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Post by Popeye Doyle on Nov 16, 2020 23:24:36 GMT
He wanted to watch Nosferatu. Followed up with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.  |
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Post by politicidal on Nov 17, 2020 0:32:32 GMT
Well I hope he wasn’t disappointed with Nosferatu like I was.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Nov 17, 2020 0:35:53 GMT
Well I hope he wasn’t disappointed with Nosferatu like I was. I didn’t understand this - Nosferatu gets killed at the end when exposed to sunlight. We see many times earlier in the film when he casually walks around in daylight. Was something lost in translation? |
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Post by claudius on Nov 17, 2020 0:47:59 GMT
I think those scenes are supposed to be night-time.
Ironically this film created the ‘sunlight kills vampires’ trope. Earlier stories would have sunlight just limit their abilities.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Nov 17, 2020 0:49:12 GMT
Sounds like he’s gonna be an extreme cinephile down the line.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 17, 2020 0:55:33 GMT
I think those scenes are supposed to be night-time.Ironically this film created the ‘sunlight kills vampires’ trope. Earlier stories would have sunlight just limit their abilities. I assumed the same.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 17, 2020 1:00:54 GMT
Well I hope he wasn’t disappointed with Nosferatu like I was. I didn’t understand this - Nosferatu gets killed at the end when exposed to sunlight. We see many times earlier in the film when he casually walks around in daylight. Was something lost in translation? Filmmakers in Murnau’s era were limited to black and white film which was not very “fast” compared to later film stock. This meant that the cameraman had to flood a scene with light in order to get a good image on film. This limitation ALSO implied that filmmakers could limit lighting to get deep blacks and shadows. One explanation for the numerous horror movies in early film history may stem from this technological reason. Slow film stock also made night shooting extremely difficult.
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Post by mecano04 on Nov 17, 2020 1:13:22 GMT
Well I hope he wasn’t disappointed with Nosferatu like I was. I didn’t understand this - Nosferatu gets killed at the end when exposed to sunlight. We see many times earlier in the film when he casually walks around in daylight. Was something lost in translation?
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Post by vegalyra on Nov 18, 2020 1:05:36 GMT
Great news, glad to see someone from the younger generation appreciating the artform. \
The Big Parade and Wings are great war films produced during the silent era. Very expensive for the period as well.
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