LeonLouisRicci
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Nosferatu (1922)......Dracula (1931)......Horror of Dracula (1958)......Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)...Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
The Acclaimed. Iconic Basis of this Movie was Titled, "Nosferatu" (translation "The Undead") because the Bram Stoker Estate Strongly Protected the Original Stoker Work,
and would not allow "Dracula", Portrayed by Name, so it was transformed to "Orlok"..."Dracula" became "Orlok" and the Title "Dracula" became 'Nosferatu", (how's that for a back-story and Movie "Lore")...
So, or But...any Vampire Movie Demands the Inclusion of "Dracula" with a Direct Comparison.
Also Included on the LIst Above is the Highly Ignored and the "Buried" Willem Defoe's Fictional Film on the "Making of the Movie" in 1922, and His Portrayal of the Actor "Max Shreck" as Orlok.
"Shadow of the Vampire" is an Artful Farce and a Far-Out, Fantastical Premise that of the Embodied Eternally Real-Life Actor Shreck,
Shreck as the Undead "Soul" whose Image is Forever Etched in Film-History and Can Not be Ignored when Riffing on the Prolific Propensity of Vampire Picture Horror in the History of Film and the Ongoing Additions of the "Vampire" as a Sub-Genre in "Horror".
It would be Unfair and Essentially a Worthless Exercise if those Above Movies were Excluded from the Conversation.
While the Film-Making Artistry of Robert Eggers has Impressed Critics and Fans Alike, through 3 (count 'em...The Witch (2015)...The Lighthouse (2019)...The Northman (2022).
His "Nosferatu" (a life-long to do list Movie) that has the Term "Masterpiece" so Over-Used to Describe this Sepia-Toned Film and is Loosely Thrown Around, it makes One want to Throw-Nevermind...
it's OK if Over-Indulging in Orgasmic and Putrid Presentations, it Could be Ranked and Respected More than say, Most Vampire Movies, but Certainly Not-All.
Arguably (and most Critics have done so with hyperbolic time-space centrism prejudice)...
This Overrated, Fawned Over Film, is Frankly, Mind-Boggling Warmed-Up-To (ironically a very Cold-Toned-Palette),
and as a Present-Day Mindset that seems to Value with "Extreme-Prejudice" Movies Made in Real-Time, that is, Movies Made in the Life-Time of the Person Doing the Deed...Not OK...Context is Everything in Analysis.
The Objective Compilation of the List of Similar Movies Above, and for a Direct Comparison Spans Historically...
This 2024 Version is No Better than Any of the Movies Listed Above, for Brevity's it is Short-List...
This Film, Loses some "Love" when that Severely Amplified, Echo-Boomed, Drawn-Out, Highly-Accented Voice of Orlok, Frankly Draws Unintentional Spontaneous Laughter, and Deservedly so, it's so Blatantly Bad,
One Wonders what the Intention was to Go so Over-the-Top to Generate Fear, but is just...Ludicrous.
As Mentioned Above, the Seeing-Eye-Sees a Color-Less Modern-Trend that Thinks No-Color is Good-Color and the Washed-Out "God of Sepia-Tone" is Washed-Up as the "Shaky-Camera", or Should-Be, it has been Elevated to Deity, and the De-Throning is Over-Due
Those are the Major Downers and Irritants that are so "Today" that it Beggars if Eggers, is so Enamored with the Myths of Olden-Times, Chose to Use it, because it has Become a Cringe-Inducting-Cliche.
Still, it's a Competent, New-Inclusion, in the Never-Ending-Never-Dying Vampire Movie and Done with Not Much Style and a Lot of Self-Love, and is...
Worth a Watch.
The Acclaimed. Iconic Basis of this Movie was Titled, "Nosferatu" (translation "The Undead") because the Bram Stoker Estate Strongly Protected the Original Stoker Work,
and would not allow "Dracula", Portrayed by Name, so it was transformed to "Orlok"..."Dracula" became "Orlok" and the Title "Dracula" became 'Nosferatu", (how's that for a back-story and Movie "Lore")...
So, or But...any Vampire Movie Demands the Inclusion of "Dracula" with a Direct Comparison.
Also Included on the LIst Above is the Highly Ignored and the "Buried" Willem Defoe's Fictional Film on the "Making of the Movie" in 1922, and His Portrayal of the Actor "Max Shreck" as Orlok.
"Shadow of the Vampire" is an Artful Farce and a Far-Out, Fantastical Premise that of the Embodied Eternally Real-Life Actor Shreck,
Shreck as the Undead "Soul" whose Image is Forever Etched in Film-History and Can Not be Ignored when Riffing on the Prolific Propensity of Vampire Picture Horror in the History of Film and the Ongoing Additions of the "Vampire" as a Sub-Genre in "Horror".
It would be Unfair and Essentially a Worthless Exercise if those Above Movies were Excluded from the Conversation.
While the Film-Making Artistry of Robert Eggers has Impressed Critics and Fans Alike, through 3 (count 'em...The Witch (2015)...The Lighthouse (2019)...The Northman (2022).
His "Nosferatu" (a life-long to do list Movie) that has the Term "Masterpiece" so Over-Used to Describe this Sepia-Toned Film and is Loosely Thrown Around, it makes One want to Throw-Nevermind...
it's OK if Over-Indulging in Orgasmic and Putrid Presentations, it Could be Ranked and Respected More than say, Most Vampire Movies, but Certainly Not-All.
Arguably (and most Critics have done so with hyperbolic time-space centrism prejudice)...
This Overrated, Fawned Over Film, is Frankly, Mind-Boggling Warmed-Up-To (ironically a very Cold-Toned-Palette),
and as a Present-Day Mindset that seems to Value with "Extreme-Prejudice" Movies Made in Real-Time, that is, Movies Made in the Life-Time of the Person Doing the Deed...Not OK...Context is Everything in Analysis.
The Objective Compilation of the List of Similar Movies Above, and for a Direct Comparison Spans Historically...
This 2024 Version is No Better than Any of the Movies Listed Above, for Brevity's it is Short-List...
This Film, Loses some "Love" when that Severely Amplified, Echo-Boomed, Drawn-Out, Highly-Accented Voice of Orlok, Frankly Draws Unintentional Spontaneous Laughter, and Deservedly so, it's so Blatantly Bad,
One Wonders what the Intention was to Go so Over-the-Top to Generate Fear, but is just...Ludicrous.
As Mentioned Above, the Seeing-Eye-Sees a Color-Less Modern-Trend that Thinks No-Color is Good-Color and the Washed-Out "God of Sepia-Tone" is Washed-Up as the "Shaky-Camera", or Should-Be, it has been Elevated to Deity, and the De-Throning is Over-Due
Those are the Major Downers and Irritants that are so "Today" that it Beggars if Eggers, is so Enamored with the Myths of Olden-Times, Chose to Use it, because it has Become a Cringe-Inducting-Cliche.
Still, it's a Competent, New-Inclusion, in the Never-Ending-Never-Dying Vampire Movie and Done with Not Much Style and a Lot of Self-Love, and is...
Worth a Watch.
BOODLE...n
1. Money or valuables, esp when stolen, counterfeit, or used as a bribe
2. Chiefly US another word for caboodle...
vb...to give or receive money corruptly or illegally
Errol Flynn a Dashing Dynamo was a Dare-Devil On Screen, as Handsome as They Come, and His Fan-Base was Equally Men and Women.
After All, He was Known as a Definitive "Robin Hood", Captain Blood, and George Armstrong Custer.
Never Shy, Gregarious and Full of Fun, so Aloof About His "Party-Animal" Night Life, He put it all Down in His Braggadocio Best Seller..."My Wicked Wicked Ways" (1959).
But by 1957, No Longer the Epitome of Energy with Macho Bravado, Semi-Suffering No Doubt at the Fate of All Men...
The Declining Years, but Traveled to Pre-Castro Cuba to Light the Candle at the Other End a Few More Times before it was Time for "The Big Sleep".
That Would Come a Few Years Later, Making this His Last Good-Look for all His Fans. He was 48 and would Die at 50.
Obviously Low-Budget, but the Locations Help and a Frisky Cast of 2 Very Hot Females (Flynn's personal choices, Errol a "Wolf" to the End),
Rossana Rory and Gia Scala who Both Play a Big Part in "The Big Boodle"...With Pedro Amendariz as a Loud-Mouthed Tough-Guy Police Chief.
From a Pulp-Fiction Novel of the Same Name by Robert Sylvester, the Screen-Play was written by Jo Eisinger, writer of two of the most complex Film-Noirs, "Gilda" (1946) and" Night and the City" (1950).
Be Prepared for an Ageing Actor Given it a Go, One More Time and Accept Errol Flynn's Human Side, a Dose of Reality, and Remember,
"The Glory Days", with that Killer-Smile and "Devil May Care Demeanor" and Say Good-Bye with a Lump in the Throat and Fond Farewell, because This Guy was "Something Else".
Errol Flynn a Dashing Dynamo was a Dare-Devil On Screen, as Handsome as They Come, and His Fan-Base was Equally Men and Women.
After All, He was Known as a Definitive "Robin Hood", Captain Blood, and George Armstrong Custer.
Never Shy, Gregarious and Full of Fun, so Aloof About His "Party-Animal" Night Life, He put it all Down in His Braggadocio Best Seller..."My Wicked Wicked Ways" (1959).
But by 1957, No Longer the Epitome of Energy with Macho Bravado, Semi-Suffering No Doubt at the Fate of All Men...
The Declining Years, but Traveled to Pre-Castro Cuba to Light the Candle at the Other End a Few More Times before it was Time for "The Big Sleep".
That Would Come a Few Years Later, Making this His Last Good-Look for all His Fans. He was 48 and would Die at 50.
Obviously Low-Budget, but the Locations Help and a Frisky Cast of 2 Very Hot Females (Flynn's personal choices, Errol a "Wolf" to the End),
Rossana Rory and Gia Scala who Both Play a Big Part in "The Big Boodle"...With Pedro Amendariz as a Loud-Mouthed Tough-Guy Police Chief.
From a Pulp-Fiction Novel of the Same Name by Robert Sylvester, the Screen-Play was written by Jo Eisinger, writer of two of the most complex Film-Noirs, "Gilda" (1946) and" Night and the City" (1950).
Be Prepared for an Ageing Actor Given it a Go, One More Time and Accept Errol Flynn's Human Side, a Dose of Reality, and Remember,
"The Glory Days", with that Killer-Smile and "Devil May Care Demeanor" and Say Good-Bye with a Lump in the Throat and Fond Farewell, because This Guy was "Something Else".
Racketeer Richard Conte, Ungrateful Son Alex Nicol, and Confused Shelly Winters in Love with the Racketeer, has Second-Thoughts.
Charles Bickford is an Old-Sea-Salt, who Loves that Ungrateful Son and His Fishing-Boat,
Discovers the Racketeer in Stow on His Boat. The Racketeer Cozy-Ups with the Good-Nature-Salt and Discovers a "New Life" at Sea is an Isolated Island Offering Redemption and a Life Unfettered by the "Gang-Busters" and Vice Related Angst of "The Life".
Here We Go Again...a Film that the Uninformed and Uneducated are at the Mercy of Exploitative Money Grabbers that are Ignorant or Deceptive with the Gullible Movie-Lovers that are Hoodwinked into Believing that if a Film is a Melodrama, in Black and White Made Before 1960 it is a Film-Noir.
Those Seekers on the Hunt for Film-Noir, an Exponentially Expanding Popular Genre in the Filmography Record, will Undoubtedly Waste a Lot of Time and Money Pursuing the Genre Before Being Educated on the Basics and the Appeal of Film-Noir.
Granted, its an Ambiguous Definition with Broad Boundaries and is Easily Mis-Labeled and a Hard Style to Pin-Down Completely.
But a Little Informative Research is at Least a Starting-Point on the Fascinating Discovery Process that can Guide and Enrich.
This a Well-Made Character Study with some Very-Heavy-Handed Sentimentalism and Dated Cringe-Worthy Comedy Relief,
that Hampers the Moral-Compass Preaching, a Noble Try but May be Taken a Bit Far in its Zeal to Offer a Message of Redemption for those that Have Gone Astray, who Might Need, in Desperate Hours, some Help...
Overall...a Not-Bad Ambitious and Uplifting Movie.
Worth a Watch.
Charles Bickford is an Old-Sea-Salt, who Loves that Ungrateful Son and His Fishing-Boat,
Discovers the Racketeer in Stow on His Boat. The Racketeer Cozy-Ups with the Good-Nature-Salt and Discovers a "New Life" at Sea is an Isolated Island Offering Redemption and a Life Unfettered by the "Gang-Busters" and Vice Related Angst of "The Life".
Here We Go Again...a Film that the Uninformed and Uneducated are at the Mercy of Exploitative Money Grabbers that are Ignorant or Deceptive with the Gullible Movie-Lovers that are Hoodwinked into Believing that if a Film is a Melodrama, in Black and White Made Before 1960 it is a Film-Noir.
Those Seekers on the Hunt for Film-Noir, an Exponentially Expanding Popular Genre in the Filmography Record, will Undoubtedly Waste a Lot of Time and Money Pursuing the Genre Before Being Educated on the Basics and the Appeal of Film-Noir.
Granted, its an Ambiguous Definition with Broad Boundaries and is Easily Mis-Labeled and a Hard Style to Pin-Down Completely.
But a Little Informative Research is at Least a Starting-Point on the Fascinating Discovery Process that can Guide and Enrich.
This a Well-Made Character Study with some Very-Heavy-Handed Sentimentalism and Dated Cringe-Worthy Comedy Relief,
that Hampers the Moral-Compass Preaching, a Noble Try but May be Taken a Bit Far in its Zeal to Offer a Message of Redemption for those that Have Gone Astray, who Might Need, in Desperate Hours, some Help...
Overall...a Not-Bad Ambitious and Uplifting Movie.
Worth a Watch.