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@@rjd0429 Funny thing is a movie theater was called an odeon (some historical international movie theaters are still called odeons), and a cheap movie theater where you could watch a movie for a nickel was called a nickel odeon!
@@gilbertopadilla3611 Watch the movie in full. Good horror is not always about body count or zombies getting splattered. It can be more subtle than that.
The main feature of Nosferatu that makes him frightening and fascinating is his reinterpretation of Dracula and the nature of vampirism. If Bram Stoker's Dracula was presented as a majestic commander, a lord of darkness, reveling in power and creating his own kind, then here Count Orlok is his complete opposite: Orlok is presented as an outcast, doomed to a curse in the form of immortality and eternal loneliness. He lives in rejection, alone with himself and with his essence, which radiates a sinister and negative aura. He is completely devoid of any romanticization and aggrandizement, but his existence, full of inner pain, causes mixed emotions. Here Nosferatu is more like a victim of disease, sowing plague and death. It is noteworthy how Murnau deftly handles the shadow, showing the viewer that not only the image of a vampire is terrifying, but also his silhouette.
It's very fascinating how this innovation in the story is really a return of form to the monstrous creature that is the Folkloric Vampire as opposed to the suave, Romantic and charismatic leader which Stoker pioneered in the Literary Vampire. And perhaps partially because of this faithful return to form, the other major inpactful plot innovation, Nosferatu's demise by sunlight, gripped the human psyche so much that we became convinced that this was also part and parcel of traditional vampire folklore. This is so much the case that scholars even speculated that the photophobic disease porphyria was an inspiration for the concept of the vampire, despite aversion to sunlight having no part in vampire folklore at all.
Werewolf. Yes vey well expressed. It is a mistake to romanticise the vampiric condition as it represents the desolation of one who is separated from his divinity, that which connects us to the source of life. Teenagers are attracted to the vampire figure because often they feel lonely and misunderstood. But as we mature, we realise that unless we embrace life with all its hurts and pain, we are condemning our selves to the abyss of HELL. Nothing romantic about that. Believe me.
orlok is a pure CREATURE. a mere animal like creature, a husk of a human but with all humanity gone, only instincts and desires. and once thats served, back to sleep. like a spider. just predatory.
To me what's harder is realizing that everyone, literally everyone from this movie (including the producers, writers, directors) is dead. Even their children are dead, most likely.
Not only is it beautifully colourised, but - the smoothing of the action is amazing! I remember seeing the original in film class - jerky, too fast, almost comical. THIS. I can see the acting, the texture of hair, the flowing of clothing - a work of art. THIS is it!
Beautifully colorized? The image has constant chromatic aberration, flickering and possibly digital artifacts. Just the fact that this was attempted with AI is a crime. This video is the perfect manual for what NOT to do for film restoration. Literally.
Oh man I would LOVE to see this done on the complete film. It still has that old look and feel, which lets it keep its charm. I'd have a bunch of friends over for a 100th anniversary screening.
@@eprggpepicragegameplays9290 I think most kids were at least a little creeped out but they liked it because the episode presents him as a goofball by the way the say his name and him smiling might have given some comfort because it makes him look friendly.
Creepy trivia: I live a couple of minutes from Friedrich Wilhelm Murnaus tomb in Stahnsdorf. I visited his grave one or two times since my father is on the same cemetary. Couple of years ago someone broke into Murnaus tomb, opened his casket and stole his skull. Seems like they found traces of lit candles in his tomb. I think police suspected it to be some kind of ritualistic stuff, maybe connected to satanism. Maybe the candles were just used as a light source, nobody knows. To this day his skull never was found and nobody was suspected. To think that someone has the skull of the director of "Nosferatu" in his possession is incredibly creepy... BTW: Max Schreck's grave is in the same area, but i've read that he had no name on his grave for many years. One of the most influential horror actors of all time pretty much had an anonomynous grave for years. I think nowadays he has some kind of headstone with his name on again.
waiched it at a cinema screening on halloween few years ago - the audience was laughing at it initially but went quiet as its awful power took hold - a masterpiece that needs to seen on a big screen
I think sometimes people from outside of SE Europe forget that it's really a rather wonderful place full of history and scenic views, despite the overall spookiness it has become linked with. I'd love to go there sometime but I prefer to speak at least one slavic language before going there, just as I would for example want to speak french before going to france.
@@aburninglandfillofbadmovie2930 That would be fine but it’s impossible. Nobody in the world speaks Slovakian language except the Slovakians. And unfortunately the same Slavic countries have big differences between them (they are common like 20%). It’s not the same like learning Spanish and going to Latin America where you have so many choices and every country will understand you. Apart from that, in Europe nowadays everybody speaks at least 1 language (always including English), so you will never have any problem with communication.
I think that’s what a lot of modern horror films are missing. Just pure atmospheric horror. The irony is that horror isn’t necessarily meant to scare you per se as they’re meant to creep you out and get under your skin. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is literal proof of this. While it’s tame compared to other horror film, I genuinely do no want to watch this in a dark/dimly lit room
How fantastic was that, a master film lesson by Murnau. This period of German film expressionism is unsurpassed IMHO. Lets hope they remaster them all.
And almost a 100 years later Nosferatu becomes Peter in What We Do In The Shadows - one of the funnest comedies made. Now I get the inspiration for the character better.
Imagine seeing this in the theater in the early '20's?? The fear you must have felt? The camera work, editing and makeup are so advanced for the times. I belt they felt the pure evil of nosferatu!
It's amazing how this 100 year old movie has some of the best camera angles, you can feel the fear to the unknown, and obviously, the fear to Nosferatu
You should try the Werner Herzog retelling of this story from 1979 certainly does a good job and keeps the raw feeling you describe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_the_Vampyre
I like how he isn't "sleeping" in his coffin like Vampires in most other adaptations, but literally lying there as a corpse, with his eyes wide open, completely unresponsive to any stimuli.
I dunno if anyone noticed this, but the restoration made it feel like it's a multi layred stage play. Movies like that, back then, must have been really special.
You should try the Werner Herzog retelling of this story from 1979 certainly does a good job and keeps the raw feeling you describe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_the_Vampyre
The only major detail is seeing it in a more 3D atmosphere thanks to color differentiation. As for the rest, its just sickly scribbles and guesswork at color.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Considering that every copy we have of this film effectively originates from a single fairly poor quality print, this is probably the highest res we'll ever see of this masterpiece. I'm sure I don't need to tell you about how all copies were ordered destroyed by the Stoker estate & this movie was once considered lost. Until a complete (poor, but consistent & above all - projectable) copy emerged by chance all we had were copies with sections that were practically unviewable or had completely decayed, or just fragments, some of which were literally turning to dust. We're lucky we have it at all, never mind that we can see it like this. Effectively all you're doing is whining about the process of digital restoration with degraded source material. How about instead of that you simply appreciate how amazing this is? However if this really isn't good enough for you then you can just go & imagine the whole film in 8k with 100% accurate colour correction being projected at an IMAX or something. Or maybe counter sue the Stoker estate for suing Murnau. Honestly STFU.
@@runlarryrun77 you've read me as the opposite person so theres that runner. What I mean is the unnecessary addition of color via a robot ai machine that definitely messes with the films likeness, but this is in no way a bad variation, just a little bit over the top. What enrages me is that the person who did this puts almost no effort into making this, then the algorithm comes along and starts fucking complimenting their precious modern equipment saving a pwecious owld fiwlm from looking anything other than 4k high resolution. Heaven forbid we watch the original in its lesser quality. - I'll put it like this, I don't hate the people who make the video, after all everyone is entitled to their opinion. It's the just moment when it becomes unmistakably popular and unfair with point and shoot algorithm children praising anything modern immediately believing it to be an improvement to the past. An obsession with changing the past despite the past already being more modern and more ahead than any of those sad fools could even comprehend it being.
You should try the Werner Herzog retelling of this story from 1979 certainly does a good job and keeps the raw feeling you describe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_the_Vampyre
I remember watching a triple feature on ChillerTV one late night when I was young during the month of October. This, Horror Hotel, & Carnival of Souls is what was on that night and I will never forget how creeped out I was after watching those. Especially being home alone living in the middle of nowhere. It really gets to you. Happy Halloween, everybody! Stay safe out there! 🎃
I just thought, before i clicked on the video,about how movies back in the 20s aren't really that scary nowadays but this one scene in Nosferatu really scared me as an adult. It was this exact scene where Count Orlok just Stands there, looking right into the camera from across the room and you just see his face, hands and shadow.
It’s really amazing what AI can do these days. I think the result will end up even better in a few years from now when those weird jumps in light exposure and color become smoother.
I have to say I disagree. The physical source material isn't great. We all know what happened to the original prints of this film. Everything we have ever seen of this film comes from damaged sources & technology can only do so much. I really don't think we'll see a great deal of improvement over this.
Or we can simply support the manual work of those who professionally restore, remaster and colorize films, like the Murnau Foundation, instead of sitting around waiting for a machine to do any kind of artistic work in a mediocre way surpassing craftsmanship and handwork. (Let it be noted that I'm subscribe to this channel and that I love these videos, as well as their results. But you should not bet on this type of dangerous technology).
I recently bought the Blu Ray (Masters of Cinema version) and was astonished at its quality. I thought this movie could never look good since the negatives and all good prints were destroyed. But it looked pretty damn good to me. One moment I remember was watching Hutter waking up and seeing the food that Orlok has laid out for him. Only on the Blu Ray was it visible that Hutter sees the food and gets a giant, goofy grin on his face, like Peter Griffin from Family Guy. I admit that did make me laugh.
You should try the Werner Herzog retelling of this story from 1979 certainly does a good job and keeps the raw feeling you describe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_the_Vampyre
@@thethinredline4714 mam, tf is wrong with you with spaming Herzog's film?? Are you his son or something? Tho that version isn't even near to Murnau's original.
Hi Saltech! It just happens the same to me! Incredible master. I think even the fact of "destroyed negatives" give it a point, in the way of orange-blue atmosphere generate. It happens a lot that some things are only visible on a Blu-Ray copy. And as a movie collector, I love it! Cheers!
It's amazing how many of the buildings used in the exterior shots still exist in an instantly recognizable form. You can find lots of videos from "Nosferatus Castle", but not many of the other locations. "Nosferatu - making of - the language of shadows HC" is the exception. They visit almost every site from the film. It's 53 minutes long, but well worth the time.
It really is genius direction isn’t it? It reminds me of this creepy video I saw as a little kid on RU-vid. It’s a fake video of course but you don’t know that as a kid, but it’s a pov of someone poking out of their room and looking down a dark hall to see a figure standing there in the shadows. I think this 100 year old movie perfectly captures the eerie feeling of looking down a dark hall only to see the scariest thing your mind can come up with
In some aspects me what I meant is it appears closer to the current time when seen in colour while black and while makes it look so much older and far removed to today imo.
100 years on and this is still my favourite scene from Morbius. 😂 Jokes aside though this movie is wonderful and the colourisation was done beautifully, would love to see the full movie done this way.
Hm. Unless an original print emerges in near perfect condition this is the best it will get. Not gonna happen. Plus wasn't this filmed originally at 18fps? So not sure exactly what you'll achieve uprating to 24fps? The technology involved will still need to "make" 6 extra frames per second to stabilise & run at 24fps. At 60fps it keeps the original 18, creates 24 copies of those original frames adjusted accordingly for movement, then still only has to "make" 6 extra frames to stabilise. If you're going to do these things then you may as well go big or go home. Who even uses 24fps any more anyway other than hipsters with old Russian 8mm cameras?
@@runlarryrun77 24 fps is the standard of most Hollywood films. 60 fps for film can make it look like a TV production. Maybe I don't understand the difficulty in this process, but if they're already using AI or some other tool to make it 60, I'm not sure why 24 would be so difficult.
Excellent remake done in the seventies by German director Werner Herzog, with Klaus Kinski and French beauty Isabelle Adjani starring. Many scenes identical to the original, yet as magnificent as the first.
Okay, gotta be honest… changing the framerate after the fact looks especially bad when it’s a silent movie, because those weren’t even 24fps. They play back at that rate on Blu-Rays, using the pulldown method (double some frames so it still looks like it’s playing at a slower rate) but it’s not actually a standard framerate. The fastest one ever made was actually only 16fps, so there isn’t even enough data to really interpolate frames from. At best, this looks like 16fps with a few blurry optical effects thrown over it to simulate motion blur. An interesting technical experiment, to be sure; but not one that I think leads to the conclusion that it enhances the original, or suggests that we should do this to more silent films (please don’t).
Hard to believe that cinema history can't do something much different from this, despite the endless possibilities... Sometime I ask myself if Bram Stoker, Poe or Lovecraft were ahead of their time, or we're still stuck into their time.
I love the way it colorized the little quirks in the film of the time, from subtle hue changes in some scenes, to full on color changes nearly strobing at times truly adds to the surreal and bizarre feel. 2:52 and on, his pants go nearly every color, it's a great visual metaphor for the range of emotions he's going through!
The shot of his face pearing through the crack of the coffin lid is nightmarish. Salems lot absolutely ripped the character off, but I'll take it as a homage to the great work done 100 years ago.
@@Guenter34 yeah the whole movie is actually on yt, but its the original format, b/w, i think he means if they could upload the whole movie colorized in 60fps
The 1927 movie Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, would be interesting to see restored. Ms. Thea von Harbou's vision of humankind rising up against the ruling machines.
I’m genuinely impressed just how creepy this film is, especially given that it’s 100 years old. Just goes to show the horror doesn’t necessarily need to scare you per se, it’s just needs to get under your skin. The cinematography, score, the other worldly aspect of German expressionism. Again, it’s not necessarily scary but it’s creepy AF
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