Il vampiro sublime. Da “Dracula” a due “Nosferatu”
Although Bram Stoker’s "Dracula" (1897) was a source of inspiration for Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s "Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens" (1921), the latter drew on the former in free and unconventional ways. As a result, Murnau’s portrait of the fight between Good and Evil is m...
| Published in: | Parole Rubate |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nicola Catelli - Corrado Confalonieri
2021-12-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.parolerubate.unipr.it/fascicolo24_pdf/F24_2_chiesi_nosferatu.pdf |
| Summary: | Although Bram Stoker’s "Dracula" (1897) was a source of inspiration for Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s "Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens" (1921), the latter drew on the former in free and unconventional ways. As a result, Murnau’s portrait of the fight between Good and Evil is more complex than Stocker’s. In his 1978 remake, "Nosferatu – Phantom der Nacht", Werner Herzog thoroughly changed the moral of the novel. |
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| ISSN: | 2039-0114 |