Vampires. It was everything back in 2009. The internet was overloading with Edward Cullen and many variations of vampire movies have been made. In everybook written in late 2000's, there are vampires.
But what started it all? Dracula, you are thinking right now.
You are right.
But also wrong.
It was Nosferatu.
Many great articles have been written about Nosferatu and Dracula; some included newer version of, Dracula too, some only talked about the copyright issue of the Nosferatu, some talked about the differences and similarities between them.
This article below talks deeply about the two movies, explaining the copyright issue and the details of the both films.
the-artifice.com/nosferatu-and-dracula/
When Murnau wanted to make a movie out of the Dracula book, he couldn't afford it so he simply changed the characters' names and a few scenes and voila! Nosferatu was born. And it changed history.
Without Nosferatu, Dracula would probably be buried under unsuccesful books written in old times. Nosferatu visualized it and gave Dracula a body, and in general made vampires make sense.
Blame or praise Nosferatu for the vampire madness.
the-artifice.com/nosferatu-and-dracula/
This article is written by a blogger named Katrina Swenson. She goes into details of the plot, the techniques, and the social context. She also slightly talks about the German Expressionism and its affects on both movies.
The purpose of this article is to highlight the similarities between Nosferatu and Dracula movie, also remind the differences too such a social background and the technology used.
"The style of this technique helped to define and place Nosferatu within the German expressionist and Weimar cinema movements."
This is a quote from the article mentioning the affect of German Expressionism in Nosferatu. Nosferatu is a Weimar cinema movie meaning that it contains all of the element of German Expressionism.
The later vampire movie Dracula also still carries out the legend of German Expresisonism and uses similar shadow things!
In Nosferatu's famous stair scene, it is clear to see the dark shadow of the vampire rather than the man himself. We also see the heavy use of shadows repeated in the 1992 movie Bram Stoker's Dracula
And also the author mentions the technical similarities;
"The majority of the shots within Murnau’s Nosferatu are quick and the jumps between scenes or even person to person are swift. The camera itself does not move so movement is shown with the actors, scenes of travel, and of course Orlok’s looming shadow."
"Coppola uses similar quick cuts between scenes but also uses fading images and overlays."
Although there is a huge year difference between two movies, Coppola used similar methods in order to give the vibe Murnau gave with the German Expressionist style he had.
In my opinion, this article was a good one, very detailed and thoroughly explained. I believe even a person who hadn't seen neither of the movies can understand the comparison. I found this article very useful and information loaded.
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