I think at an early age she discovered her sexuality, and was shamed for it. Told that she had to keep it hidden. Perhaps she had s***out of wedlock.

Eventually, she gets married, and now has an outlet to express her sexuality, but the shame comes back because this doesn't stop her from fantasizing about other men. She wants to cheat on her husband. But... perhaps they never should have been married in the first place. This is what happens when you make marriage and s***inseparable, you don't give people room to explore and figure out what they want. So, instead of working out her lust and "appetite", she was forced into a contract.

Beyond her lust, she experiences shame for her heightened emotional state, and psychic sensitivity, neither of which society understands or knows how to deal with. She's treated like a burden.

Upon further reflection, I do think I have to do a bit of "filling in the blanks" to make this interpretation feel full. I think more information about Ellen and Thomas's relationship would have made the film feel less distant and vague.

Really solid adaptation, I feel like this was lightwork for Eggers though because it’s very faithful to the source material. I wish the Count had a more unique appearance, but overall 👌and Lily is so f***ing good man

#1 🧛 still

Same. If you didn't laugh when Orlok was like "so, we neighbors now?" after signing the papers then you are a little too self serious.

Just saw it again. Classic.

964 subway scene > possession

nosferatu at its core isnt a horror horror
its meant to be gothic horror
german expressionist maybe

within the suite of nosferatu/dracula films
i havent seen the og 1922 but ive seen werner herzog's nosferatu and francis ford coppolas dracula

i think theyre all saying different things but follow a lot of similar themes
eggers is the only one to me that really highlights the monstrous feminine aspects of the mc as being the thing to end nosferatu--not so much the purity of love

i will say though i think eggers puts so much focus on nosferatu as being an evil force beyond humanity (which is more true to the source novel i think?? havent read it tho tbh) hes completely dehumanized and devoid of humanity, which is something cool the other two nosferatus explore, that nosferatu himself is suffering due to lack of love and death. in this one hes just kinda ooky spooky evil without depth really.... but to me its bc eggers seemed to want the mc to be the the true focus of the film--she's meant to be more monstrous than nosferatu himself, scarier, more fearsome

i think this is a film thats in the same general arena as carrie or jennifers body

Uncomfortable watch

The pacing of the cuts/transitions were impeccable, really drew out the suspense

IM GONNA BUSSSSSSSSS

The available for preorder in the US yet?

When being too h**** goes wrong

I just saw this. I thought the first act was excellent, but the rest felt just a bit disjointed? (for lack of a better word). Maybe it's one of those movies that I'll appreciate more on a rewatch (not in theaters) it happened to me with The Northman.

As for Orlok himself, I definitely didn’t expect the stache. But - as I’m sure someone here has already pointed out - it’s likely a nod to Vlad Tepes, the historical figure who inspired the creation of Dracula (at least, that was my first thought).

You think Ellen is supposed to be monstrous?
What makes you say that? I didn’t get that at all.

Yep definitely saw that Vlad pull mentioned by fans and Eggers himself. Eggers also said he looked a lot of paintings of leaders, nobleman, wealthy people from that region and they alllll had that mustache so he had to include it for the sake of accuracy and because if there was an undead translyvanian count, he would 99% have that.

I just thought Nos looked like a big d*** swinger in this, and that suffocating masculinity worked for me, I thought it was intimidating

for sure i loved it.

it being like yeah this is what someone like that would've actually looked, sounded, talked, styled himself like and mixing in the inspiration from the more supernatural unhuman face and physicality so cool and inspired.

i also love how being a vampire, he doesn't have breath or air pumping throughout his body, and so he does these huge inhales for long lines of dialogue, and talks quietly and hoarse-ly for short lines of dialogue its so cool.

That last image is so him, wow, cool finds. You can count on Eggers to go crazy with the accuracy.

yesss. that accuracy being one of his trademarks, this was such a f***ing amazing choice for an adaptation and what is in theory just an IP remake horror movie. theres just so much there for him to do really cool stuff with. makes sense why hes wanted to make it for so long

The huge inhales had the benefit of adding to the tactile nature of the film, to the point where the whole theater felt more claustrophobic. Seeing Eggers talk about his screenplays, it’s interesting that he views a lot of his stories as relatively simple (he described The Lighthouse as the same scene over and over again) but he clearly views the detail and the sensory experience as the thing which is providing this richness which calls to him.

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