Nosferatu - Blog Posts
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, 1979
Werner Hertzog creates a feeling of isolation, mystery, mystical trepidation, silence, Gothic romance, a broken heart, loneliness, death, sadness, impending trouble and void in every frame of the film. Externally impressive visual architecture and indescribable atmosphere arise from mechanical actions: long frames, manual chambers, complex compositions of natural natures, documentary style, slowed down and fascinating acting ... But the internal reason why all this works is the hypnotic mixing of natural and artificial; in the painful hobby of Herzog madness, death, nature and beauty; In the intuitive feeling of everything that exists in this film, and, of course, in the personal vision of Herzog as a great artist. Thanks to all this, the film comes to life, acquires an immense number of measurements, and does not look like a mannerist empty craft.
Nosferatu (1922) • F. W. Murnau
Obviously spoilers for Nosferatu!
Saw Nosferatu with a pal and it was good. The music, the transitions, the gothic feel mwah i love it. But it got me thinking.
Remember the scene when Nosferatu invites Thomas to fool him into signing his marrige away? Thomas is understandably a nervous wreck at this point - unfocused, distracted, *malleable* - so it should be easy to get him to sign and then get rid of him afterwards.
But instead, he keeps him around for several days, feeding on him of course, but not in the grousome way he will feed later on in the movie. Instead Thomas is free to roam his castle, and converse with the Count.
And yes, while Nosferatu is probably gathering strenght for the journey ahead, intending on killing him before departing, what if..
What i propose is Nosferatu is curious about what Ellen sees in her husband. After all he is the only thing keeping her away from his clutches.
Evidence of this would be: How much time the two spend together at the beginning of the movie without bloodshed.
and well.. the second time Nosferatu fed on Thomas - remember this is the first time we see how Nosferatu feeds, by sinking his teeth into a victims heart. We also see later how mercilessly the Count bleed his victims either by draining them dry, or going for the neck.
BUT unlike those times, this is the one time which is similar in how Ellen finally defeats Nosferatu - by sleeping with the beast. Nosferatu is in full display feeding on Thomas, naked and gangly, only for Thomas to wake up dazed in his bed again. By this logic the event *is* more horrific, but we can chalk it up to Nosferatu wanting *a taste*.
Just watched Nosferatu (2024) last friday and had a great time. In a way, it was what I expected from a Eggers movie, but I also feel like it gave me a lot to think about in the realm of vampire media, monsters as metaphors from evil, adaptation and societal fears.
"There is a devil in this world, and I have met him." NOSFERATU (2024) dir. Robert Eggers
people really just walk into horror movies and expect them not to deal with uncomfortable things despite the genre being dedicated to discomfort.
i saw so many people complain that lisa frankenstein, a movie where one of the leads is famously a rotting corpse, was too gross for them. when i walked out of nosferatu, i heard people say that the nudity was uncalled for... in a vampire film. nudity? in MY gothic horror?! unheard of!
a LOT of people really need to accept that maybe some genres just aren't to their taste, idk. not every movie needs to be cookie-cutter clean. sexuality is a staple of gothic horror, if not the wider genre horror in General. you don't need to enjoy it, but it doesn't make these things uncalled for.
Some mindless warmup doodling, for me and my piece of mind :) i've binged all of la by night within a week and, not to be dramatic, but i'd die for jasper :') i like these now, i might delete them later now.
"Hello cupcake."
Drawing his dudeness from memory while doodling with coloured ballpointpen. I really like his charakterdesign :)