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  Nosferatu the Vampyre
The acting of both Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu) and Isabelle Adjani (Lucie) must thus be on a grand scale while Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) is relegated as a supporting actor.
Nosferatu the Vampyre is probably richer in symbolism than its predecessor.
Several clues are given to us, from the medallion with her photograph and a lock of her hair, to her phantom-like paleness and white dress to the wait in the cemetery.
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  HarryNilsson.Info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Nosferatu the Vampyre ($24.28) - Werner Herzog's remake of F.W. Murnau's original vampire classic is at once a generous tribute to the great German director and a distinctly unique vision by one of cinema's most idiosyncratic filmmakers.
Nosferatu the Vampyre - Werner Herzog's remake of F.W. Murnau's original vampire classic is at once a generous tribute to the great German director and a distinctly unique vision by one of cinema's most idiosyncratic filmmakers.
Nosferatu the Vampyre ($14.24) - Werner Herzog's remake of F.W. Murnau's original vampire classic is at once a generous tribute to the great German director and a distinctly unique vision by one of cinema's most idiosyncratic filmmakers.
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 Review: Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As in the original Nosferatu, Lucy and Dracula share a psychosexual connection, and he is drawn to her like a moth to a flame, with equally traumatic results.
In Nosferatu the Vampyre, an army of rats (11,000 of them, to be precise - all real) arrives in Wismar with the Count, spreading the Black Death throughout the city.
Nosferatu the Vampyre may not be scary in a traditional sense, but it is not easily forgotten.
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 Nosferatu the Vampyre DVD Review
Werner Herzog's Nosferatu (1979) is less a film about the struggle between good and evil than it is a film about the triumph of all-consuming Eros over theology.
So intensely enamored of Lucy's neck is Nosferatu that he is willing to leave his castle in Transylvania just to be near her.
In her conversation with Nosferatu, Lucy makes a startling proclamation: She is willing to refuse to God the love that she gives to Jonathan.
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 Nosferatu the Vampyre - DVD Movie Central
Nosferatu was cinema's first true vampire film and has had quite a controversial and utterly fascinating history.
Nosferatu is all the more amazing in that it communicates mostly through imagery than through spoken words, as the title sequence clearly indicates.
Nosferatu may not be to everyone's taste but bear no doubt in mind that it is truly an impressive and extremely rare film - a remake that is every bit the equal of its original inspiration.
www.dvdmoviecentral.com /ReviewsText/nosferatu_the_vampyre.htm   (1764 words)

  
 Horrordvds.com - Nosferatu the Vampyre DVD review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The original Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror, as well as Hitchcock's Psycho, are known as two of classical pioneers of the horror genre.
Nosferatu, The Vampyre is an exceptional film, full with lyrical visual imagery and a sprawling orchestral score.
Nosferatu, The Vampyre is more than just a remake of a classic film, it is a beautiful re-imaging.
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 DVD Mayhem Amazon Shop :: Nosferatu the Vampyre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Comment: "Nosferatu the Vampyre" is director Werner Herzog's tribute to F. Murnau, whom he considers to be Germany's greatest filmmaker, as well as a haunting gothic horror tale in its own right.
"Nosferatu the Vampyre"'s night scenes are bathed in blue light, and the inside of Dracula's castle is close to sepia, producing much the same effects as Murnau's toning.
Whichever one you see, "Nosferatu the Vampyre" is one of the most interesting adaptations of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", even if it is an indirect adaptation.
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 Nosferatu The Vampyre (Reissue)
It’s a film of poetic, somber images: a forlorn Lucy wandering alone on the beach, abandoned by her husband; Dracula’s shadow creeping across the outside of buildings as he prowls the streets at night; the parade of identical wooden coffins being carried through the town square, in the wake of the plague.
NOSFERATU, THE VAMPYRE is beautifully filmed but slow-moving, a series of lyrical meditations as opposed to a plot-driven narrative.
NOSFERATU, THE VAMPYRE was originally filmed in German and released as NOSFERATU: PHANTOM DER NACHT (“Phantom of the Night”).
www.dvdmaniacs.net /Reviews/M-P/nosferatu_reissue.html   (864 words)

  
 Hollywood Gothique: Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Review
The narrative lapses are indicative of thematic ambitions: whereas the original NOSFERATU was an allegory for the rebirth of Germany after the First World War, the remake's more cynical ending suggests the horrors yet to come in World War II.
Though it may not be what the average horror fan is seeking, NOSFERATU survives its flaws to emerge as a haunting, memorable film that eschews crude shocks in the quest to achieve something finer - a dreamlike disquiet meant to disturb the soul.
NOSFERAU THE VAMPYRE was part of a vampire renaissance in the 1970s that saw no less than three Dracula films released in 1979.
www.hollywoodgothique.com /nosferatu1979.html   (1143 words)

  
 Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Nosferatu the Vampyre)
He was mainly going to stay true to the conventions Nosferatu created for the horror genre, but he also intended to add a lot of depth and dimension to it.
In the original Nosferatu, Gustav von Wangenheim seemed a bit too lame and oblivious to feel too sorry for and you want to laugh at Shadow of the Vampire's Eddie Izzard before he even gives you reason.
Doom is foreshadowed after the nightmare when we switch from the latest place Nosferatu left in ruins to Lucy's town, where we hear sweet lyrical music as kittens play with Jonathan's necklace that has Lucy's picture in it.
www.metalasylum.com /ragingbull/movies/nosferatuvampire.html   (3303 words)

  
 dOc DVD Review: Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht) (1979)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Nosferatu suffers most from a problem not of its own making—most viewers know the basic Dracula mythos so well that there are few surprises here, and the film's measured pacing exacerbates the potential for boredom.
Nosferatu is visually luscious, but emotionally rather empty—despite Kinski's excellent performance as the tortured vampire, the film seems slow, distant and oddly cold, a collection of evocative images without a compelling human element.
Perhaps because Nosferatu was partly funded by Hollywood's 20th Century Fox, Herzog produced two versions of the film, shooting all dialogue scenes in both German and English to avoid the dubbing so often inflicted on "foreign" films.
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 Nosferatu The Vampyre movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
The film deals with the big daddy of vampires, which would be Dracula, of course, but Nosferatu is definitely not scary, or bloody, or graphic in any sense of those words.
Nosferatu is an art film, and will most likely bore all but the most patient of viewers.
Nosferatu is the 1979 remake of the famous 1922 silent version, also German, directed by F.W. Marnau and considered the first filmed version of the Dracula story.
www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/n/nosferatuthevampyre.htm   (1212 words)

  
 Nosferatu - The Vampyre (VHS) And Cranberry Thanksgiving
Approaching the legendary German classic 1922 film NOSFERATU: EIN SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS by F.W. Murnau with his own unique sensibilities, Werner Herzog establishes a link between himself and the classic days of German cinema and in the process crafts a lush adaptation as well as a classic in its own right.
Completing a stellar international cast are Bruno Ganz (a regular in the films of Wim Wenders) and French film star Isabelle Adjani, both giving subtle yet compelling performances as the formerly happy couple who fall prey to Dracula s lust for life and love.
From the opening image of rows of openmouthed mummies and the repeated motif of a bat in slow-motion flight to beautiful scenic shots of European mountains and beaches, NOSFERATU is a visually stunning film, presenting visual tableaus taken directly from the original as well as those of Herzog s invention.
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 Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Director Werner Herzog once said that it was among his life-long ambitions to make a movie as good as F. Murnau’s Nosferatu, which he called “the most important movie ever made in Germany.” Whether he realizes it or not, since 1979, Herzog’s list of life-long ambitions has been shorter by one entry.
So far as I’m concerned, his remake of the classic film, Nosferatu the Vampyre, is nothing less than the greatest traditional vampire movie of all time.
The prescription is the same as it was in Murnau’s Nosferatu : a woman pure of heart must seduce the undead monster and induce him to linger by her side until the sun rises to destroy him.
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 Amazon.com: Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979): Video: Klaus Kinski,Isabelle Adjani,Bruno Ganz,Roland Topor,Walter ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
"Nosferatu the Vampyre" is director Werner Herzog's tribute to F. Murnau, whom he considers to be Germany's greatest filmmaker, as well as a haunting gothic horror tale in its own right.
It is a remake of Murnau's 1922 film "Nosferatu", which is the earliest surviving cinematic adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula".
"Nosferatu the Vampyre"'s night scenes are bathed in blue light, and the inside of Dracula's castle is close to sepia, producing much the same effects as Murnau's toning.
www.amazon.com /Nosferatu-Vampyre-Klaus-Kinski/dp/630526323X   (1931 words)

  
 Nosferatu the Vampyre : DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
However, this is still a fantastic film and the commentary by Herzog is very insightful for the student of the horror film classics.
What he doesn´t know is the magnitude of danger he, his wife and his town face as victims of the Nosferatu.
A terrific remake of the 1922 original, "Nosferatu the Vampyre" stars Klaus Kinski as the title character, and the gorgeous Isabelle Adjani as the object of his bloodlust.
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 THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE
Herzog’s film entitled NOSFERATU THE VAMPIRE ($35) is a haunting tale, filled with otherworldly and nightmarish imagery that leaves one with a disturbing sense of dread.
While trapped in the lair of the vampyre, Harker fears not only for his own life, but also for that of his wife Lucy (Isabelle Adjani) who lives in the town in which the Count plans to take up residence.
NOSFERATU THE VAMPIRE is framed at 1.85:1 and the transfer reproduces the film’s dark, shadowy cinematography quite beautifully.
www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_reviews/nosferatu-dvd.htm   (678 words)

  
 Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
There are no scenes here, as in the original, of Nosferatu vertically rising up out of his coffin or disappearing like a transparent wraith, this Dracula never demonstrates any supernatural powers, rather Kinski’s vampire is a sad pitiful creature whose condition is relayed solely in physical terms.
However after shooting began and it was learned that they were planning to release a horde of rats throughout the town, the town’s mayor refused further permission and the production was forced to further relocate in Germany to shoot all the rat scenes.
The film was sequelized, sans Herzog but with Kinski and this time a full head of hair, in the rather dull Nosferatu in Venice/Vampires in Venice (1988).
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 GreenCine | product main - Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
For the 1979 remake of F. Murnau's classic 1922 silent horrorfest Nosferatu, star Klaus Kinski adopted the same makeup style used by Murnau's leading man Max Schreck.
Essentially a retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu the Vampyre traces the blood-sucking progress of the Count as he takes over a small German village, then attempts to spread his influence and activities to the rest of the world.
Nosferatu was filmed in both an English and a German-speaking version; the latter runs 11 minutes longer.
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 Nosferatu, the Vampyre Movie Review at Hollywood Video
Fans of the Dracula legend have something new to sink their teeth into with the DVD release of Werner Herzog 's Nosferatu, the Vampyre.
Nosferatu is a special edition that contains both German and English versions of the film, a behind-the-scene featurette, two U.S. theatrical trailers, a Spanish trailer, and Herzog's audio commentary.
Nosferatu may not scare anyone, but it does a marvelous job in evoking Jonathan and Lucy's building sense of dread.
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 notcoming.com | Nosferatu the Vampyre
And as this evil sweeps across Germany, exterminating all in its path, the vampire’s coded associations with Nazism, while unspecific, are nonetheless difficult to miss.
The opening credit sequence is a macabre gallery of what appear to be real, mummified corpses, providing an almost perverse verisimilitude just as the use of gypsies and local culture serves to contextualize the film in Germany in the 19th century.
The performance’s most striking aspect is its utter believability, and the viewer may wonder if it is the character of Count Dracula himself or Kinski’s complete absorption in the role that is the more frightening.
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 Nosferatu: The Vampyre - Rotten Tomatoes
Approaching the legendary German classic 1922 film NOSFERATU: EIN SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS by F.W. Murnau with his own unique sensibilities, Werner Herzog establishes a link between himself and the classic days of German cinema and in the process crafts a lush adaptation as well as a classic in its own right.
Nosferatu explores the Dracula legend in a way that is both serious and seductive.
Nosferatu the Vampyre may not be scary in a traditional sense, but it is not easily forgotten.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/nosferatu_the_vampyre   (722 words)

  
 Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) (aka Nosferatu the Vampyre)
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) (aka Nosferatu the Vampyre)
In Nosferatu the Vampyre Werner Herzog makes a valiant effort to achieve the impossible; remaining true to the definitive film version of this story while taking the Count into uncharted territory.
As a consequence of pursuing this goal Nosferatu the Vampyre is most emphatically not an actor's movie, full of detailed characterisation and meaty dialogue.
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 Nosferatu the Vampyre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This is a film that takes a few viewings to fully appreciate Herzogs attempt at recreating a movie in the style of the German Expressionist film movement of the early 20th Century.
lt;br /gt; lt;br /gt;Jonathan Harker is Nosferatus double-willing to give up everything, willing to risk death, to go any extreme for the sake of his beloved, Lucy.
lt;br /gt; lt;br /gt;In her conversation with Nosferatu, Lucy makes a startling proclamation: She is willing to refuse to God the love that she gives to Jonathan.
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 Kinoeye| German film: Werner Herzog's Nosferatu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As much as its filmmakers were nurtured by their strained relation with their pre-war forefathers like Lang and Murnau, the historical and economic roots of contemporary German film were, formed during the postwar 1950s when American occupation of West Germany fostered a peculiarly displaced relation between the two cultures.
For Jack Kroll, "When the Dracula figure lurches ashore in FW Murnau's classic 1922 'Nosferatu,' carrying his coffin filled with native earth, it was a chilling premonition of Hitler's imperialism of death, the desire to necropolize the world.
Critic John Azzopardi has claimed that Herzog's Nosferatu is, "one of the greatest horror films ever made." [ 21 ] Though clearly a judgement call, his remark has merit, especially when one considers the picture itself and in particular the cinematography of Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein.
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 Tower Records - Nosferatu The Vampyre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Completing a stellar international cast are Bruno Ganz (a regular in the films of Wim Wenders) and French film star Isabelle Adjani, both giving subtle yet compelling performances as the formerly happy couple who fall prey to Dracula’s lust for life and love.
NOSFERATU was filmed in Delft, Holland, and in the mountains of Eastern Slovakia.
Director Werner Herzog and his crew not only had to dye every single one of them grey, but they also had to take extreme precautions to make sure none of them escaped into the town of Delft where they were filming.
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 Belfry: The Good, the Vlad, and the Ugly
Orlok’s arrival in Bremen is accompanied by a mysterious rat-borne plague (there really was an outbreak of plague in Bremen in 1838), and Ellen sacrifices her own life to destroy the vampire by welcoming him into her boudoir to nibble her neck and then detaining him until dawn, when he evaporates in the morning sun.
Despite these attempts at obfuscation, Nosferatu was still obviously based on Dracula ; and when Stoker’s widow Florence heard about it she was not amused.
The cadaverous Max Schreck as Count Orlok is still the eeriest Dracula ever to hit the screen; with his bald pate, hook nose, goggling eyes, and bird-like talons, he looks like a cross between Keith Richards and a startled sewer rat.
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 Nosferatu The Vampyre
Like most Herzog films, Nosferatu is slowly, deliberately paced - the director allows images to linger much longer than most other directors would dare, and the result is a feeling of dreamlike, almost hallucinatory delirium.
Viewers expecting a dynamic thrill ride are well advised to steer clear, but those with the patience to stick with it are bound to be rewarded in a big way.
Visually stunning and by turns moody, funny and creepy, Herzog's Nosferatu is one of the towering achievements of the horror genre.
www.dvdmaniacs.net /Reviews/M-P/nosferatu.htm   (814 words)

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