film, but WH’s Nosferatu was to me pure atmosphere with no suspension of disbelief possible.

Stylish, with un-earned engagement or even horror.

For me, The Last Voyage of the Demeter was a magnificent vampire movie by comparison.

Herzog is a genius and Kinski too...

Why?

They taught us something each time...

For entertainment many other movies can beat it...

I dont care so much for entertainment in movie...

i prefer to be moved... Not excited but fascinated... Not reacting but contemplating even after the movie...

Herzog do it and Kinski too which is not an "actor" but a monster on his own in a way almost no actor in Hollywood ever was save Marlon Brando perhaps....

Herzog is an artist not a movie maker, a thinker as Kubrick was...

 

 

I'll be seeing the new one this week, but my favorite is Shadow Of The Vampire. Willem Dafoe was robbed when he didn't win the Oscar for his performance in the movie.

 

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