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• The ultimate Dracula film IMO has yet to be made.... - TWB 17:53:15 07/27/07 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Nosferatu 1922 posted by Eldragon on July 25, 2007 at 20:18:39

  I'm a huge fan of the book and this genre of films...and although I like certain aspects of most of the different versions...no one film is "practically perfect in every way"....I still think that the best Count D so far was Jack Palance..captured both the sinister quality and pathos of the role. Isabelle Adjani is certainly the most beautiful victim on celluloid...Overall, the version I like the best is the 70's version with Frank Langella...though some scenes were borderline comedy...Had the film had a little more of a serious edge to it, it would have scored in most areas....
  
  

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  • Loved Langella's Dracula - Eldragon 18:21:33 07/28/07 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: The ultimate Dracula film IMO has yet to be made.... posted by TWB on July 27, 2007 at 17:53:15

    Saw it last time in 85, and looking for it ever since. Good call!
    things have never been good and they don't intend to get better.
    
    

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• Along with "Vampyr," and the "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" it completes a great - tinear 05:09:41 07/26/07 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Nosferatu 1922 posted by Eldragon on July 25, 2007 at 20:18:39

  scary trilogy.
  
  

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  • The "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" is superb, but there has yet to be a good restoration, IMO. - Audiophilander 13:08:08 07/26/07 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Along with "Vampyr," and the "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" it completes a great posted by tinear on July 26, 2007 at 05:09:41

    The KINO seems best, but the over-saturated tinting weakens the presentation considerably in my estimation. The earlier Image release is better overall, it's noirish effects working quite well without the extreme tinting, but in spite of better preservation of the Russian archive's film elements from which this version was derived the DVD suffers from poor frame synchronization resulting in jitter and improper alignment.
    
    I don't know about a trilogy but there are other great European silents with supernatural elements, such as Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse and F.W. Murnau's Faust that are every bit the equal of Vampyr, Caligari and Nosferatu. I'm also inclined to add Paul Leni's Waxworks with it's macabre segments that are like O'Henry channeled through Poe.
    
    Cheers,
    AuPh
    
    

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• RE: Nosferatu 1922 - patrickU 03:20:52 07/26/07 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Nosferatu 1922 posted by Eldragon on July 25, 2007 at 20:18:39

  Murnau could not use the name Dracula as the BS. family would not let him.
  
  

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• and I thought Rocky 7 was too many sequels!! nt - dave c 23:12:32 07/25/07 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Nosferatu 1922 posted by Eldragon on July 25, 2007 at 20:18:39

  bleep
  
  

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  • RE: the original is great; so is the Klaus Kinski/Isabelle Adjani remake - grinagog 23:19:39 07/25/07 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: and I thought Rocky 7 was too many sequels!! nt posted by dave c on July 25, 2007 at 23:12:32

    Wow; someone uploaded the whole film to Youtube!
    
    Grins
    
    

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