i like nosferatu vampires, even though during my vampires class the prof was like, "yeah, it's kind of an anti-semitic thing" and now i can't unsee it.
it's a good movie though! Murnau was just influenced by the times like any other director. *uses Caligari icon to show support for German silent expressionism*
Something fun: Years ago, I lived in a small town with a funky little art house theater that played virtually nothing but foreign films. One year, they got a copy of "Nosferatu", and instead of just playing it as a silent film, they got a cool string quartet to play live, along with a vocalist who did performed with them. The music was all designed to evoke the period of the film and the subject matter, and matched each scene perfectly. Amazing, wonderful experience!
Yeah, it was incredibly cool. I've never experienced anything like it before or since. Whoever thought that idea up was a genius. (Apparently they got the idea from researching the old silent movie theaters, where often the music that accompanied the film was played live.) I know you would have loved it!
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Date: 2010-09-20 09:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-20 10:15 pm (UTC)have you ever seen "shadow of the vampire"?
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Date: 2010-09-21 12:17 am (UTC)we watched a good chunk of it in my philosophy of art class! but we didn't get to watch the whole thing unfortunately
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Date: 2010-09-22 02:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-21 12:56 am (UTC)I heart Shadow of the Vampire, but I haven't seen it in aaaages.
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Date: 2010-09-21 09:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-21 05:05 pm (UTC)Something fun: Years ago, I lived in a small town with a funky little art house theater that played virtually nothing but foreign films. One year, they got a copy of "Nosferatu", and instead of just playing it as a silent film, they got a cool string quartet to play live, along with a vocalist who did performed with them. The music was all designed to evoke the period of the film and the subject matter, and matched each scene perfectly. Amazing, wonderful experience!
:)
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Date: 2010-09-22 02:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-22 03:55 pm (UTC):)