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Thoughts on Nosferatu

Semi-rambling, not well connected, spoiler-filled thoughts under the cut. Talking about both Murnau and Eggers' take on it. BTW, if somehow you haven't seen Murnau's original version THIS is probably the best version I've found on YT. Yes, it's a silent movie, but it's worth the 90s minutes of your time it'll take to watch.

So overall I really did like the movie, it wasn't super horrory like I feared it would be from the trailers, but it also definitely wasn't the Gothic Expresionist movie of the 1920s. It was fun to hear some of the lines from the original ("Why did you kill the flowers?" (though a bit out of step w/ the original's intention) "You are late...", etc.), also I'm 98% sure Eggers' went and picked colors from Murnau's film and used them as color tones in some scenes; I nearly said 'holy shit' out loud in the theater bc that first scene in Orlok's main hall had the orange-yellow I associate w/ daytime in the og Nosferatu. And yes, Nosferatu is a colored film, any black and white versions you might see are wrong. If I'm honest though I think I might prefer Murnau's a tiny bit more still. There's just something about it that makes me think fondly of it in all it's 1920s sensibilities and views. I do find it funny though that in trying to add more to the plot, Eggers brought, either accidentally or on purpose, more Dracula back into the story, completing the circle, after a fashion. I see you Seivers and Franz. However I could've done w/ out the addition of the Roma (and their slur), it didn't really add much to the film imo, other than 'we're not in Germany anymore.'

I'm not sure how I feel about the 'cure' for Orlok being changed from 'a woman without sin' to 'a maiden fair.' One is perhaps more open than the other, but I think sticking with 'a woman without sin' could've led to some interesting character conversations and what does 'being without sin' really mean, etc. I think I would've settled for 'a woman pure of heart' bc that could also spur some interesting discussions and perhaps a realization from Ellen that 'a pure heart' doesn't mean one has to be utterly good.

I think that of the two, while both are terrifying, I still prefer Murnau's Orlok to Eggers' version. Eggers' is too...human in my eyes. That vampire sounded one wheeze away from death, which I get was the point, but it felt like it was leaning too much into the 'carrier of plague' angle, rather than it being a byproduct of the deal Orlok might have made. I feel they're both products of their time, and thus lean into the tropes and ideas of their times, but there's just something about how Murnau made Orlok (even if he's now memes and jokes to most people) that feels more...idk vampire-like. I'm not sure how I can really explain it beyond vibes, but that's how I feel.

Also while the soundtrack is great, it too feels more modern than I'd want it to be. It would've been fun to hear music more in line with the era, but in a horror bent. The likes of Beethoven, Schubert, etc would've only been 20ish years before the setting of the movie, it's the beginning of the Romantic period, play with that some!

[mightyflamethrower]

Frank Benson

American Expresionist

[faradaysketches]

Chilehaus, Hamburg. August 2021

Not the best view but a view out of the rain.

[photographer-dimitris]

mixed media photography dimitris stamos

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[garage-full-of-crows]

Draw birds, take time with nature. ROF

[izdewiaart]

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Sunflower

Abstract expressionist drawing done in ink.

This is my work. My art work

Enjoy 😃✨💕

[arrate-alonso]

#Echanove, este gran maestro de la interpretación, ahora actúa en #Málaga con un texto de #John Logan y con la obra "Rojo" y en la que recrea al pintor #Rothko de una forma asombrosa!! Como me gustaría estar allí para poder disfrutarlo!! A los que estéis allí y seais amantes del #teatro y del #Arte!!no os lo perdáis!!

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[a-montemayor]

#cera #woman #painting #drawing #art #color #blue #portrait #illustration #expresionist # (en Palma De Mallorca, Spain)

[rowanjacksonart]

Sketchbook candles https://www.instagram.com/p/CAannbsFr7u/?igshid=i0w7fl450s2k

[faradaysketches]

Weststadt, Karlsruhe. June 2021

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S E L F   P O R T R A I T

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[insanefemme]

My brain can't bsorb information when it's in poem form.

Today I was listening to this science podcast and they firzt recited a poem about the thing they were going to be talking about and my brain absorbed literally 0% of it.

And then they started tlaling about the thing in the same language, usimg the same words, just not rhyming them and suddenly I coild understand

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