#michael almereyda

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NADJA (1994) dir. Michael Almereyda After the death of Count Dracula, his daughter Nadja and her familiar Renfield arrive in New York to burn it his corpse, hoping this ritual will free her from her own vampiric curse, but then Nadja gets sidetracked when she meets a lost soul in a bar. Lucy is not a vampire, but she too is suffering from ennui – bored by her life and her relationship with husband Jim. Meanwhile, Jim is bailing his uncle, Van Helsing, out of jail: after learning of the disappearance of the Count's corpse, he enlists his nephew in his quest to destroy any trace of any vampire still left in the city. As the plot develops, Nadja visits her sickly brother, Edgar, who’s being looked after by a nurse called Cassandra. Van Helsing and Jim’s quest to seek out Dracula’s descendants also leads them to Edgar, bringing the two halves of the story together... (link in title)

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Nadja, 1994

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Nadja (1994) Directed by Michael Almereyda

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Happy 65th, Michael Almereyda.

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Elina Löwensohn

🎥 Nadja (1994)

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Marjorie Prime, 2017

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h a m l e t, 2000 🎬 dir. michael almereyda ethan hawke

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Ethan Hawke in Hamlet (2000).

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hamlet, michael almereyda 2000

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Nadja (1994), dir. Michael Almereyda

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NADJA (1994): If you drew a line between the 1936 film DAUGHTER OF DRACULA, with Gloria Holden, and 2014's A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, the precise midpoint would be this moody, Portishead-fueled B&W PoMo lesbian vampire film, written and directed by Michael Almereyda and starring Elina Löwensohn as the daughter of Dracula; Galaxy Craze as her latest conquest, Lucy; Martin Donovan as Lucy's useless and clueless husband Jim; Peter Fonda (!) as Van Helsing, who happens to be Jim's uncle; Jared Harris as Nadja's estranged brother Edgar; and a cameo by David Lynch (who executive produced) as a morgue attendant. Long on '90s arthouse style, it loses narrative steam somewhat in the third act, leading to a peculiar ending, but if you enjoyed A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT or THE ADDICTION, it's a must. Sadly, so far as I know, it has yet to receive a Blu-ray or HD release, which I have a suspicion might be due to soundtrack issues. CONTAINS LESBIANS? Indeed. VERDICT: A little-heralded but worthwhile entry in the canon of postmodern vampire movies, and if you've seen DAUGHTER OF DRACULA, this is sort of a remake, at least conceptually.

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Seen in 2023:

Experimenter (Michael Almereyda), 2015

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