[HN Gopher] Nosferatu: The monster who still terrifies, 100 year... ___________________________________________________________________ Nosferatu: The monster who still terrifies, 100 years on Author : Turukawa Score : 36 points Date : 2022-03-05 12:50 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.bbc.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.bbc.com) | Andrex wrote: | With your expectations firmly set to "silent film era," Nosferatu | is very entertaining and goes by remarkably quick. What helps is | there's so much to look at in nearly every frame, you're rarely | bored visually. | | The other good silent horror film I'd pair it with is Haxan: | Witchcraft Through The Ages. | teddyh wrote: | That's "Haxan". | gedy wrote: | Not silent, but 'Vampyr' from 1932 is quite creepy and | artistic: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023649/ | Bayart wrote: | Murnau and Dreyer both had an incredible sense of | photography. | krapp wrote: | Also Metropolis and the Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. | | And, keeping on the subject of vampires, the Spanish language | version of Dracula (1931) is superior to the English version in | many ways. | ahartmetz wrote: | Nosferatu is quite good, but I prefer it with an analog synth | soundtrack. The original soundtrack is very generic and not | particularly dramatic, actually, I would say pretty low quality | and boring. | | I can't find my favorite right now, but IMO several analog synth | soundtracks and one I found with organs are good soundtracks for | Nosferatu (all easy to find on YouTube). They create an ethereal | atmosphere that fits the movie well. | hereforphone wrote: | Do you find the original video low quality as well? Would you | like the video to be updated to be more modern? | ahartmetz wrote: | There are, in fact, digitally restored versions that look | better than unrestored versions ;) | | Nosferatu is not so old that it's some kind of sacred | artifact to me. It's a movie, it's meant to be enjoyed first. | And the original music really does nothing for me. It isn't | about technical quality either. There are high quality | versions that don't "work" any better for me. | Finnucane wrote: | About 20 yrs ago I saw a screening of Nosferatu with the Alloy | Orchestra playing live in front. That was pretty cool. I've | seen their Metropolis a couple of times as well. | hardlianotion wrote: | An immortal bloodsucking monster? Of course it's terrifying 100 | years on, especially if we have lost track of where it is now. | krapp wrote: | He goes by Peter Thiel nowadays. | lc3sim wrote: | Alamo Drafthouse is showing this film (new score composed by Bob | Lanzetti) in theatres (and on demand) in collaboration with | GroundUp Music. | | https://drafthouse.com/nyc/event/the-press-room-presents-nos... | | I believe Zach Brock will be featured on violin, but don't quote | me on that. | pelasaco wrote: | I thought the monster who terrifies us was the soviet union.. | loufe wrote: | A couple years ago I got into the idea of vampires and did a | watch-through of some of the best Dracula movies. There are a | staggering number of them, truly, there are "top 10 best Dracula | movies" lists. Some of them really are phenomenal. Like The | Batman out right now, there truly are so many different ways to | approach a story. | | I watched the 5 or so I chose chronologically based on release | date and so Nosferatu was first, it's actually pretty good for | what it is and I can recommend for anyone interested - just keep | in mind film standards for the time when setting expectations. | thatBilly wrote: | I really like Nosferatu and I suspect anyone else who does | would really enjoy "Shadow of the Vampire" (2000) with John | Malkovich, Willem Dafoe and Eddie Izzard. | kowlo wrote: | If you haven't already, check out "What We Do in the | Shadows"... first the movie and then the TV series | philk10 wrote: | Yeh, the Guardian just did a Top Dracula Films - | https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/03/count-draculas-... | eezurr wrote: | The 1979 version of the film is really good. The actors and | director nailed the suspense (both the immediate and far off). I | unfortunately lost my copy of the film. If anyone knows | | This scene gives me goosebumps every time I watch it: | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdzHAKPV7dk ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-03-06 23:01 UTC)