The Dark History of Nosferatu

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Movies shown
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
Shadow of the Vampire
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Nosferatu
Vampire in Venice
Twilight: New Moon
Norway
Dracula
Frankenstein
Night of the Living Dead
Lifeforce
What We Do in the Shadows
Salem’s Lot
The Addiction
Vampires
Let the Right One In
Only Lovers Left Alive
Interview with the Vampire
Sherlock Jr.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
The Sinister Illusion

Music
Ghost Stories Incorporated – Alone With Your Voices https://ghoststoriesincorporated.bandcamp.com/

String Quartet no. 2 – II. Andante molto sostenuto
https://musopen.org/music/search/?q=String+Quartet+no.+2+-+II.+Andante+molto+sostenuto

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, ‘Pathetique’ – II. Allegro con gracia
https://musopen.org/music/search/?q=Symphony+No.+6+in+B+minor%2C+Op.+74%2C+%27Pathetique%27+

Mahler – Symphony No.4 in G major – 3. Ruhevoil
https://musopen.org/music/search/?q=Mahler+-+Symphony+No.4+in+G+major+-+3.+Ruhevoil

Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 ‘Autumn’ – Complete Concerto
https://musopen.org/music/search/?q=Violin+Concerto+in+F+major%2C+RV+293+%27Autumn%27+-+Complete+Concerto

Autumnal, Op.8 – Complete Performance
https://musopen.org/music/search/?q=Autumnal%2C+Op.8+-+Complete+Performance

Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op. 46 – II. Aase’s Death
https://musopen.org/music/search/?q=Peer+Gynt+Suite+no.+1%2C+Op.+46+-+II.+Aase%27s+Death

Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
https://musopen.org/music/search/?q=Siegfried+Idyll%2C+WWV+103

Concerto a 4 Madrigalesco in d, RV129
https://musopen.org/music/search/?q=Concerto+a+4+Madrigalesco+in+d%2C+RV129

Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65 – III. Largo
https://musopen.org/music/search/?q=Cello+Sonata+in+G+Minor%2C+Op.+65+-+III.+Largo

Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:04 Vampires
06:05 Sponsor
06:51 Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
21:56 Shadow of the Vampire
23:43 Nosferatu the Vampyre
32:02 Nosferatu in Venice
35:01 Outro

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48 thoughts on “The Dark History of Nosferatu”

  2. Can anyone in '24 talk about anything without bringing anti-semitism in it? It's become very tiresome. I've seen Nosferatu a zillion times, never ever has this crossed my mind. I'm not picking on you, sir. Just making a statement. Good video.

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  15. Could have mentioned that Herzog really mistreated those rats. By the time they arrived on set in their cages, half of the rats had been cannibalized due to starvation. Because the rats were white, Herzog decided they had to be dipped in boiling dye, killing many, all for nothing because the survivors immediately started to lick the dye off. The animal handler totally quit.
    Herzog makes great movies, but he really has a thread loose.

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  17. KREETINKS FROM TSCHERMANIE!
    On the political reading of the first "Nosferatu":
    Methinks that the political interpretation of the film as a
    "warning of future tyrannies and tyrants like the Nazis" is fudamentally flawed,
    upside down, in fact.
    Those critics always forget where the filmmakers, also where "German Expressionist Artist" in general, came from.
    They grew up in a tyranny, the WILHELMINIAN EMPIRE, reigned over by Wilhelm the II.,
    who thought of himself as an absolute ruler with almost dictatorian powers,
    wore a moustache, loved to wear uniforms, had a strong military fetish, hated modern art and also democracy
    and looked down on the parliamentarian politicians.
    Also he had no scrupels to send milllions of people to their deaths to defeat the british and become
    Emperor of the world.
    Murnau and his coworkers were included in those millions.
    The point is: It is much more likely that Artist at the time as well as filmmakers were much more
    commenting on the past than predicting anything in the future.
    They were just then getting used to live in a republic with a true democracy and all that intailed.

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  20. it is important to note that there is a vampiric novella by the name of "Carmilla" written by Sheridan La Fanu that predates Stoker's "Dracula" by 25 years and inspired his gothic classic. its often overlooked but worth a read!

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  25. The Nosferatu that's coming out is a great movie. Of my small thoughts, Robert Eggers was born for this movie. It's far more focused on the woman's side of the story and the idea of repressing women's sexuality. The cinematography is spectacular. Nos looks and sound so damn oppressive but interestingly he's so the most respectable presence in the film. There's an interesting moment where he flips the script on her about afflictions. The way he bites people is far more infantile in its posture than previous vampire renditions. The death scene for Nos is so damn visceral and painful that there feels like a sad candle dying that didn't wish to be ignited only to extinguish. The only thing con is that while Dafoe is great but he feels too funny for how serious the stakes are when he comes into the plot.

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  30. I think there is a tendency among film critics and academia to view all German film pre-WW2 as either anti-Nazi or antisemitic. This is a simplistic way of viewing silent German cinema, which suggests that antisemitism was already a force that was foundational to German and wider European thinking before the rise of fascism. Films like Die Nibelungen by Fritz Lang for instance often get tarnished as being almost proto-nazi due to its dedication to the ‘German people’ at the beginning of the film. Any use of post-WW1 nationalistic themes or use of folkloric creatures is therefore, by these people, indicative of Nazism. This goes for Nosferatu. When viewed through a foreboding lense, anything could be interpreted as fascist or antisemitic.

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  31. It's not that the budget was small. They had to film in the day because lighting techniques and film speed weren't developed enough to film ou doors at night in small German towns that didn't run electricity.

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  32. Thanks for mentioning Nosferatu in Venice. It's a very flawed film, but it has an interesting atmosphere due to the location, there's some very nice moody shots of Kinski wandering the city, and I like his look and performance.

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