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trixster
loyalfromlondon
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 Shadow of the Vampire Shadow of the Vampire Quote: Shadow of the Vampire is a humorous metafiction horror film released in 2000 directed by E. Elias Merhige and written by Steven Katz, and starring John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, and Udo Kier. The film is a fictionalized account of the making of the classic vampire film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, directed by F. W. Murnau, in which the film crew begin to have disturbing suspicions about their lead actor. The film borrows the techniques of silent films, including the use of intertitles to explain elided action and iris lenses. The film received two Academy Award nominations, Best Supporting Actor and Best Makeup, but lost to Traffic and How The Grinch Stole Christmas, respectively.
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
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Re: Shadow of the Vampire In theory this should be great, but I found it plodding and awkward and poorly-made. Dafoe and Malkovich are reliably terrific, but nothing else really measures up, especially the silent film techniques and frequent visual homages to the original film.
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict.
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jmovies
Let's Call It A Bromance
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:22 pm
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Re: Shadow of the Vampire Malkovich is really the only good part of this film. Dafoe tries too hard and ultimately fails whereas a majority of the script is poor or just plain laughable.
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am
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Location: Maryland
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Re: Shadow of the Vampire Very fun movie. Dafoe is fantastic. Tries too hard? Please.
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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm
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Location: Arlington, VA
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Re: Shadow of the Vampire This movie is the most effective use to date of Willem Dafoe's naturally off-putting personality. He's definitely not trying too hard, this is a career best performance that deservedly got him an Oscar nod.
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:48 pm
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Re: Shadow of the Vampire It's a great premise that the plodding and pretentious Merhige smothers to death
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