Nosferatu (1922)
by
F W Murnau
Movie Seen: 24 August 2015
Note Written: 19 September 2015
Nosferatu is one of the earliest film adaptations of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. It is a silent film with inter-titles. I watched the movie on Youtube, from my office, in one of those jobless, bored days. The reason I decided upon this film was that the film constantly featured in various online lists as one of the most notable horror films of all time. In over hundred years of films, we are all now used to various kinds of scary movies- we might find most of the of horror movies as stupid or funny. Nosferatu still managed to give me goosebumps at times.
The passion of the director in making a great horror movie with the resources and technology available at the time is a evident and found great result through Nosferatu. Various visual effects used, achieved by actual cutting and pasting of film, to show the might of Count Orlock (Dracula) were stunning! The image of the Nosferatu with his long limbs, long nails, weird head and walking style will strike you as you watch the movie and haunt you later. As someone reviews the movie 'the movie is in awe with its literature'. Even though it was an unauthorized film version of the story of Dracula and was subjected to burning because of its copyright infringement, the movie is indeed legendary. Now the film has a cult status. Sometimes, taking 'inspiration' can produce surprising results.
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