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Max Schreck, the actor that played Count Orlok in the 1922 silent horror classic Nosferatu, was a method actor that would never be seen during filming without full make-up. He embodied his character day and night, even sleeping in a coffin to maintain his commitment to his character. He was so committed and mysterious, in fact, that rumors began to circulate that the director, Murnau, had actually hired a real vampire, not an actor.
Shadow of the Vampire, released in 2000, is a fictionalization of the filming of Nosferatu that indulges in the fantasy that Schreck, uncannily portrayed by Willem Defoe, was indeed a vampire. Murnau is played by John Malkovich, who gives the director an air of obsession for filmmaking, though this doesn't seem to pay off in the creative but disappointing climax.
The film shines most if you have seen Nosferatu, and is difficult to appreciate unless you have. The way Defoe embodies Orlok is frightening, almost as if Schrek rose from the grave to film the movie.
You owe it to yourself to see this if you enjoy filmmaking, classical vampire flicks, or just a good character performance.
2-D speaks the truth. I can't bring myself to enjoy any vampire movies where the vampires aren't either classical, like Dracula, or feral, like the book I Am Legend or 30 Days of Night.
Max Schreck, the actor that played Count Orlok in the 1922 silent horror classic Nosferatu, was a method actor that would never be seen during filming without full make-up. He embodied his character day and night, even sleeping in a coffin to maintain his commitment to his character. He was so committed and mysterious, in fact, that rumors began to circulate that the director, Murnau, had actually hired a real vampire, not an actor.
Shadow of the Vampire, released in 2000, is a fictionalization of the filming of Nosferatu that indulges in the fantasy that Schreck, uncannily portrayed by Willem Defoe, was indeed a vampire. Murnau is played by John Malkovich, who gives the director an air of obsession for filmmaking, though this doesn't seem to pay off in the creative but disappointing climax.
The film shines most if you have seen Nosferatu, and is difficult to appreciate unless you have. The way Defoe embodies Orlok is frightening, almost as if Schrek rose from the grave to film the movie.
You owe it to yourself to see this if you enjoy filmmaking, classical vampire flicks, or just a good character performance.
not much of those lately. i blame misleading trailers.
but im sure i'll add those to my playlist. OFF TO FROSTWIRE
Shadow of the Vampire
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