The film is remade from Murnau's old work in 1920, but the old work hasn't had time to watch... The material is based on the novel "Dracula", and the "Four Hundred Years of Surprise" I have seen before is also from the same story.
Let me talk about "Surprise" first. There are actors from Winona Ryder/Anthony Hopkins/Kino Reeves. They are destined to be eye-catching. Handsome guys and beauties fight evil, beautiful pictures, actions, suspense, horror... it’s so popular. All of them are there. "Surprise" is a good film, but Herzog's "No" has an indescribable taste... In a nutshell, frankly speaking, I was blown down by thunder.
Let me talk about the vampire itself first. First of all, Dracula is quite famous, but his reputation has not been very good. When he was a human, he was known for his cruel and brutal style, so his popularity among teenagers is far less than that of the vampire Lester (I like Armand~ Blush~ ). In "Surprise", I respected the original setting and appeared in the image of a big beard, giving me the impression of a lot of hair... But in "No", it was hairless... The film hasn't started yet, it's just a shot. Menu, Dracula played by Kinsky makes me get goosebumps... That's not a normal evil ahhhh~ perverted old man ahhh~ there is no saying that Dracula belongs to Nosferatu in the original work. One family, so I doubt its provenance. If he is indeed Nosferatu, then this appearance is still acceptable. According to Ferry, nosferatu’s explanation is: vampires are alien, but because of their distorted appearance, nosferatu must live in the underground away from human society, and cannot hide in human society like other vampires to live a life of escape from the world. After being embraced for the first time, nosferatu became ugly day by day. The other blood races rejected these guys living in the sewers or catacombs, thinking that they were boring things, and it was not necessary to stop contacting them. In this way, Nosferatu is indeed very unpopular. No wonder Dracula here is very frustrated and disgusting.
However, Herzog’s films have inherited their usual style. The emotional entanglement between people is not the point. His hobby is discover! The wit and courage of Jonathan and the earl were omitted to the lowest level, but the scenic depiction of the trek along the way was extremely fascinating. People's interlaced relationship is simplified as much as possible, leaving only Lucy and Jonathan to be focused on. The frequent crimes of vampires are no longer a concern, but the atmosphere of the end times is portrayed through the sight of the plague. In contrast to being stingy with human shots, Herzog got 10,000 mice, and the shots were very enjoyable. The most irritating thing was Van Helsing, who became a waste old man and indirectly killed Lucy. Except for the interesting last dialogue, he didn't see any superiority in this old man.
In other words, the focus of the film is not the struggle between people and vampires, but a documentary...Take the table, Herzog, you can make a vampire movie into a documentary style, I convinced you! I feel that vampires are not so powerful and beautiful, but rather wretched and awkward. The corresponding humans have become more wretched. Except for the positive emotions towards Lucy, the whole film is looked at with cold eyes. The mountain scenery is very Beauty, the plague carnival is also very beautiful, they are all integrated into this nature, born and disappeared as the earth rotates, and the aggrieved family of vampires is so endless.
I think, recently, in Venezuela, Nosferatu is ready to move...
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