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23rd October 2012, 10:38 AM
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I could never understand why the sequence showing the Count walking around London - presented as silent film footage (around the 44.20 mark in the clip above) was in color. Surely it should have been in b/w or tinted ? Always bugged me...
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23rd October 2012, 11:25 AM
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I absolutely love this film - I went to see it on opening night at the Odeon Leicester Square. I've owned various incarnations of it over the years: Rental VHS (20:20 Vision) Widescreen VHS (Columbia/TriStar) Limited edition coffin box VHS which came with a pin and something else which I cannot remember for the life of me (Columbia/TriStar) US CAV LaserDisc (Criterion) UK DVD (Columbia/TriStar) UK Superbit DVD (Columbia/TriStar) US Special Edition DVD (Sony Pictures) UK Blu-ray (Sony Pictures) That's eight different versions! Haha. I only have the Blu-ray now and I've not actually watched that. This must be up there as one of my most-bought titles. I even owed the stand-alone making of, BLOODLINES, on VHS too. |
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23rd October 2012, 11:29 AM
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23rd October 2012, 11:36 AM
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Paul, that's impressive... I do have a certain fondness for the film, it was the first 18-rated film I saw at the pictures. My boyish good looks were evidently gone at 15... I love Tom Waits in this by the way. (Tom Waits would have been great as the carny barker in Funhouse) Paul@TheOverlook likes this.
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23rd October 2012, 11:42 AM
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I'm a big fan of the film and I think Coppola breathed new life into the oft told tale. Reeves is a bit miscast but does a halfway decent job and is the only minor irritant in the film IMO. The set design is sumptuous, Oldman is fantastic as the tortured soul condemned to an eternity of loneliess and darkness, and Coppola really pulls out all the stops. I love it. Put Oldman's Dracula next to Farrell's Jerry Dandridge and I know which one I prefer. Paul@TheOverlook and The Reaper Man@Cult Labs like this.
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23rd October 2012, 11:46 AM
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I loved it and remember seeing it for the first time on a ferry on the way to a school trip in France. Only thing that is weak in the film is Keanu Reeves accent.
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23rd October 2012, 11:58 AM
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I never understood why Reeves wanted to escape the castle - he had the three beauties licking his chest and going mad for him and he wanted to get back to his fiancée?  Demdike - yep, the book, you're right, all comes back to me now. Not a great set really! |
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23rd October 2012, 12:00 PM
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23rd October 2012, 12:01 PM
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23rd October 2012, 12:17 PM
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